“It’s not easy to find the right positioning when you switch like him directly from player to coach. He quickly found it, whether with his former partners or within our staff. It is made for this ! », assures Franck Haise, his former coach at RC Lens, who refutes in passing having exchanged with his friend and Lorient counterpart Régis Le Bris before the arrival of Corsica in Morbihan this winter. “I knew about it. I had him on the phone, but not Régis. »
Three days before the Ligue 1 verdict, FC Lorient is once again in a more than delicate position: the Merlus are condemned to the feat to save their head among the elite. However, the Yannick Cahuzac effect, arriving within an already bloated staff, was undeniable. The executives of the Lorient locker room have attested to this on multiple occasions. Like Laurent Abergel who, in mid-February, assured that Corsica “has a vital role in this recovery. It’s not just the grin that he could show on the pitch when he was a player. We discover it in a different light. He is very strong tactically and also brings his experience from Lens. »
Mvogo: “He manages to make us all feel involved”
Six weeks later, goalkeeper Yvon Mvogo confirmed, while FCL had taken 14 points in eight games before the derby against Brest (0-1): “Yannick (Cahuzac), I take my hat off to him because he does great work on and off the field. He manages to make us all feel involved and brings rigor. It’s not just thanks to him, but he added his two cents…”
Long experience as captain
While Corsica was excluded against Brest, where he certainly played a lightning rod role for his coach, the clouds took over with only one point taken out of 21 possible. However, he can still play a valuable role, as Régis Le Bris indicated on Thursday: “He is part of the staff and the equation, of course. He also intervened recently to count his experience as a player in this situation, his experience, as a captain having experienced these periods of maintenance on numerous occasions…”. A deputy who had also expressed the wish upon his arrival to one day pass his BEPF. “And he will have it,” Franck Haise finally assured. I think he has all the qualities of a coach, with his way of getting messages across, his hardworking side, his demands… Now, even if he has had a long playing career, in my opinion, it is necessary several years to mature before becoming number one coach.”
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