This is an opportunity not to be missed for Stade Lavallois this Saturday evening (7 p.m.). The Mayenne footballers receive the Chamois Niortais for the 14th day of Ligue 2. Niort is currently the dunce cap of the championship. One last place in the general classification. It is the worst attack (10 goals) and the worst defense in the championship (23 goals). The Tangos are in fourteenth place, but only three points behind their opponent. Beware even of appearances.
Give it your all before the winter break
Already because Laval has not succeeded much against the poorly ranked Ligue 2. Some will still have in mind the defeat at home against Pau in September (0-1). Niort comes out of a success against Dijon. “It’s going to be a fierce match between two low-ranking teams, a rainy match. You have to prepare mentally. The Niort team is made up of good players in front, who can be dangerous, who go forward quickly and who run a lot“explains midfielder Jordan Adéoti.
Laval remains the favorite of the meeting and will want to play the game. Especially since there will be a match behind against Valenciennes at home before the group hangs up their crampons for an unprecedented winter break with their World Cup in Qatar. “We have everything to give now. We have about ten days left so we have to be at 200, 300, 500%__. Everyone expects us to take six points because there are two home matches against so-called teams from our league. It is up to us to do what is necessary to go on vacation peacefully” says Jimmy Roye, the captain.
A new rule in place in training
The elimination against the amateurs of Orvault in the 7th round of the Coupe de France has been the subject of much discussion among the Tango. The players and the staff do not want it to overshadow the good dynamic in Ligue 2, triggered since the victory against Caen (4-0) and the point of the draw pocketed at Paris FC (0-0). Meetings without conceding a goal, where the Tango found a good aggressiveness. In training, things have changed: Olivier Frapolli, for example, imposes the systematic wearing of shin guards.
“When you go up the slider in terms of intensity and aggressiveness, it has to be through small gestures, it has to be concrete. After Grenoble, we changed our way of working on training intensity a bit. It’s psychological, it’s detail, but it also means that we’re not going to give each other gifts in the field.” indicates the coach. The intensity, the appetite, there has been on the ground this week according to midfielder Jordan Adéoti. “The 25 players prepared very well for the match. It’s a great reaction and all the players who played the Orvault match have the qualities to join the team.” he continues
Roye, special flavor
264. This is the number of games played by Jimmy Roye, captain of Stade Lavallois. The player spent seven seasons with Chamois Niortais (2011-2018). “When you spend seven years in a place where you drive the same way every morning to go to training, you see the same people every day, you see the same journalists every day, you see the supporters every day and every weekend, that’s a lot of memories__, very good memories. I have friends there who are into football and who are outside of football. It’s a time in my life when I was married. I had an old life, I knew a lot of things in this city. With experience, I will be able to ignore all that. You have to put the brain aside and tell yourself that it’s just a football game. The issue is the three points. We must win this match to continue our series in the league“says the midfielder.
►► Stade Lavallois – Chamois Niortais (14th day of Ligue 2) will be followed in full on France Bleu Mayenne this Saturday, November 5, 2022 from 6:45 p.m. with Franck Gauteur, Martin Cotta and our consultant Ulrich Le Pen.