That's already taken. Anglet pocketed a unit against RC Pays de Grasse (0-0) this Saturday. Cédric Pardeilhan's players know that it will be complicated all season. But they are ready. The Angloy coach is full of praise for his team: “We had a courageous but full match, too. It's very rewarding to take a point against a team like that even if, of course, the objective was three points. »
Rowing Bayonnais: Grégory Patat and his men in the shadows
Aviron Bayonnais is going to Vannes with 23 players and about as many people in its staff, this Saturday at 4:30 p.m. This support, essential to the functioning of the team, is unknown to the general public. The manager makes the presentations
The Grassois, when entering the field, had the leadership label on their backs and the best attack in this group A. Suffice to say that the mission of Bixente Mendiburu's teammates promised to be more than delicate. “We knew last Saturday, after the defeat against Saint-Priest, that we would have a good match today (this Saturday), indicated Cédric Pardeilhan after the meeting. Guys, they never have their heads at the bottom of the bucket. Every time we take a blow to the head, everyone gets up, everyone works. We know that we have things to compensate for in relation to the club structures but there, we showed a good face. »
Difficult quarter of an hour
The visitors took the match head on. “They put a lot of pressure on us, perhaps thinking we would fart in flight,” said coach Angloy. Bosetti could also have opened the scoring on his first opportunity following a nice Medjan-Ndezi combination but the leather ended his race on the bar of Giffard, beaten (8th).
“We will continue with this state of mind until the end, this desire to take points, to maintain ourselves”
Behind, the Genêts stood firm. “After a difficult quarter of an hour, we managed to get out to have some interesting situations,” says Cédric Pardeilhan. Like on this long clearance from Giffard which takes the entire Grassoise defense from behind, and on which Thibault Lapeyre presents himself, slightly off-center to the right in the area against Roperti, the latter winning his duel against the Basque attacker (12th).
“This team has a soul”
Finally, apart from a flight from Giffard, just before the break, on a mine from Ceso (44th), the Genêts defended well, trying to plug the gaps and trying, as much as possible, to tickle the opposing rearguard, as in this withdrawal from Flo Becaas towards the elder Lapeyre who misses the target (23rd). The twirling N'Tamack could also have played some nasty tricks on the Anglo defense. The visiting striker found a few flaws but his finishing was never up to par (15th, 25th).
“There is still one match left to finish the first leg, and fifteen others behind. We're still here. And then, not all the teams will be Grasse,” adds the yellow and green technician. His players resisted the attacks of the leaders well under the leadership of the very good NDezi and did not concede any clear chances. “They had opportunities, well-taken corners but no real chances. We will continue with this state of mind until the end, this desire to take points, to maintain ourselves. And I know our team has the capabilities to achieve it. Our team has real soul,” concluded the coach with conviction.
Anglet 0 – 0 Pays de Grasse
Lieu Anglet (Saint-Jean stadium). Spectators 500. Referees M. Flachot.
Warnings Betina (37th), Luc. Laplace-Palette (79th) in Anglet; Cesa (45th), Medjan (64th) at RC Pays de Grasse
Anglet Giffard – Becaas (E.Daguerre 85e), Guevel, Leriche, Mendiburu, Zahi – Ruiz, Thomas (Luc. Laplace-Palette 74e), M. Lapeyre (X.Daguerre 77e), T.Lapeyre (Sanha 85e) – Betina
RC Pays de Grasse : Roberti – El Kadi, Abt, Philibert – Grandemange (Watel 83e), Cesa, Medjan, Ako, Ndezi – Ntamack (Badalassi 77e), Bosetti (Toure 67e)
