SM Caen. Stéphane Moulin: “We have to be irreproachable in our behavior”

It’s almost the big day for the Stade Malherbe Caen ! Stéphane Moulin’s players will attack a new Ligue 2 season, Saturday July 24, 2021 against Rodez (7:00 p.m.).

A look back at the first press conference of the season, with Stéphane Moulin and Yoann Court.

Stephane Moulin

The group

“There is a little uncertainty about Andréas Hountondji. We’ll see if he can do the session and we’ll make a decision at the end. He twisted his ankle on a blocked strike and didn’t practice yesterday. Ali Abdi will not play tomorrow. There is work for him. It will be over time that we can see whether or not he can quickly catch up. “

State of mind

“I have a lot of desire, a lot of enthusiasm, I can’t wait to be there. It’s like every start of the season, although this one is a little different for me. I look forward to seeing the results. Even if rather positive things have been repeated, we know very well that it is the competition that prevails. “

The public

“That’s the other super interesting thing. Our supporters will be happy to come back. It can be a support at a difficult moment in a match, it can also transcend the team. It’s sharing, it’s exchange, it’s the return of football as we like it. Like all the teams that will play at home, we will want to please our supporters from the first match. The Caen public is known and recognized for its fervor. There is this Anglo-Saxon side that I like a lot. They are fans, who are imbued, infused with their club. They have some time to catch up, so I hope they will work harder (smile). It is an audience that counts among the French audiences. We may have a wonderful audience, a fantastic stadium, top-level infrastructure, the most important thing is what is happening on the green square. Everything else helps, promotes. “

The preparation

“I think that on the work we have done, we are ready. Is this going to be enough? I do not know. I saw the team progress through the meetings and the work. I am very satisfied with the work. The boys are attentive and show a real desire to move forward, to communicate. It is difficult for us to measure the value of the adversary. The other hard thing to assess is that even though I took L2, it’s hard to find a value in our group compared to others. I need to properly analyze the level of the teams in this championship. “

Expectations

“They don’t want to relive what they went through last year. They know what it’s going through. We can miss things, but I will be uncompromising on the investment, the involvement, the state of mind. We have to be irreproachable in our behavior. I understand that there were a lot of criticisms last year. On that, we must be unassailable. When you are irreproachable, the pill goes a little better. “

Ali Abdi

“At first, we quickly understood that his choice would not fall on a Ligue 2 club, but we maintained the link. What he was told convinced him. He comes there to continue his evolution after having passed a plateau last season. “

The level of the team

“In the games we played, we have a team that holds up. After that, it depends on the opponents we are going to meet, but I do not know the level of the others. We have a team that must be able to exist in this championship. We will talk about it again when we have finished our transfer window and everyone is physically ready. We’ll also see if Alexis Beka Beka will still be with us. We have two important holders on the side, two boys in selection, two recruits not yet ready. It’s difficult to talk about our team, because it is not yet definitively complete. I trust, because they have shown some interesting things. “

Rodez

“The first game is always important. It is all the more so given what the club experienced last year. D-day is important, and we know what that means in Normandy (smile). We have to be ready right away, but we have to be ready for a long time too. There is not the same intensity or the same adrenaline in competition.

Alexis Beka Beka

“I liked his entry against Mexico yesterday, he was a rare player to take the game forward, to take risks. He entered this match without asking a question, which is very similar to him. Today, I consider him to be in the workforce. If there is an offer that the club feels they should accept, they will accept it. I have known since I arrived, and even before, that he has a possibility of leaving. ”

Yoann Court

“Without an audience, it’s not real football, so we’re very happy to resume. We had some good friendlies, but that doesn’t mean anything. I think we are ready for tomorrow. We have a good game plan, we know what to do and what not to do. In the game it’s better than last year. ”

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