Disappointing during its previous outing against Chambly but still undefeated this season, SM Caen has an appointment in Valenciennes this Saturday, September 26, 2020 (7:00 p.m.).
Posted on Sep 26, 20 at 11:01 am
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Competitors need a challenge and this one has it all! Here are four meetings, the first four of the season, that Caen do not concede the slightest goal. In Ligue 1 as in Ligue 2, it is the only team to still not have gone to seek the ball in the back of its net. Even when the performances are less good, even bad as against Chambly, this solidity ensures a minimum service in terms of accounting. Fourth in Ligue 2 with two wins and two draws, Stade Malherbe will try to confirm its good start in Valenciennes, Saturday, September 26, 2020. Among the Northerners who remain on three 1-0, once in their favor, twice in their disfavour.
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The group: Yoann Court present, Zady Sery in reserve
Pascal Dupraz announced the group called up to face Valenciennes, Saturday, September 26, 2020. Yoann Court, the last Caen recruit, is one of them. In the group of 19 players present in training the day before the match, it was Johann Lepenant who was rejected. The young man will play in reserve, Saturday, September 26 against Châteaubriant (4 p.m.), like Caleb Zady Sery. For the latter, operated on in June for a pubalgia, they ‘will act of a highly anticipated return to competition. Pascal Dupraz:
The goal is for him to play 60 minutes. I hesitated to take him with us (in Valenciennes) but he needs playing time. If his feelings are good in reserve, he will be operational for Amiens (on October 3).
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For the Caen coach, Caleb Zady Sery and Yoann Court, who prepared alone before joining Caen in mid-September, will take “a few weeks or even a few months to be at 100% of their potential”. In Valenciennes, the Caennais will be deprived of Yacine Bammou (suspended a match), Aliou Traoré (back from illness) and Alexis Beka Beka (thigh). Zeidane Inoussa remains in the group, like Loup Hervieu.
The group : Riou, Callens – Armougom, Yago, Rivierez, Weber, Ngouabi, Vandermersch – Oniangué, Pi, Deminguet, Gonçalves, Hervieu – Court, Nsona, Gioacchini, Jeannot, Inoussa.
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Chambly: “A very poor match”
Pascal Dupraz quickly returned to the draw conceded in front of Chambly, Saturday, September 19, 2020 (0-0). “It was a very poor copy,” he admits. With undeniable facts.
You just have to see the number of passes backwards, the number of untimely touches of the ball, the number of missed passes which sclerotic our offensive animation where there is no movement.
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However, arguing a successful start to the season (no defeat and no goal conceded in the first four games), the Savoyard calls for “moving on”.
From [ce soir], we won’t have to deal with a low block or this style of match. Rather than feeling sorry for our performance on Saturday, we put it away quietly – I put it in a small cupboard in my office – and we will bring it out the day we feel playing against a low block that will come rushing into our deficiencies.
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Valenciennes: Keep the state of mind
It’s not complicated, Caen has never won at Valenciennes. “I asked the players: are we going anyway? The response seems to have been positive since the Malherbistes have indeed left for the North on Friday September 25, 2020. With the firm intention of showing that this season does not resemble previous ones for a team that alternates victory and defeat. Pascal Dupraz, however, sees further.
The next four matches (Valenciennes, Amiens, Niort, Guingamp to which we can add Paris FC) are important. All I hope is that we always end up well ranked. The Ligue 2 championship is homogeneous. It’s no harder to play Clermont than Chambly.
The technician believes in the values that are dear to him. “What will make the difference is the homogeneity of our group, its good understanding. I am happy with the state of mind of my group and its behavior. In this area, the victories are an undeniable plus. Caen has not yet lost this season, nor conceded a single goal in four games. For a club that has come a long way, it is anything but anecdotal. It is this accumulated confidence that can and must allow Malherbe to take the right wagon from the start. For now, Caen is fourth, two points behind the leader Niort.
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