The lights are green in blood and gold. A fifth place with four points in two days, an exceptionally empty infirmary and not the slightest case of Covid-19 on the horizon: there are many reasons to rejoice at Rodez Aveyron football before the reception in Caen, tonight, at the exit from two weeks of international truce. “We have worked very well since the last match, appreciates Laurent Peyrelade, the trainer. There was quality, intensity. In the frame of mind, it was good. “
The picture is idyllic, in short. And comes to recall the pleasant memories of the beginning of the previous exercise, during which the Ruthenian team had already accumulated good results. But as we know, professional football is a terrible world, one of those who hardly give time to the celebrations. Tonight against the Normans, Raf’s good start to the season passes the test of an ambitious Ligue 2 player.
This opposition will be an opportunity to gauge a little better the level of Pierre Bardy’s teammates. But also to see if progress has been made in the game. Because if a few clouds invite themselves in the blue Aveyron sky, it is in terms of content, not completely satisfactory during the first two days. We know, we should not expect the Ruthenians to win their Ligue 2 matches with a crazy margin and a guardiolesque possession of the ball. This does not correspond to the playing identity that Laurent Peyrelade wants to infuse, made of intensity and quick attacks, let alone the status of the team, which still appears as an inexperienced within its division, even if it no longer has the promoted label.
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Will the mastery be there?
But all the same, the victory against Grenoble (1-0) and the draw against Pau (1-1) should not mask a mastery and an inspiration still perfectible. “Against Caen, we have to be in line with what we did against Grenoble, by being more efficient and a little fairer offensively”, agrees Laurent Peyrelade. And the Ruthenian sky would be all the more radiant.
To the test
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