Emerick Darbelet who had already led the Rodez team during the 7th round of the Coupe de France against the Greens (0-0, 3-4 after the TABs) will again be on the Ruthenian bench as number 1 for this fifteenth matchday of the championship.
This week, Rodez decided to end her relationship Laurent Peyreladecoach who brought Rodez from National 2 to Ligue 2. An inevitably painful end to history with a coach who marked the history of the Ruthenian club.
He was replaced by his deputy Emerick Darbelet who intends to bring something back from Geoffroy-Guichard this afternoon in a match that he necessarily expects to be different from the Cup one: “We trained as best we could. I did the work sessions I wanted. I’m here for the next two deadlines. Our priority is this next Ligue 2 championship match! The whole group has this goal, this obsession: to score points and qualify.
The match against Grenoble was completely lost. We need to bring the sliders of requirement, intensity, creativity and collective will back to the right levels. I have two goals: bring something back from our trip to Geoffroy Guichard and qualify for the next round of the Coupe de France! The context of the match is different from that of 15 days ago.”
Rodez will therefore want to knock down two teams from the Loire in one week: AS Saint-Étienne first in Ligue 2 and FC Roche Saint-Genest (R2) then in the Coupe de France, as part of the eighth day of the French championship Cup .