The Ruthénois want to confirm their good form, Tuesday, December 21 against Bastia, for the last match of the first leg.
From year to year, circumstances can change dramatically. This is what Rodez Aveyron football is currently experiencing, comfortably seated in 7th place in the standings and remaining on a positive dynamic which may make it want to see higher when approaching its last match of the l year, Tuesday, December 21, 8:45 p.m. in front of Bastia.
Enough to make the turkey and the log tastier if we compare to the situation of last year. For its last meeting before the holidays, the Raf went to Le Havre in the red lantern position and remained on eleven matches without a win. “We had fought to bring back a point (0-0, Editor’s note), it was hard, we had a team match”, recalls Laurent Peyrelade, the Ruthenian coach. He believes that the virtues used then to move out of the last place are still useful today. “We must be able to bring the same soul, the same dynamism without worrying about our ranking or our number of points, he warns. We need to continue on our dynamic, we want to move forward. You have to remember where we were a year ago and use it. “
“We must not say to ourselves that the suitcases are packed”
A glance in the retro makes it possible to measure the distance traveled by the blood and gold, which seem more and more like a sure value of the League 2. After having re-established the situation on the return phase last season, after having experienced a significant renewal of staff during the summer, they signed an exciting first half of the season. To the point of finding themselves closer to the play-offs than to the maintenance barrage. “We managed to do what we wanted to do”, advises Adislon Malanda.
The final meeting of the first leg, facing Bastia for former Ruthenian Régis Brouard, therefore appears as an opportunity to end an already successful year on a high note. “We must not say to ourselves that the suitcases are already packed, warns the former defender of Nîmes. We have a match that can end a very good first part of the season. “ And confirm the current good pass of a Raf who has lost only one of his last seven L2 matches, and remains in a draw against Toulouse (1-1), the leader of the division.
An environment to recompose
The Aveyronnais will however have to be wary of an opponent in progress lately, even if he remains stuck in place of barrage. The Corsicans, who qualified for the Coupe de France on Saturday in Hauts Lyonnais (N3, 3-1), are deprived of the usual titular goalkeeper Thomas Vincensini and Tom Ducrocq, injured, but will be able to count on the return of Christophe Vincent, spared this weekend. “It’s a team that puts a lot of energy into a match, which has strong ideas, like ours”, exhibits Laurent Peyrelade.
Which will have to compose an unusual environment, due to the suspension of Bradley Danger, the main absent from the evening on the Rodez side, with Nassim Ouammou, injured. We will therefore have to expect that Rémy Boissier will retreat in front of the defense, while Lorenzo Rajot could make his return to the starting XI, after several convincing entries. The absence of the usual sentry awakens bad memories, since the only game he missed this season corresponds to the heaviest defeat for Rodez, in Caen (4-0, 1st day). The stake of the evening meeting will also be to see if the Raf can stay the course without several tauliers. After all, that’s also what you expect from a growing team.
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