The Crocodiles trained this morning at the Bastide for the welcome in Rodez this Saturday to start a series of three friendlies.
It wasn’t hot this morning at the Bastide training center. Equipped with hats and gloves, the inhabitants of Nîmes have revised their ranges. Small games on the perimeter, passes, crosses and situations in front of goal, for an hour under the orders of Frédéric Bompard, Thibault Giresse and Richard Goyet. The session was open to the public and the students of the 3rd and 4th grades of the Collège des Oliviers came to observe the Crocodiles. University students were provided with a red cap offered to them by the Nîmes Olympique association. The morning didn’t teach anything in particular but the NO technician said he was satisfied: ” I am very happy with the group and with what I see. We are working well and Wednesday’s session at the Costières stadium was very good. ».
Oliviers college students attended the training • Photo: Norman Garden
Fans who had been there hoping to catch a glimpse of a potential signing were disappointed as there were no new players on the horizon. ” The important thing is not to recruit, but to strengthen “, underlined Frédéric Bompard. The Nîmes staff had chosen to spare some players such as Nicolas Benezet, Koné (sick on Wednesday), Elias Omarsson, Rafiki Saïd who should be back in the group on Friday. For Saturday’s friendly against Rodez (15 at the Costières stadium and closed to the public) Nîmes Olympique will have to do without Benoit Poulain in the rehabilitation phase and Yassine Benrahou in the recovery phase after a sprain.
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