Soccer. Caen – Grenoble, a lot of tension on all floors

Through Aline Chatel
Published on 5 Dec 20 at 23:48

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Pascal Dupraz assures him, he attended a match of “exemplary correction” between Caen and Grenoble, Saturday December 5, 2020. Not sure that everyone agrees. From the first minutes of play to those which followed the final whistle, when “a small scuffle”, according to Yoann Court, broke out in the tunnel leading to the locker room, the debates were characterized by a permanent tension. Caennais and Grenoblois, on and off the pitch, recalled the dark side of a sport where contestation is an integral part of the performance. “There was a bit of noise on both sides, on each contact, on each duel, recognizes Loïc Nestor, the Grenoble captain. It’s fair game. 38 faults were whistled, including 22 from Caen.

Grenoble “just asks to be respected”

At the post-match press conference, the tension was still palpable at Philippe Hinschberger. Of course, the Grenoble coach mentioned the non-existent penalty whistled against his team and its consequences. “You have to understand that at the end of the match, you are upset. We were leading the fair play challenge before the match. We are not a team of thugs. We just ask to be respected like the others. But the usual placid technician, ulcerated, also denounced attitudes. “We come to accuse my players, on the other hand there are substitute players from Caen – I will not quote them – who came down first to make a mess. Let everyone sweep in front of their door before accusing. I found the Caen bench very tense. With every whistle, 15 guys are screaming in there. Frankly, it’s a construction site. It does not help to put a little serenity. “

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“Jostling” in the tunnel after the match

Grenoble was left for five yellow cards. But it was after the match that the friction took on another dimension, including from the presidential stand where the Caen players who were not playing were installed. Yacine Bammou was particularly upset. The sounds from the tunnel suggested the discord was escalating. Insults, but not only, even if Loïc Nestor prefers to put things into perspective.

There were things that happened a bit late in the game when there was tension. There was a bit of jostling. Nothing mean.

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“You need good teams, good players and good referees”

Very Zen in a press conference, Pascal Dupraz ended up addressing the subject constrained and forced by the question of a journalist. “You want to breach, I’m not going to go in,” he said at first. In football, you need good teams, good players, good referees. Since we are all paid, we have to be good. We coaches, when we are bad, we get out. I say this because there was a rain of boxes (eight in total including three for Caen, editor’s note), exceptional tackles that our English friends would applaud sanctioned for fouls, and also attitudes on the field on the part of players who speak and who unfortunately go unpunished. “

“A deleterious climate for a very pleasant meeting”

It is this aspect of things that the Weed Beans have little appreciated. “There is a player in Grenoble who keeps insulting his opponents. It’s just a shame. It kinda ignites. The player in question? Charles Pickel. “It’s impressive, I swear. In my opinion, it has to be like that internally too. When I talk to certain Grenoble players, they are not surprised by the attitudes of some of their players. I’m not swinging, but it’s awesome. It gives a deleterious climate to a very pleasant meeting. “Passed before his counterpart in a press conference, Philippe Hinschberger had already mentioned the name of his player. “When we come to target Charles Pickel all the time, because we know that he has made a reputation for himself as a boy who can get out of hand from time to time, whereas he has largely calmed down this year …”

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“We know that in Caen you have to be careful in the area …”

In terms of reputation, the Stade Malherbe has made another. “We know that in Caen, you have to be careful in the penalty area because there are penalties. I am not attacking, I am telling the truth. Look at the Le Havre penalty. Frankly, we think we are dreaming, ”fulminated Philippe Hinschberger. Without knowing it, Pascal Dupraz replied with phlegm and irony a few minutes later. “I can understand Grenoble’s frustration at being caught for the first time. The debates are very good quality but I see some crazy stuff. If we have to play in a green tutu or a pink tutu, with the Covid-19 plexiglass that surrounds us so that there is no contact, it will no longer be football. But it is indeed football that drives followers and supporters. Who would like to see him honored in a more beautiful way.

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