Thaon (N3) – Amiens (L2)
This Saturday (6 p.m.), in Epinal
As the U18s end their last training of this calendar year, this Thursday evening in the frost of the Lederlin stadium, good humor and bursts of laughter spring from the other part of the field. The flagship group of ES Thaon is preparing to enter the home stretch of preparation for its final deadline of 2024.
A meeting with glory – or at least a piece of it – which does not unduly disturb a collective, certainly in difficulty in its daily life in the championship, but never as comfortable when it comes to rubbing shoulders with it this old lady that is the Coupe de France. So attractive for the National 3 club, which will play its third round of 32 in four years this Saturday! A ''prize list'' which makes people envious and which incites distrust among the bigwigs. “We're starting to get used to it,” says coach Romain Chouleur, just as relaxed as his flock.
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Negative pressure, there will therefore be none for a team which does not tremble at the idea of fighting with an Amiens SC returning to the department for the third time in eleven months, in which it experienced various fortunes. “It remains a big Ligue 2 club,” says the local technician. “I watched the last matches, it’s really an interesting team. Without getting too excited, we're starting to get a little used to it and I have the impression that the guys are managing it much better. When it happens once, we're all excited, we're not necessarily prepared for this kind of thing. There, the fact of having done several courses in recent years, we feel the players are more serene in training, with less pressure. Afterwards, we will have to put a little pressure on ourselves for the match. We also know that we have to be ready on the big day. »
“We have little chance but we will do everything to get this small percentage”
On this side, too, the people of Thaon hardly harbor any anxiety as they give off that little extra something when Dame Coupe comes to tickle them. “I say it every year. Just doing a course like that gives you a lot of experience. So, by doing several, the guys are more armed and I think that affects the matches we play. I remember the first courses, we felt the players tense, we had difficulty getting into it. I take the example of Valenciennes. We lost 3-0 after 20 minutes. Afterwards, we managed to let go to get back to 3 all. There was some apprehension. Now, we approach these matches much better. »
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The previous two, against the Samarians, had been a mixture of self-sacrifice, solidarity and both physical and mental resources. “We will have to apply the same recipe again as two years ago,” advocates Romain Chouleur, “even if last year it almost worked well. We hadn't gone far. Afterwards, whether it's Amiens, another Ligue 2 team or a Ligue 1 club, it doesn't matter, these are very high level teams against whom we have very little chance. But you have to know how to grasp them, which we did two years ago. We have little chance but we will do everything to get this small percentage. »
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For this, it will also be necessary to take into account the geographical context. As was the case on January 22, 2023 against Nantes, ES Thaon will go into exile at La Colombière, in Epinal. “We would have liked to play at home, because our small stadium, with the small stand, always creates a big atmosphere,” underlines the coach. “There, the stadium is much bigger. It might be a little empty around here, whereas at home it was quite full two years ago for example, but, hey, it's still a football field in the end. Against Nantes, it almost worked. It's not a question of the terrain even if we would have preferred to have our little habits and our benchmarks on our terrain. »
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But with this deep-rooted faith, ES Thaon has its best argument to move towards the feat…
