Quatre fois, les Crocos ont mené au score. Quatre fois, ils ont été rejoints. C’est grave, docteur ? Le point avant la 6e journée de National et le déplacement dans le Beaujolais, à Villefranche.
On sait depuis longtemps qu’il se passe toujours quelque chose avec Nîmes Olympique. Au-delà du réel et de la situation actuelle du club qui semble inextricable, il y a la situation sportive. Et un cas qui paraît inédit dans l’histoire du football : les Crocos ont mené quatre de leurs cinq matches, et n’en ont remporté aucun. Lors des trois premiers, ils ont été rejoints (1-1) aux 76e, 77e et 71e minutes après que Mbina a ouvert la marque. Et vendredi dernier, terrible bouquet final, à la 90e + 11, après avoir pourtant réussi à renverser une situation compromise (0-1, 2-1, 2-2).
« We were all there, waiting for the referee to blow the whistle… »
Does this team fear winning? « I hope not, » replies their coach Frédéric Bompard. But it’s true that against Châteauroux, we were all there waiting for the referee to blow the final whistle, and the more we waited, the less he blew it… » And the coach explains: « We didn’t win this match for two reasons. The first one is that we played 6 minutes of additional time more than expected. The second one is that we weren’t able to score our 3-1 chances. »
Formose Mendy stated that out of these four draws, we are closer to victory than to defeat.
Formose Mendy is not wrong when he says that « out of these four draws, we are closer to victory than defeat. » However, at the same time, there was something inevitable about the four opposing team’s equalizers. We could feel them all coming. There was too much nervousness, too much defensive play, too many handballs (two in the penalty area), and too many penalties (already four conceded).
« Il est impossible de reformuler ce texte. »
Mendy, the captain, expresses his trust in them.
The defender, who scored against Châteauroux, remains optimistic: « There’s no need to panic. We must believe and be convinced that we deserve better. I have faith in them and in what we have been doing since the beginning. It should turn in the right direction. »
After a month of unsuccessful championship, there is no longer any heavy physical preparation or inexperienced team that holds: « We absolutely need a victory, » admits Bompard. In order to prevent the group from being overcome by the fear of winning after the fear of losing.
Le groupe nîmois pour Villefranche : première pour Laurens !
Les 17 Nîmois (16 à choisir) : Paradowski, Nazih (gardiens), Guessoum, Diouf, Mendy (cap), Diallo, Sbaï, Burner, Sacko, Doukansy, Picouleau, Mexique, Thoumin, Mbina, Laurens, Doucouré, Ngakoutou.
Les absents : Labonne, Mbemba (opéré ce mercredi d’une fracture de la malléole, trois mois d’absence environ), Sy (blessés), Ondoa (gardien, retour de sélection), Dias (gardien, reprise), Delpech, Wade (choix de l’entraîneur).
