US Bolbec did not play last weekend in the Regional 1 championship (6th division) and that is rather good. The coaches know well that one week before a historic Cup meeting, their players might not have put all their energy into it. “I won't hide the fact that it's been on the players' minds since the victory at La Maladrerie (1-2 in the previous round), explains Locman Cakmak, who co-leads the team with Benoît Ghiskier. We were precisely afraid of this trip to QRM because I won't hide from you that when you are going to face a Ligue 2, the players are very, very careful not to take a card or get injured. Finally, thanks to the weather, it was canceled which made us happy to prepare well for this match against Stade Malherbe.”
“When you are going to face a Ligue 2, the players are very, very careful not to take a card or get injured”
For the first 8th round of the Coupe de France, the Bolbécais fans actually inherit SM Caen this Saturday. An event that its players who have to organize with their work to train three times a week would not miss for the world. “In addition we are in a fairly complicated area, most of the players work shifts (team work at staggered hours in the industry). We have staggered training sessions so that everyone arrives on time. They manage with their colleagues.
“We are going to create the conditions for us to be at home in Pavilly”
The Bolbec pitch not being qualified for an 8th round, the match will be played on the Pavilly synthetic pitch. “We did everything necessary to host the meeting at home but hey, we had to meet the specifications. It's true that for us, even for a town of 12,000 inhabitants, it would have been a magnificent celebration. Now, we adapts. We will create the conditions for us to be at home in Pavilly. We have made buses available to make this festive moment and make the people of Bolbec happy. Now, we would have preferred them. play on grass because on synthetic it goes twice as fast. We have players who train twice a day, who are very ready physically. Now we don't have much of a choice.
“The supporters will be near the pitch”
The SM Caen players will start as favorites against this team which plays four divisions below them but that is not why the Bolbécais do not keep in mind the idea of an exploit. “To try to trap them, you must already have luck on your side, recognizes Locman Cakmak and above all not to have any complexes. They train more than us but in a match everything is doable. With the will, the supporters close to the pitch – which is a change from big stadiums – everything is possible. The players know it. They are ultra-motivated. They will surpass themselves and you never know, with luck and players who surpass themselves, anything is possible.”
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