The year 2025 is not yet smiling Dunkirkwhich was nevertheless the best team of Ligue 2 on the calendar year 2024. In a series of 3 matches without a victory since the New Year, the fifths of L2 are counting on the round of 16 match of French Cup has Haguenau (N2), initially scheduled for 01/14, to relaunch and face neighbor Lille in the 8th. In comments reported by La Voix du Nord, the defender Alec George looks back at the particular conditions in which this match will be played.
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The draw having been carried out before the match and having named Lille as an opponent, the former Concarneau player will not take this match lightly, quite the contrary. “We don’t want to go back (to Haguenau) for nothing. With the draw carried out beforehand, it gives us additional motivation, but also for the other team. We go there with a lot of humility to try to pass […]. All the players like to play this type of match (against L1 clubs, Editor's note), to be able to gauge themselves collectively and individually, to play in beautiful stadiums. »
Note that the postponement of the match made someone unhappy. Alexis Gouletquer, the scorer of the Haguenau team, is now suspended for these late round of 16 matches which hold the promise of a gala meeting for the two opposing teams this Wednesday.
-Source : lavoixdunord.fr
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