The holidays were short-lived for the footballers of Roche VH (N3). A short week. This Monday, December 27, it was under the gray and after having toasted and eaten a few richer dishes at Christmas that they met. A little earlier than usual for a return to training, but the Coupe de France has been there.
Everyone was happy to be together quite quickly. It means that there is a beautiful deadline – Charly Charrier, the captain
Qualified on the line against Montauban on Sunday December 19 (note: led 1-0, Roche VF came back to score in the 88th to win in stoppage time), the Yonnais footballers continue the adventure with a round of 16 this Sunday against Versailles, team of N2, a division above Roche VF.
“Everyone was happy to meet again quite quickly. It means that there is a good deadline”, confided during this premature recovery Charly Charrier, one of the Roche VF executives. No frustration either to see this shortened break at Corentin Chouiah, midfielder, who works as an engineer for a robotics company: “The weeks of vacation are few in a year, so I like to go away, travel. Well, that allows you to do something else. To recharge your batteries, in the end to spend more time with the family.”
Like his teammates, he ensures that he is reasonable during the holidays. No excess at the table. He also paid attention to the reunion between families and friends in the middle of the fifth wave of the coronavirus: “It would be terrible to be tested positive on the eve of a match, like that. Afterwards, in terms of abuse, alcohol, food, I will be careful, I will take care of my eve of the match to be the best performer on the day J. “ Jean-Charles Behlow, central defender who had a 32nd final at the start of 2021 with the Alsatians of Schiltigheim, promises that on the evening of the 31st, it will be calm: “We will still wish each other a happy new year and then we will go to sleep.” Because on January 1, at the beginning of the afternoon, the Yonnais will get on the bus, direction Versailles.
Three workouts this week and a trip on January 1
The Roche VF team is coached by the former Nantes resident, Charles Devineau. And the ex-pro says it, his players did not need an instruction, a warning: “They are big boys. Simply, priority was given to rest, to recover a little bit because we have chained 17 matches since July 12. And then, we gave them a little racing work to do.” Yesterday, for the first of three sessions of the week, it was jogging and a little ball. It is at the end of the week that the Yonnais will look into the game of the Versaillais “the best defense of all N2” according to Charles Devineau.
Versailles, Sunday’s opponent, is second in its National 2 hen. A floor above La Roche, but the Yonnais have already been able to eliminate bigger than them in the past. In mid-November, they had taken out the Voltigeurs de Châteaubriant, another N2 team. The Versailles / La Roche VF match will take place on January 2, at 1:45 p.m.