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AF Biars Bretenoux begins its second part of the Regional 1 season in a big way with a trip to leader Rodez 2 on Sunday.
The players of AF Biars Bretenoux return to the fields of the Regional 1 championship this Sunday and for this resumption match, it is a big part of the group that the Lotois will have to face who will go to the leader: Rodez 2 ( match at 3 p.m.). First with 20 points in ten matches, the Ruthenois are on a good dynamic since they have won six of their last eight championship matches.
Undefeated at home (three wins and a draw), the Aveyronnais have conceded only two defeats in ten days and have the best attack in the group with 26 goals scored in ten matches. “This match puts us in the swing of things right away. It will not be easy, confirms Biarnais coach Patrick Gauthier, especially since the Ruthenian national U19s do not have a match, they will be added to the Ruthenian professional players who have not played with the league 2 team This first match on the leader’s (synthetic) pitch inaugurates a good month of January for us since we will then host the fourth L’Union Saint-Jean then Muret the fifth.
“Reply right away”
Currently ranked twelfth in the group with 7 points in ten matches, the Biarnais (who will be deprived of the injured Van de Put on Sunday, but who have the return of Garrigou) have finished a good first part of the season which was satisfactory in terms of performance. proposed game but not on an accounting level.
Coach Patrick Gauthier’s players ended the year with a good match at Montauban which ended in a good draw with two goals snatched in stoppage time. “In Montauban, we had a good match and we knew how to bring about success by equalizing on the last action of the match”, indicates the coach of an AFBB team, which, for its second part of the season, “is on a mission. The objective is to glean as many points as possible, particularly where others will not take any.”
Starting this Sunday on the field of a Ruthenian team which will be keen to consolidate its leadership position and get 2025 off to a good start. “We are going to go there to try to get this second part of the championship off to a good start and continue to refine the details that we still need to work on. In Montauban, we notably conceded two goals in two transition phases. Sunday is like a cup match awaiting us. Faced with a great Rodez team who will set the pace from the start, who will go fast and who will run, we will have to respond immediately, show solidity, solidarity and manage to counter them. We must draw inspiration from what we did in Montauban. It’s a big challenge that awaits us on Sunday, but there’s nothing but fun to be had.”
