Eight weeks before the resumption of a N2 championship in which the Fréjus – Saint-Raphaël star painfully maintained itself by snatching its survival in Toulouse on May 18, the new synthetic lawn so awaited on the Louis-Hon side has still not been laid. No, the Raphaëloise enclosure of the intercommunal club has not yet changed its face. And this cursed grass which penalized the game of the Etoilists so much last season still looks sad. On the other hand, the team now coached by Jean-Noël Cabezas has a completely different face.
Four former Cannes residents
Yesterday, for the return to school of the Etoilists, no less than ten recruits discovered their new club. “It was necessary to regenerate this workforce, explains the former coach of AS Cannes, who arrives with no less than four Cannes players – Mocio, De Souza, Alouache and Chastaing – in his luggage. Players that I know yes, but who above all had a big season in Cannesjustifies Cabezas. And I know their mentality. I know they’re good guys. I think we’re going to have a group that’s going to live well together.”
“We can play ball”
Operated in collaboration with Michel Estevan, the former Etoile coach, now placed in an advisory role to President Barbero, the copious recruitment of the intercommunal club was therefore done on the Cannes side, but also with N2 residents who, for a good number of them – Grasse, Thonon, Toulon – played in the same group as the Etoile last season. “They know the level and that’s an advantageCabezas confides. Now, having good players on such a pitch is useless. Whereas on a synthetic pitch we can play football.”, announces the one who had made the question of the pitch a sine qua non condition for his arrival on the star bench. There is no more…
They arrive: Lucas Mocio (30 years old, goalkeeper, AS Cannes, N2); Kévin Châtelain (30 years old, defender, Grasse, N2); Wilcem Alouache (29 years old, defender, Cannes N2); Karl de Souza (26 years old, defender, Cannes, N2); Cantyn Chastang (26 years old, defensive midfielder, AS Cannes, N2); Félix Ley (23 years old, midfielder, Grandville, N2); Ayoub Khadroui (23 years old, midfielder, Toulon, N2); Ilyès Nakoubi (22 years old, left winger, Alençon, N3); Yanis Barka (26 years old, forward, Beauvais, N2); Abdoulaye Diaby (29 years old, forward, Thonon-évian, N2);
They stay: Vicenzo Bezzina (26 years old, goalkeeper); Julien Mouillon (27 years old, defender); Juvrel Loumingou (29 years old, defender); David Russo (25, defender); Raphaël Delvigne (32 years old, midfielder); Ilyass Maamar (27 years old, midfielder); Mohamed Fadhloun (30 years old, midfielder); Georges Garnero (23 years old, midfielder); Ryan Boudersa (23, midfielder); Akim Orinel (37 years old, midfielder); Axel Montanes (23 years old, midfielder); Mohamed Ouchmid (32 years old, attacker); Ottman Dadoune (29 years old, attacker).
They leave: Théo Vermot (27 years old, goalkeeper); Pie Luxton Bekili (23 years old, defender); Ali Kalla (26 years old, defender); Malivaï Daninthe (27 years old, defender); Diadié Diarra (31 years old, defender, towards Istres, N3?); Mahamadou Konté (31 years old, defensive midfielder); Guillaume Khous (31 years old, attacking midfielder, towards Orléans, National); Davel Mayela (28 years old, attacker, towards Le Puy, N2); Jules Varvat (23 years old, attacker, towards Jura Sud, N2); Noah Bongo (25 years old, attacker).
