Ligue 1. FC Lorient – RC Lens, this Sunday (5:05 p.m.)
“Zidane is Zidane! “Certainly, but it is also the middle name of Darlin Yongwa, the left piston of FC Lorient. “I don’t know why my parents gave me that name! I was born in 2000, that’s when Zidane shone and they gave me that name. In the locker room, I often get teased, ”recognizes the new Cameroonian international.
Established for only the second time this season in the league, on April 9, against Olympique de Marseille, Darlin Yongwa delivered a surprising, almost perfect performance. Total embodiment of the success of the new system with three defenders, the attacking side of FC Lorient has yet had a thorny start to the season: “It was hard! But it’s only my first season in Ligue 1. When I arrived, I knew I wasn’t going to play much. But it was starting to get long, there was frustration. Which didn’t stop me from working, waiting for the right moment. »
Scorer in Paris, passer in Montpellier
This chance, Darlin Yongwa seized it against OM, before confirming the following weeks in a system that corresponds to him. “Personally, I feel a lot more liberated as a piston. I do things as I feel, ”said the 22-year-old side. Since then, he has also delivered an assist in Montpellier and scored his first professional goal, at the Parc des Princes: “This goal did me a lot of good. I was waiting for it, it happened at the best time. In addition, scoring against Paris SG is not forgotten. It was amazing! »
Arrived this summer from Niort, where he had been playing for three years, Yongwa had to adapt to a championship with very different characteristics from what he had known before: “Ligue 1 is a lot of tactics and positioning. That’s why I needed to play competitively to improve even more. While Ligue 2 and football in Cameroon, it is played much more on the physical ”.
“My father told me that if I didn’t pass my exam, I would go home. »
Leaving his native country to join Niort did not happen by chance: “I spent several years at the football school of the Brasseries du Cameroun. I had to develop. In Niort, I knew that several Cameroonians had already passed. I thought it was the right choice”.
Arriving in Brittany, it is another environment to which the curious footballer had to get used. “I read the newspapers, mainly to cultivate myself. It’s important to follow the news and know your environment. Whether it’s Ouest-France or Le Télégramme, I read both! “, smiles the holder of a Bac S. “My father told me that if I did not pass my exam, I would go home. »
Moreover, when he arrived, his curiosity led him to Moustoir. “When I arrived in Europe, this is where I went to see my first professional match. It was incredible, it marked me. Coming back three years later was fate! “. After the goal against PSG, recurring starts, what will be the next step for Darlin Yongwa?
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