Beaten at home by Rodez (14-41), Sunday October 20, LSA conceded its fourth defeat in five days and occupies last place in its Federal 3 group.
After the heavy defeat, the fourth in five matches, conceded at home against neighbor Rodez, Sunday October 21 (41-14), which brings to more than 160 the number of points conceded since the start of the season, the question arises of know if Lévézou Ségala, to date, has the means to achieve its objectives, namely the sustainability of the club at the federal level?
You only had to see the crestfallen expressions of the Cassagno-Réquistanais clan and the meetings held in small groups in the four corners of the stadium, at the end of the match, to understand that doubt was germinating in many minds. And this despite the comments subsequently made by several members of the club, who wanted to be reassuring, to the tune of: “The players gave everything, we came up against a big one. It’s only the fifth game, we made some costly mistakes, otherwise the score could have been closer. We have to keep working and it will end by paying.”
“The players gave everything” ? It is certain that we cannot blame them for a lack of investment, as they gave of themselves throughout the game, never giving up. “We came up against a big piece” ? Rodez was clearly one or even two tones above. “It’s only the fifth game” ? Indeed, but a trip to Bressols (5th) is already looming on the horizon and the results of the yellow and green away teams do not speak in their favor. “We made costly mistakes” ? Yes, too many mistakes have been made to hope for anything.
“Too much wandering”
All he had to do was listen to the Prévert-style inventory that Captain Antonin Regourd drew up for his troops: “We wandered way too much, we lacked concentration, we missed tackles, we weren’t good at kicking, we lost balls at the wrong time, etc.”
This did not prevent the captain from already motivating his teammates for the future: “Guys, we must not give up, we must work, we must wake up and go to Bressols as conquerors!” These words are certainly encouraging, but will they be acted upon? This is all that we can hope for for the Ségala club, which in the absence of an upswing would most certainly be forced to maintain its position.
The mantra “we have to work and it will pay off in the end” was repeated in abundance throughout last season with the result that we know, a descent to Federal 3. A scenario that no one wants to see repeated, even if throughout the handrail yesterday, we could hearing some spectators already mentioning Regional 1. It’s up to the yellow and green to show their ability to bounce back, as they have already done in the past, to avoid experiencing another painful season.
