Football: for Nîmes Olympique, the hour is serious

The situation is not yet hopeless, but the situation is serious. Nîmes Olympique can’t do it anymore. The croco team has only taken one point in the last five days, the worst record over the period, shared with Dijon. Here she is 19th in Ligue 2, only ahead of Niort thanks to a less bad goal average…
Saturday evening, in “a lively match but not a very good Ligue 2 match”, as described by the Parisian coach Thierry Laurey, who castigated the poor state of the Costières lawn, Fomba and his partners, failing to win, did not know how not to lose against a PFC who, by sequences , displayed much more technical and collective mastery. A PFC who had “many, many opportunities anyway”recognized Nicolas Usaï, and therefore did not steal his victory.

Lack of efficiency, a recurring evil

“We have to be more realistic, more decisivepointed out the Nîmes coach. We don’t have a lot of chances but the few we have, you have to be able to put the ball in the back.” Nîmes Olympique which, with 9 goals, has only the 14th attack in the championship, tied with Dijon, has already remained silent three times, all three times at Costières.
The Crocos did not remain inactive on Saturday evening, they were voluntary, even if they were rough and struggling in the construction of the game, not sufficiently incisive, inspired and precise. They fired eleven shots on goal but only managed three of their attempts. Like Burner, very active in the left lane, they also crossed twenty-one times but lacked technical accuracy, in delivering these crosses as well as when receiving them, a recurring problem.

Nine rookies in the starting XI

Which also saddened the Gard technician, who assured “want no one”is to have cracked so close to the end of the match on a stopped phase. “We played quite low in the second half, we had difficulty coming out and we conceded a lot of set pieces.” play low, “it was not a will, otherwise you have to have depth”, explained Nicolas Usaï, who had not built an eleven – with nine recruits – in this sense. And when Koné then Omarsson entered, “we knew how to manage the space behind our backs”noted Thierry Laurey.
Compassionate, the Parisian coach tried to put the Crocos ranking into perspective. “It’s punctual, you shouldn’t focus on it. As soon as the team is complete, it will be difficult to maneuver.” If he assured that Nîmes had no “not to worry”Laurey clarified: “You still have to be careful. The important thing will be to be in the nails or not too far before the long truce.”

5 matches to move up the rankings
before the long international break

Until this truce, there are five matches left to play: two at home against the current leader Amiens and Bordeaux, who will join the Picards in the lead if they succeed this Monday, October 3 in Laval; and three away, where Nîmes has so far only taken one point out of fifteen, with direct competitors for maintenance, Quevilly-Rouen (14th), Pau (15th) and Niort (20th).
“You have to regain confidence to move forward”launched Nicolas Usaï who also said: “Today, I only have words to express myself and words are not what happens on the pitch…”