Continue the momentum. US Orléans is going to Joué-les-Tours, an R1 club, this Sunday at 2:30 p.m. to play the 6th round of the Coupe de France. Winners of Vineuil in the previous round, the Orléanais again face a team of R1 to move on to the 7th round and hope to play against a formati at the heart of the game, he who had been injured since the start of the season. D
“Don’t take this game lightly”
Authors of a good performance Thursday night at Le Mans, Xavier Collin’s men want continue on this new dynamic, with a victory and two draws over the last three meetings and no conceded goal. “We will have to make a good start and not give this team time.”, says the Orleans coach, “Above all, we must not lower the intensity compared to what we did on Thursday, that’s the watchword”. Xavier Collin absolutely does not want not neglect this match, on the contrary. “We must not take this match lightly, we have to start well, we know that without extra time now, these teams are trying to hold on as long as possible so it’s up to us to put intensity, rhythm, commitment and try to make a difference as quickly as possible “, adds the coach.
It is also necessary to take advantage of the level on the weak paper of the adversary to score and build up confidence. “We have been in a deficit of efficiency since the start of the season, it’s true, apart from the Bastia-Borgo match where we scored four goals, of the 11 goals we scored, only 7 remain on all the matches so it is insufficient when we see the offensive potential that we have “, sighs the coach.
For its part, Joué-les-Tours occupies for the moment third place of R1, behind Tours FC and Drouais, and remains on three victories and two defeats on the last five league meetings.
The group to face Joué-les-Tours
Back from Carnéjy Antoine in the group after being sidelined Thursday evening at Le Mans, also return of Florian Lapis in the absence of Bala Diallo, hit in the foot. Several incumbents Thursday evening are injured as Loïc Goujon, Fred Dembi or even Cédric Yambéré. We will see the first by Ayman Ouhatti at the heart of the game, he who had been injured since the start of the season.
And usually in the cage for Coupe de France matches, goalkeeper number 2 Theo Vermot is not in the group, he received a blow to the head this Saturday in training and was taken in charge by the firefighters. He’s fine and gets away with an egg on his head.