Who could have thought, at the end of a month of November punctuated by four defeats and even on the evening of the goalless draw at Meinau against Reims on December 8, that Racing, which until then had allowed great promises to show through, could hold over time?
Barely two months later, the Blues have not lost in eight matches – including two rounds of the Coupe de France – and have collected 14 points out of 18 in Ligue 1 (four wins, including their first two away, and two draws).
Anyone who is a little hasty with the task would even venture to say that their second half of the season will be, barring a very nasty blow from Trafalgar, freed from the hassles of the fight for maintenance. Liam Rosenior is not one of them and prefers to warn that “it’s when you think you’ve found the keys that you often get a backlash”.
-Moreover, Saturday’s domestic victory against a dashing, but diminished Lille team, undefeated for fourteen days, served as a reminder that the…
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