RC Lens will travel to Rennes this Saturday (5 p.m.) with all its strength, with the exception of Cheick Traoré who finishes his re-athletic training in Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines and Charles Boli who felt muscle discomfort in an ischio- leg and will be forfeited. The Artesian club lost for the first time this season at home this Sunday against Angers (1-3). He did not know how to switch the meeting on his first occasions (Kalimuendo, Kakuta) then let his opponent open the scoring before taking advantage of the spaces against.
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“We are vulnerable to the loss of the ball, recognized Franck Haise, his trainer, this Thursday noon. It has been one of our biggest problems for some time. We are no longer as compact, we do not accompany the carrier or we have not put security on the offensive marking. The opponent is often of quality and knows how to use it well. The causes are multifactorial. After having been well, even very well individually and collectively, there may have been a relaxation. The fact that half of the team have trained at one point and the other half haven’t (covid-19 epidemic) can explain that a little was missing (training intensity). Despite everything, our collective statistics are very consistent. The first problem is tactical. “
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The importance of efficiency
The Blood and Gold team always has the ambition to go press its opponent high enough and to follow the recovery of the ball by combined movements or direct play. It assumes to take risks but, like most L1 formations, remains dependent on its effectiveness in the zone of truth.
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“We need to be very efficient, confirms the coach. When you take possession, you also have to be more solid and more balanced on the offensive transitions. We are a little too carried away by the game. We had however studied Angers on these specific points. Our system (3-4-1-2) ? It is rather adequate and well integrated by the players. We recruited for that and we master it pretty well. “
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“I know we will have a lot to do”
The technician said he did not want to change it at the start of the matches, even if it meant doing it in sequence, as in the second period against Angers where Lens went to a flat 4 defense and lined up four attackers at the end of the game. . Its players are sensitive to criticism and video images that leave no room for ambiguity.
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“You have to travel to Rennes with some doubt given the opponent who is of a completely different caliber and at the same time rely on the good things that we have achieved, he continues. We are capable of playing, of being solid, of making quality transitions and of remaining vigilant in defensive transitions. If we don’t have a full match against Rennes, we will have problems. They have a squad built to have it both ways. They stalled in terms of results. But not on the quality of the possession game, the number of shots always higher than the opponents, even against Paris (0-3) and Bordeaux (0-1). There is a little less efficiency but their qualities are still there. I know we will have a lot to do. “
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