Football / Ligue 2. AS Nancy-Lorraine must change something

We did not learn anything new on Tuesday at the Océane stadium where the Nancy side conceded a draw (1-1)… Weeks go by and this deserving ASNL still has the same problems. She doesn’t lose anymore, but still doesn’t win. Because of “small details”, says Jean-Louis Garcia, which prevent it from capitalizing and which make it always more vulnerable. Even if, paradoxically, it is no longer barrage since Tuesday. Of a chouïa.

The results of the last three months are eloquent: a victory (2-3 at Valenciennes) in fifteen Ligue 2 matches! With “scenarios that are repeated endlessly”, including these goals conceded at the very end of the game which have already made him lose nine points this season. Do the math!

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Awkwardness and restlessness

At this level, we obviously cannot speak of chance, nor bad luck, even though the ASNL seems to be pursued by a sort of stubborn bad luck. Impression reinforced by this string of goals against their camp scored by the Nancy defenders, “autogoals” which are as much a result of lack of success and clumsiness as of feverishness.

The challenge of maintaining, in a club like ASNL which has never experienced relegation to the National, the hard knocks and poor performance that accumulate, all this has reached the players, even the most seasoned. The evil is there, mental of course. This famous fear of doing wrong. Paralyzing at the end of the game. This is what must be successfully treated as a priority.

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At the “Gabi”

How? ‘Or’ What ? By alleviating, one way or another, the pressure weighing on this group. The team pays too heavy a price for this fragility that the staff tries to fight on a daily basis. Perhaps the beginning of a solution can also be found in greater autonomy during the meetings. Why not. In any case, it seems essential to change something to restore confidence and break this spiral.

Hey, in another register, we remember the “Have fun” slipped by Patrick Gabriel to the group in galley which he had inherited during the winter of 2012-2013. A synonym of the famous “it’s only football” to play down the situation and free the players. This recklessness appeal had worked. In a different context, of course.

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Free yourself !

In the field, we can count on Martin Sourzac to do what is necessary. “The players need the positive. It’s in the head. So I encourage them a lot, ”he said, as talkative in his cage as he was in the stands to support his teammates. “You shouldn’t look at the standings. There are many days left. We are going to convert these solid matches into victory, ”he says positively.

The calendar still offers some opponents of its rank (Pau, Dunkirk, Châteauroux) to the ASNL before starting a mountain stage against the big names. Now is the time to end dummies. The return to Picot and this six-point match on Friday against Pau are timely. With the turnover on Tuesday, the ASNL has kept some freshness. It might help him. Free yourself, guys!

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