the essential
Layrac hosts Lourdes for a crucial match between rivals for maintenance, Sunday at 3:30 p.m. The “blue and white” of Pénétro must absolutely return to victory against a direct competitor.
The word is not taboo in the minds of the Layracais people. The ASL is now playing its part. The words Fédérale 1 were not there either during the epic of 2023, when the Asélist club had starred its history with a title of French champion of Fédérale 2, honoring the work of all the actors who played a role in this success.
Today, the people’s morale is at half mast in view of the results and performances in recent matches. On Pénétro’s side, it is normal that ASL fans have some concerns. Cardiac patients abstain.
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Escaped victories at Bagnères, at Floirac, against Peyrehorade and Gujan, and wasted match at Nafarroa. The reactions, with harsh words, are not surprising. They arise from the reality of the situation. The sum of individual errors forces the collective to find itself back against the wall.
There are not forty solutions. Only one: win. The opponent? We make fun of it in the mouths of supervisors and leaders. “It’s us and only us,” insists Mathieu de Carli. “It is individual errors that harm the collective. When we understand that the sum of individual interests constitutes the collective interest, we will have won. »
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Significant returns
Éric Bourdeilh, on Nafarroa’s return, was devastated by the turn the match took after the yellow card received by soldier Viliamu Afatia. Mathieu de Carli admitted this week, before the start of this Friday evening, “this doubt which settled in the heads of his players after showing interesting things during this first half hour. »
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Layrac must deal with the difficulties of the moment: injuries (Mathieu Tesquet, injured in the ribs at Nafarroa, is the latest), punishments, the solution of promoting youth who lack experience. “We are tightening up even more. We need to find victory again to do us good. » Remember that the ASL’s last victory dates from mid-November with a benchmark match against Saint-Médard-en-Jalles (23-5). “We have to put Lourdes back into this four-way championship that is ours today. »
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FC Lourdes has not won since the same period in mid-November. “We are up against the wall. There is absolute confidence in the players. We are in difficulty in key positions, on the backbone of this game. We have important feedback which will allow us to seek this victory and we have no choice. He’s a commando for the club. » Pénétro will refuel and push behind the ASL against Clément Darbo and the vengeful Lourdais. “It’s an eight-point game. »
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