For his comeback to competition after eleven months away from the pitch following his knee surgery, Paul Pimienta showed enormous commitment against Aurillac on Friday.
There is this first symbolic action which says a lot about the determination that animated Paul Pimienta, 26 years since yesterday, for his comeback to competition on Friday evening. Kick-off given by Romuald Séguy and the Columérin winger rushed like a racing car in the Aurillac camp, delivering a strong tackle at the end of his race to Giorgi Gogoladze, the back of Aurillac who had received the ball. “I had such a desire to play again, I think that in my absence it is the contact that I missed the most,” says Paul Pimienta, very happy to have returned to competition. “This cut was long, very long with the addition of setbacks. I should have come back earlier but I had some complications behind the knee”, slips the columérin winger who has shown great activity throughout of the meeting, taking place in the four corners of the field. “Of course, I was not lacking in desire and even if I had to be in the field after a year in the fridge, I had decided to send myself to the end. What would have been the use of saving myself?” , launches Paul Pimienta, visibly happy with his evening. “I had only one apprehension, not to go the distance.”
It did not happen and for 75 minutes, Paul Pimienta showed a good presence, multiplying the races, the calls, determined to participate fully in the offensive game deployed by the Columérins.
Under the eyes of his friend Antoine Dupont
“It is true that there is a real desire to play this season, sometimes we overplay but it is not me who will complain about that”, laughs the columérin winger who had invited friends and relatives to his return to competition. Thus, he had set aside invitations for his friend, the international Antoine Dupont accompanied on Friday by Cyril Baille and the retired David Roumieux to attend the return of the malicious Paul Pimienta. The Stadistes must have appreciated the performance of the Columérins who achieved a quality game, turned towards the offensive, the movement and an ambitious collective game, rewarded in the end by a third success in a row. “Three successes after three days, we were probably not expected there. But these results reflect the quality of this group”, proclaims Paul Pimienta before concluding: “Colomiers, it is not fifteen players but more than thirty. turns and it’s competitive. ” After the demonstration against Aurillac, nobody will say the opposite.
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