Leader the Ligue 2 at the time of the winter break, the FC Lorient will once again play a very unbalanced match in French Cup this weekend since the 32nd finals pit them against Tours FC (R1) at the Stade de la Vallée du Cher! The old clubOlivier Pants would like to play a trick on him and his players are very motivated by the idea of facing the Merlus. Faced with a group more dangerous in theory than US Monnaie (0-5 in the 8th round), the Lorientais would be well advised not to relax before the holidays in order to be able to leave with peace of mind. Something that the FCL coach thinks he can do.
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“I was a little afraid this week with the approach of the holidays, but we had training with the players concerned, who gave a lot. I am pleasantly surprised. We will try to put together a very competitive team to seek qualification. It would be difficult to be eliminated by a Regional 1 team, hierarchically inferior. We don't think too much about the match after, I simply asked the group to be as serious as during the first two rounds of the Coupe de France. Tours is perhaps better armed than the two previous opponents, with a very long series of victories. There will be more adversity in this match. They have a squad of good players. »
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Resumption of training at the end of 2024
“With this Coupe de France match, the holidays are considerably reduced. We took the option to resume training on Monday 30/12 with a program which will be given to the players and which, in principle, must be respected. I insisted heavily on this, making it clear that in order to have a slightly longer vacation, we made the choice to give them preparation sessions so that there would be no problem coming back on Monday to resume. collective. »
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