Thierry Leroy (coach of Argenton-Le Pêchereau) : “My first impression is that facing a team of this caliber which trains every day, my Regional 3 players went the distance physically after having run a lot. There is only one who had cramps, and this is a sign of the good health of my group, that they are working well in training and that the preparation has been good. In this match, we decided to play in a system that we never use, with a much lower block. The guys understood what they had to do well. We knew what we were facing, we shouldn’t pretend to be what we weren’t. But we didn’t deny ourselves, we tried to bring out the balloons. It’s a match that will help us progress. We saw what perfect passes, controls and movements were. It’s another world. In addition, Orléans was very serious in everything, they respected us while playing with a lot of humility, that’s the strongest thing for us this evening. »
Hervé Della Maggiore (coach of Orléans) : “I really want to congratulate this Argenton team who did not thwart and who tried to play their match, without disguising themselves, by throwing the balls back from behind. It’s really to his credit. Afterwards, the idea for us was to be serious because we know that there is a big difference in all aspects between them and us. We couldn’t neglect anything, especially since we’re off to a good start to the season, there was no question of wasting it on this type of match. We scored quickly, that put us well in the match. We could have scored more but the job is done. There were no injuries, no bookings and some scored points like little Mohamed Ghorzi who scored two goals and was very good. »
Ludovic Lagasse
