2023-11-03 08:25:57
While waiting for the big poster of the 12th day of the National championship, which will consist of the trip of Red Star, leader, to the field of Niort, 2nd to 8 points from the Audonian club (Monday, 6:30 p.m. Canal + Foot), the other Ile-de-France team, Versailles, 9th, will play Dijon, 11th, this Friday evening (7:30 p.m., FFFTV).
Laurent Peyrelade’s team remains on a poor performance in its Montbauron stadium with an elimination against Fleury (National 2) 1-1, 5-4 on penalties, in the 6th round of the Coupe de France on Saturday afternoon.
How far away it seems, the time of the glorious 2022 epic in the Coupe de France, which only ended in front of OGC Nice in the semi-final at the Allianz Riviera (2-0). This Friday, the Yvelines team is evolving in the present and dealing with the cold reality of the National championship.
In the ranking, Versailles, although 9th, occupies a false position and is in a more delicate situation than it seems. With 14 points, the Ile-de-France club is only one unit ahead of a group of three teams including Dijon, 11th, and among which is the first relegation zone (Avranches, 13th).
“We are going to Dijon with unchanged intentions, while trying to resolve our problems with maintaining results,” explains Laure Peyrelade, the coach. We have opened the score 9 times out of 13 since the start of the season, we have been beaten once and won 3 or 4 times. This is what penalizes us in terms of points. »
That being said, captain Thibault Jaques and his teammates are more effective on the road than at home, with 7 points out of 15 away. Perhaps they feel too far away at “home” (7 points out of 18) at the Jean-Bouin stadium in Paris.
“We must first gain efficiency”
In Dijon, the Gaston-Gérard stadium is not an impregnable fortress either, with 10 points dropped out of 18 by Benoît Tavenot’s men so far. The latter, however, have been undefeated since the end of September and remain in an uneventful 2-1 qualification in the Coupe de France in Sens (DH).
“We need to find a common language and clear instructions so that everyone knows what they have to do tomorrow (Friday), continues Peyrelade, who has his entire squad, except for central defender Pierre Gibaud, who is unwell. We must first gain in efficiency, as we have so many situations in relation to the number of goals scored. Then, we must have more serenity in managing our weak times. Our executives must be stronger and command the younger ones, so that we remain focused on the objective. »
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