Three days after a match against Niort, Rodez Aveyron football ends its first leg tonight with a trip to Nancy. Faced with another poorly classified, Laurent Peyrelade’s men can end their long streak without a victory … or sink into doubt.
With its schedule as tight as pants after the holidays, Ligue 2 at the time of Covid-19 looks like a marathon which must at times be run at the pace of a sprint. This is particularly true at the start of the year, since the match against Niort on Tuesday was the first in a series of eleven in less than two months for Rodez, not counting the Coupe de France. And this sequence continues with very important meetings for the Ruthenians, who are preparing to face two direct competitors in maintenance, this evening in Nancy, before receiving Pau in a week.
Nancy, Pau: two duels to come against poorly classified
These two confrontations should give a little more meaning to the period that Raf is currently going through. With thirteen games without a win, the series is most worrying. But the blood and gold also remain on four meetings without defeat, four draws therefore. What to mean that Ugo Bonnet and his partners are always able to get by, they who have glued together during their last two outings, in Le Havre and against Niort (1-1 each time). Better, these two points allowed them to leave the last row to find themselves barragists: if Rodez advances at a slow pace, this is valid for others. And that gives even more importance to the two upcoming posters.
For the first part, in Lorraine, the Ruthenians will face a team that has just put an end to its bad patch (nine unsuccessful matches), by winning in Valenciennes (3-2), despite a delay of two goals and one outnumbered. The Aveyronnais would be inspired to forget their bad habits which have cost them so dearly since the start of the season, starting with the lack of efficiency. And to accentuate the improvements seen in recent weeks. “We have been progressing for a little while, in terms of density, collective energy, advance Laurent Peyrelade, the trainer. Except he’s missing a win. “
To achieve this tonight, physical condition will also be an important element, three days after the last game. Some changes are also to be expected in the starting eleven, because Valentin Henry, positive for Covid-19, and Amiran Sanaia, spared, will not follow suit. “Right now we have good legs”, assures Laurent Peyrelade for his part. This will not be too much, when it comes to negotiating a crucial phase of the season.
Valentin Henry positive for Covid-19
During screening checks carried out before each meeting, Valentin Henry tested positive for Covid-19 this week. Placed in isolation, the side will not take part in the trip to Nancy this evening. This is the second positive test in the Ruthenian workforce, after that of Daouda Gueye, at the start of the year.
Nancy enters a new era
Gauthier Ganaye, new strongman of the ASNL.
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Going from 2020 to 2021, AS Nancy Lorraine has changed the year but also its course. The last day of December indeed gave rise to the formalization of the club’s takeover by NewCity Capital, a group of investors chaired by the Sino-American businessman Chien Lee, who is therefore back in the middle of the French football after having bought, in 2016, the OGC Nice, and having owned it for three years; the end of a long series, the sale of ASNL having been a sea serpent for almost five years, and the end of an era since Jacques Rousselot, president since 1994 (after having been the main sponsor since 1987), handed over to Gauthier Ganaye.
“It is clear that the economic model that was mine, with a single shareholder to ensure the sustainability of a football club, is no longer possible today; even more so with the health and economic crisis we are going through. We need investors who have greater financial resources […]. I think we did the job, even if some denigrate us “, said, very moved, the now former leader during the press conference organized to formalize the transfer of power on Thursday last week.
Towards an “active” transfer window
His successor, president of Nice from 2016 to 2019, affirmed his desire for continuity by keeping Jean-Louis Garcia as coach (“He is under contract. If I had wanted to change coach, it would have been done”, he told the press), while affirming his short and medium term ambitions.
“Nancy has a number of strengths, such as a stadium that has nothing to be ashamed of compared to those in Ligue 1, a training center that” performs “year after year, an audience … I don’t like the expression “It is a Ligue 1 club in Ligue 2”, because we deserve to be in the division where we are. But it is a club which has the potential to come back to Ligue 1 and which deserves it “, he said, before adding, still in front of journalists: “The ambition is to see ASNL access Ligue 1 in the medium term. In the meantime, we want to stay in Ligue 2 and will be active during the transfer window. There are some alterations to be made in this workforce but everything is is not to be thrown away. In six months, we want to build a competitive team to play at the top of the league table “.
The player to watch: Jordan Leborgne
Is the sun going to rise in the east?
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After a remarkable entry into play just before the break in Le Havre (1-1), then an interesting performance against Niort this week (1-1), Jordan Leborgne could again be aligned in the middle with three blood and gold, this evening in Nancy. Through his percussions and his concern to orient the game forward, the former Caen player can have a valuable contribution to the Ruthenian midfield. This was the case against Niort on Tuesday in the first period, before having a more limited influence thereafter.
Arrived at Raf during the offseason from Guingamp, Jordan Leborgne has mainly been used until then as a lining, behind David Douline and Rémy Boissier, very successful so far. A lasting return to a three-piece centerline could give him the opportunity to show up more often.
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