What will the 2022/2023 vintage of Élan Béarnais look like? Few people are able to say for the moment. The only certainty is that being on the starting line three months almost to the day after the announcement of the club’s financial demotion is already a success in itself. Now, with new ownership, new management, much more limited resources – and at the same time a deeply disrupted workforce –the objective of maintenance seems all designated for Eric Bartecheky and his flock.
Élan Béarnais / Strasbourg, kick-off at 4.20 p.m. this Saturday, to be experienced in full, from 4 p.m., listening to France Bleu Béarn Bigorre!
To kick off this season, an old acquaintance, Strasbourg, unfortunate finalist of the last Coupe de France against Pau, and who would very much like to settle the event by plunging the Green and White into doubt. On the Pau side, we obviously intend to rely on the new American leader Michael Stockton, responsible for making his teammates shine and in particular Vitalis Chikoko, whose performance will be even more crucial this year for the performance of the team. Around them, Eric Bartecheky has built an experienced team with the contributions of Garrett Sim (32) and Markeith Cummings (33), and the return of Ada Sané (31). Around the new captain, Giovan Oniangue, Gérald Ayayi and with the neo-pros Fabio Milanese and Enzo Sharvin, the mission will not be easy. Élan Béarnais has 34 games to complete it, it starts this Saturday at the Palais des Sports.