Legend: Condemned almost at the end of October, Gourin FC took 10 out of the last 15 possible with a victory in the derby for the resumption against DC Carhaix. Photo credits: CL Photographiee
Symbol of this victory against DC Carhaix, the center forward, Wiland Sopgui-Brais, who with a double, undoubtedly weighed on the match against these old colors. “I had put him on as a substitute at the start, with number 12. Marc Jaffré comes to see me during the warm-up, and tells me that he feels a pain in his calf. He returns to the starting lineup and we have a fantastic match by scoring at the start of the match”.
Tom Richard, who for his first match (He will no longer be considered transferred, on January 31), releases a lobbed header on a 2 m goalkeeper, with the return of Florian Le Moal in the Carhaisian goals. Gourin FC defies all logic and it succeeds completely. The architect of this success, Didier Diby, who after being the official scorer of this yellow and green team, gave a soul to this group, as coach.
Literally decimated in the off-season, with the loss of its C team, due to lack of personnel, and practically all these players from the first in R2 of the last season, Gourin FC feared leaving for a difficult year in R3. But four months after the start of the championship, the Gourinois are more than ever in the maintenance match with 11 points, still first in relegation but …. five points from the duo of 2nd, Plozévet and Spézet.
But what could have changed at Gourin FC, with to top it all off, a team which can only field two transferees on the pitch, after the loss of nearly 30 players in its off-season squad? “The two off-season recruits, the Ivorian, Dominique Kouakou Mezan and the Cameroonian, Moubarak N'Jindou (Quimper Italia) have done us a lot of good”slips Didier Diby.
Certainly but not enough, to complete, Antoine Guéguen, who returns in his Stella Maris form, Tristan Le Coz, not transferred, who brings a lot in the last 2/3 matches, a warrior like Antoine Le Gallic, who has finished again with courage on one leg, against the DC Carhaix, a Patrice Le Bourligu, who at 44 years old, is a central piece in the midfield, a Thibault Le Strat, who chains the guards, the Sunday, at his post as a nurse in a Brest hospital, but who never hesitates to lend a hand with his availability, a Marc Jaffré, who has regained all his weight with the A where these set pieces are always a treat and a danger for the opponent.
Even Thibault Boulouard, disgusted by the turn of this off-season, who wanted to devote himself exclusively to trail running, returned, and as soon as he returned to the field, the sun returned. This team has the marrow and the desire to accomplish a feat, to see their story through to the end with a stay in R3, which given the circumstances of the departure, would have been a very big collective accomplishment.
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“The players are more attentive. We have 18 to 20 players at the Friday sessions. We had a heterogeneous squad at the start of the season, having to draw on players who usually played in D2, or even in D3 in recent years. seasons. It took time for all the players to understand each other and play the same football. Tactically, we see things now that we would have been incapable of producing at the start of the season. our attacks, or to close the passing angle inside on the opposing attacks. I encourage them to follow the actions, this is the best way to stay together while maintaining offensive density in the area. A lot of emphasis is placed on transitions. We are working on the need to stay together in the sequence of possession/dispossession of the ball. In the way of defending, too, the team has made great progress, particularly in the management of depth. opposing attackers. Our mentality has changed as the matches progress: we now play not to lose. Our main satisfaction is to see people returning to the stadium. We also play for them, who make the effort to come and who pay five euros to see us play.” confides Didier Diby, the coach of Gourin FC.
The latest successes have also brought a crucial element: confidence. Confidence in oneself and in one's partner, which means that this Gourin team will play against CS Penmarc'h this Sunday, with the desire to extend this positive spiral. The Penmarchais, winner of Spézet (0-3), in … Kegloff (due to impassable terrain in Pendreign) will return a week later to Central Brittany.
Obviously warned of this new local face, Thomas Le Rest players will have to be on their guard. Gourin will have a ready motivation at the start of the match, in the event of a new success, which would be his 4th in a row at home in his last four matches, the Canaries are certain of one thing, they would leave the red zone for the first time this season. Enough to give them an extra shot of faith.
R3, hen L
Last day of the first leg, at the Nouec stadium
Gourin FC (10th, 11 points) – Cormorans de Penmarc'h (8th, 14 points).
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