Occitania R1 – Pool B.
UNION SAINT JEAN FC – JUVENTUS DE PAPUS Saturday February 12, 6 p.m. at Georges Beyney.
Favorite of the classification, the USJFC the leader of the group welcomes the last Juventus of Papus, who needs points to get out of the red zone. Distrust, in the first leg at the start of the season, Juventus de Papus on his ground had won 2-1. This weekend can move the positions on the podium with the meetings: USJFC (1st)-Papus (12th), Sète (2nd)-Saint Alban (7th), and Pibrac (3rd)-Blagnac (11th). Saturday his distance duels promise to be perilous for his clubs.
Neck and neck since the end of the 2021 phase, Sète the leader had to give way to his runner-up USJFC, on the last day of the first leg (January 22): Sète hooked on Balaruc 1-1, and USJFC winner of Revel 3-1. After 2 defeats at the start of the season, Sète (0-2) and Papus (2-1), the USJFC has since made a remarkable run, 11 games without losing 9 wins and 2 draws.
A new victory is expected by coach Grégory Sorroche: “We take this match very seriously. On the way out, we had learned a lot, since then we have been able to react to evolve in the right direction. We have remained on a dynamic positive, with the primary objective of maintaining it as quickly as possible, and then giving ourselves other ambitions. We know what we are capable of doing, it is up to us to put our game in place, and not to give up in the face of a team that is fighting to get out of the relegation zone”.
On the workforce side, the group is practically complete, only Carrère is unavailable, the Union coach will be able to form a competitive team.
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