It is with a workforce amputated by many executives that the Amiens find the Magnus League this Tuesday in the Basque Country. Seven games from the end of the regular season, it should not be a brake, at the risk of saying goodbye to the play-offs.
The truce will not have made it possible to find vital forces as is sometimes the case. On the contrary, Amiens has clearly weakened. To the chagrin of his trainer Mario Richer, who has to deal with long unavailability at a crucial time of the year. “Already it wasn’t easy, now it’s going to be even more difficult. Henry (Buysseeditor’s note) is still not available (and will not be replaced by a joker editor’s note), he is resting at home. Romain Bault was injured in the last match against Cergy, Aziz Baazzi has recurring back problems, Plagnat is not yet ready and Taavi Tiala had the covid. » A long list of packages to add Lopachuk, suspended five games (including two suspended sentences) after his altercation against Cergy, which resulted in a broken nose to his vis-à-vis.
U20s as reinforcements
In the winter transfer window, the Picard club separated from Goods et Sironen departed respectively for England (Manchester Storm, EIHL) et italy (Gherdëina, AlpsHL), as revealed in our columns. Only the Canadian Hugo Turcotte came in compensation. The 32-year-old center will discover the Magnus League tonight. But it will not be in the trio imagined for him by the coach, since it will be necessary to tinker. “For the moment, we have three lines and six defenders” Mario Richer account. The technician takes two young people from the training center – Ugo Tocquin and Antoine Salomez – to complete his alignment and respect the rule for players trained in France.
The U20s weren’t playing this weekend, but some of them were mobilized with the D2 on Saturday. The Amiens, penultimate in this divisionagain bowed against Amnéville, despite the presence of Simonsen and Roussel. It is to say if for the young people who are brought to jump in the big bath of Magnus the plunge seems high.
Guillaume Roussel knows something about it. The defender is yo-yoing between the As and the youth teams this season (3 games in U20, 4 in D2, 11 in D1 and 25 in Magnus) and confirms that ” it’s a little hard to move from one team to anotherespecially when it’s in Neuilly, the home games are on small ice and it’s not the same style of play.
The young teammates who will accompany him to Anglet will in any case have to quickly get up to speed because Amiens has no room for error. “It is a week where it is absolutely necessary take the six points (with the reception of Bordeaux on Friday, editor’s note)because then it’s Angers twice and Rouen, they’re big teams, it’s going to be very difficult especially with a restricted line-up., warns Mario Richer. So far, Amiens has achieved a clear round against Hormadibut the technician is on his guard against a team with the same number of points in the standings. “They have a very good goalkeeper and on their small rink they can surprise teams with the way they play. » Trios to recompose, young people to integrate, a match to win, these are the missions of the Amiens staff this Tuesday at the Barre d’Anglet.
Tuesday, February 14 – 8:30 p.m.:
Ligue Magnus – J39
Amiens (9ème, 43 pts) – Anglet (10th, 43 pts)
Julien Benesteau
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