La Berri never managed under the Mathieu Chabert era to beat a candidate for the rise in league 2. With six points behind the opponent of the day, Concarneau and eleven points on the leader Laval, Berri footballers squarely play their season against this candidate for accession : “If we lose at Concarneau, second place will be a little more compromised (note: the Berri will be nine points behind) we are not going to hide our faces. If we draw everyone will stay. On the other hand if we win we are three points behind second place. It’s not the same thing. So it’s the most important game of our season.”
Three executive players absent on the Berrichonne side
The more the days go by, the more the pressure increases on the shoulders of the Castelroussins, especially as they remain, at home, on two draws against two candidates for the climb: Bourg-en-Bresse (1-1) and Laval (1-1) with, it is true, arbitration decisions which have not always turned in their favor. In contrast outside, the “blue and red” remain on two successes in a row 1-0 in Sète and 2-0 in Sedan. The objective is of course the pass of three in Breton land. The task promises to be even more complicated insofar as Mathieu Chabert, coach Castelroussin, will have to do without three executive players: captain Opa Sanganté injured his knee during the reception of Laval, Adama Mbengue is suspended for two games and Ferris N’Goma for his part received a four-game suspension after their respective red cards received against the Mayenne.
Opa Sanganté absent for several weeks will be present in the stands in Concarneau
For this most important match of the season, captain Opa Sanganté who suffered a sprained knee during the reception of Laval will be present in the stands at Concarneau and probably in the locker room before kick-off to support his group. Faced with Bretons who have only known four defeats in twenty-five days, the Berri will have to come out with a great match and above all to be extremely concentrated in the first quarter of an hour, so as not to concede a goal and to run after the score again.
The Berrichons also have a revenge to take. In the first leg for his first official visit to Châteauroux, club owner Abdullah Bin Mossad took his place in the presidential basket at the Gaston-Petit stadium on October 8, 2021. But at the end of this match, the Bretons won 2 at 0 which cost the place of coach to Marco Simone replaced a few days later by Mathieu Chabert.