The GFCA has the wind at its back for the reception of Royan

The workload has increased this week and you really don't need to be an expert to understand or at least guess why. With on its menu for this penultimate month of the year the trifle of five meetings in the championship more, its entry into the French Cup on the 26th in Nancy, the Ajaccian collective will in fact be confronted with what we can describe – knowing that they will have to make four long trips – real labors of Hercules.

A program resembling a series of steps often referred to as justice of the peace when the road rises in the Tour de France, since he will have to go to Cambrai, fight against Fréjus and then spend an entire week – entry into the cup, on Wednesday – on the continent, with Saint-Quentin and Illac as adversaries.

“Since the start of the season, it feels like we're only playing outside. This outward cycle comprising a series of two consecutive trips during the first two months is really special and it is therefore appropriate to prepare the organisms well, so as to be physically ready. noted this week Frédéric Ferrandez, who had the pleasure of bringing to life from the inside a day of work for the U19s of GFCA football directed by Jean-Charles Baquet, surprised by the intensity and repetition of the gestures.

No overconfidence

If he will leave widely favorite of this meeting against Royanthe GFCA will nevertheless have to be wary of an opponent who is relaxed and moving with the idea of ​​above all – as was the case on the Fréjus floor – the best possible match, before returning to his audience against Reims.

” I think that we have progressed in terms of cohesion and automation since our first outing at Palatinu in mid-October. This evening will be the opportunity to demonstrate it, against a solid opponent capable of giving us problems. In any case, this is not a team to be taken lightly and any excess of confidence could put us in difficulty.” confided yesterday the Ajaccian coach, whose group will be complete with in particular a bench where the contribution of Seraphin, Socié, Talon and Bouallègue will not be negligible.