On the evening of January 23 and its success over Troyes (2-1), coming after its 0-0 obtained in Lorient, Angers was in 12th place, certainly 5 places lower than two months earlier, when two draws in Lille and Lens and a success in front of Lorient, had taken him to 7th place, but all the same…
Above all, undefeated since the start of the year, the SCO then had, on the evening of this 22nd day, 8 points ahead of Clermont (15th) and 10 over the barrage.
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However, he was going to follow a cascade of setbacks, that of the 26th day, at the end of February, in front of Lens, leaving Capelle and his teammates… only one point ahead of his former club, himself still 15th after his draw at home against Bordeaux coming after his success in Marseille.
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In the event of a setback at Montpied, the SCO could be overtaken by Clermont, Lorient and Troyes…
Two dynamics that can then seem opposite. An Angers which will only end its terrible bad series (7 defeats) two days later, with a success over Brest, when Clermont began to immerse itself in its own, stopped at the 5th stop.
Period during which the CF63 very quickly had much more to worry about the net of the last four than this SCO having taken its distance. Only here, in the last four games, Angers only pocketed 2 points, certainly meritorious in front of Lille and Nantes, out of 12.
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Too little not to be safe from a slide on the 34th day, since in the event of a setback at Montpied, the SCO (14th) could be overtaken by Clermont, Lorient and Troyes… And find themselves condemned, in turn , to really enter the fight for maintenance. Is he prepared for it? This is a bit of the question that club observers ask themselves…
Admittedly, we have just seen him, already placed in a delicate position during this season, he had known how to sense the threat and react by winning in front of Brest.
Johan Gastien (Clermont Foot), after Troyes: “To taste victory, a huge good! »
But did the Angevins believe that the persistent poor results at the bottom of the table gave them shelter? And then, there were still 10 days left, enough to recover just in case… Clearly, the pressure is certainly not the same today with half as many games to play.
What levers?
What can Gérald Baticle rely on today to restart the machine? Not on his striker Boufal (8 goals), in any case, who attracted the game and the light towards him, and a certain efficiency too, since involved in the last four achievements from Angevin, because he was injured in front of PSG, Wednesday.
On some executives, also, no doubt, that are Thomas, Capelle, Mangani or Traoré, able to bring the experience of the game under pressure missing to their young teammates.
Jean-Philippe Beal
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