In the bowels of the Groupama stadium, Saïd Chabane, the president of Angers, greets from a distance Vincent Ponsot, the soccer director of OL. A stone’s throw absent, Gérald Baticle, his coach, is chatting with acquaintances in close proximity to the clubbus. Even with the slap he acquired in Lyon (5-) this Saturday on the occasion of the 6th matchday of Ligue 1, the coach has found some factors for fulfillment, facts on which he intends to get the job done to revive a motor vehicle taken from four consecutive defeats.
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Summon players down below but giving their all “with their recent implies”. “We see parts for improvement so that everyone can come across their degree”, he insists. It is not a problem of pointing the finger at unique failures, but of comprehending, of placing a new protection on its feet. But will he nonetheless be there to have out this delicate mission? “I’m not the subject matter. The only detail that issues is obtaining alternatives. It is the heaviness of defeat that worries me. I am not a dreamer, nor an idealist, there are troubles, I am mindful of them. We did it final 12 months right after seven defeats and we know how we obtained there. “
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“We are all behind him”
And he finds weighty aid in Chabane. The president thus denies a achievable dismissal of his coach. He even assures him to give him all his help. Not for the future match from Montpellier, but for the relaxation of the experience. “He is not threatened in any way, I you should not work like that. Gérald is with me, he will nonetheless be with me. You are questioned to see the blood, to exclude 1 or the other … I expect far more from the gamers, I talked to them two or a few weeks in the past, but when I see right now what we have in entrance of a person of the most effective groups in our league … We didn’t hope to operate miracles. I was much more concerned following the match from Reims (2-4) than now. “
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If I come to feel a rift amongst the supervisor and his team or with me, I will make conclusions, but that is not the circumstance.
Saïd Chabane, president of the SCO of Angers
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“Let’s communicate to Gerald. Telling me ‘you misplaced 5 or 6 games’ is not my way of executing matters. There are no arguments with Gérald. He will be there for the next match and he will stay on the bench till the end of the time. ” he proceeds.
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Pierrick Capelle, the substitute midfielder, yesterday, does not even envision that this scenario will occur. “It’s your job to converse about it, but we are not actually frightened. We have confidence in him, we are all guiding him. There are no this sort of inquiries with us, it is not in the mother nature of the club. “ Capelle will come across his mentor on Tuesday following two times of relaxation.
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