French Cup. FC Annecy: Callens Cup goalkeeper, an opponent in R1, absentees… What you need to know before the trip to Vesoul

Digesting the defeat in Rodez

The Annecy players had time to understand their defeat in Rodez (5-1) last Friday, after a long bus return. “After a defeat like this, it’s important to carefully analyze why it happened and react behind it,” recalls Thomas Callens, FC Annecy goalkeeper, replacement for Florian Escales.

“We were less good on our strong principles, pressing, recovering the balls high in the opponent’s camp, we did that less well. The balls were more behind us, we suffered more than usual against a team who had analyzed us well. »

Thomas Callens in goal

“It’s a competition that I like”, does not hide Thomas Callens, called to the post of goalkeeper for this 7^e Coupe de France round. “It will feel good to play, to have playing time in the competition. »

The number 2 goalkeeper position? “I am experiencing it very well, and even better and better. It’s a position that you have to accept, in football there are not only number 1 goalkeepers, there are number 2, 3 or even 4 goalkeepers. You have to know your role well, always be ready for anything. eventualities. And always try to compete with Flo, that’s how we push ourselves to the top and it’s the best way to stay ready. »

Vesoul to launch the Coupe de France

Annecy will play against Vesoul, 7^e of Regional 1, Saturday evening. “It’s a team that we will have to take seriously like every Cup match,” said Callens. “We know that there are always surprises in the Coupe de France, we must not take the match lightly. »

The objective? “Qualify, clearly,” announces Laurent Guyot, the coach of FC Annecy, who is still looking for information on his weekend opponent.

“We are playing a team that will play seriously, in the Cup anything can happen. There, we don’t have an overload of schedule, it’s a match on the weekend, the next round will also be a weekend. Under no circumstances will we take this match lightly. Afterwards, if there is one competition where we can’t predict anything, it’s the Coupe de France! You have to be vigilant at all times. »

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Squad: players still uncertain, others in selection

Laurent Guyot plans to rotate his squad, giving playing time to certain players lacking minutes on the pitch. He will nevertheless have to deal with the uncertainties concerning Axel Drouhin and Ritchy Valmé, injured. “They had some problems at the start of the week,” said the Annecy coach. “It’s problematic because they were among the players I had planned to start. »

He will also have to cope without Josué Tiendrébéogo (Burkina Faso), Noha Lemina (Gabon) and Waël Debbiche (Tunisia U20) who left to play with their selection. Note the suspension of Ahmed Kashi.