There was a wave of defeats (six in eight matches in November-December). There is now a wave of draws (five in six days). And there will soon be a wave of victories, perhaps? It is not won, far from it, but it is what to hope for the ASNL which will cross the road of five residents of the second part of the table (Le Havre, Pau, Dunkirk, Châteauroux, Caen ) during his next six dates.
ASNL has won only once in their last fifteen matches, including the Coupe de France. ASNL also remains on eight unsuccessful meetings at Picot in all competitions, but there are reasons to believe in it according to coach Jean-Louis Garcia and according to the players met at the exit of the locker room, Saturday evening, after the draw 1 -1 against Paris FC, 6th in the championship, anyway. “JLG” particularly appreciated “an exacerbated will of all the players to be more solid defensively”.
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The survival instinct?
For Giovanni Haag, the team is “on the right track”. The young midfielder insists on “the series of invincibility of six matches which means something”, he also recalls that the black hole of November-December came just after the devastation of the Covid in the Forest of Haye (17 positive cases). Not necessarily ideal for being on top physically. Even the post-match analysis of PFC coach René Girard suggests that Nancy is ready for this battle of maintaining Ligue 2: “Nancy behaved like a team playing for survival, with a lot of ‘aggressiveness, a lot of presence in the duels, that made it difficult for us ”.
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A more varied game
ASNL has a new weapon in its pocket: an XXL center forward in the person of Aurélien Scheidler who allows you to play longer when the situation demands it. We saw the Nancy side with a more varied game on Saturday, able to put pressure on the opponent a little faster while relieving their own defense. The center forward on loan from Dijon looks like a good pick. To be confirmed, of course. And it will be even more interesting for him when Amine Bassi and Mehdi Merghem return from injury to raise the technical level.
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Pau is not dead
These positive signals, these reasons for hope, cannot however eclipse the reality of the classification: the ASNL made a very bad operation, Saturday, with the big victory of Chambly against Caen (4-2) and the surprising success from Pau to Guingamp (2-3). Suddenly, here is Nancy again 18th and barrage, with a margin on the 19th Pau which has melted a little (four points). It is absolutely necessary to prevent Pau, the next visitor to the Marcel-Picot stadium on Friday, to get even closer during the 23rd day of Ligue 2 scheduled for Tuesday. The players trained by the ex-Nancyian Didier Tholot will host Amiens while Jean-Louis Garcia’s men will travel to Le Havre. It’s up to Nancy to turn draws into victories. It is not advised, it is vital.
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