the essential
Decimated by injuries, the Boétiens will line up a significantly rejuvenated eleven in Langon.
While they had been spared from injuries last season, at the start of this season, the infirmary is full. “We have never had so many injuries, it’s incredible!”
The Boétie staff continues to speculate about the causes of this phenomenon. “The state of our pitches probably has something to do with it,” reacts Mickaël Tomas, one of the assistant coaches. “Our training conditions are horrible.”
The list of injured players is as long as a day without bread: Grossetie, Michaud, Labiod, Barran, Benlloch, Byers Touya, Do Poço, Martinez, Lambert. Almost a team on the sidelines, with obviously undisputed starters. The team lined up will be, for example, handicapped in attack with the absence of Martinez and Lambert, scorers in the last matches.
A very young team
The staff will have to draw on the youth to put together a team: nine out of fourteen players were under 22 last weekend. Youngsters who performed perfectly in Andernos, which allowed qualification for the 4th round of the Coupe de France.
The team will therefore be young but also ambitious with the aim of getting points in Gironde. Alexis Jourdan’s men will travel with the aim of securing a first victory against a team that has also still not won. The Langonnais managed a draw at the Trélissac reserves (1-1), lost at home to Villenave (0-1) and then struggled to exist in Cestas (3-0). Last weekend, they fell in the Coupe de France at La Brède (2-2, 5-4 pen). It is therefore a team seeking revenge that will welcome the Boétiens.
