Just three days after the frustrating 0-0 at the Stadium against Auxerre, the TFC has no time to doubt with the reception of Amiens in the round of 16 of the Coupe de France this Wednesday February 4.
Strike while the iron is hot, and avoid knots in your brain by dwelling on the missed opportunity to reach European places after the draw against AJ Auxerre. This is the observation with the reception of Amiens this evening, a match which perhaps comes at the right time.
“New match, new opportunity. Explains Carles Martinez Novell. We have to put all the best on our side. That’s what we did against Auxerre, but every match is difficult. Auxerre is over, we talked about it with the players, and we move on.”
Exactly, is it easy to move on in just two days of recovery? Especially since despite the goalless draw against AJA, the Violets wet their jerseys. “It’s not easy but it allowed us not to think too much (on Sunday’s result in Ligue 1, 0-0, Editor’s note), our only objective was to be ready for today.” details the coach who will have to rack his brains when writing the names on the match sheet.
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Mental energy more than physical
Because Cup or not, the Spaniard is always looking for the best possible eleven. “I approach the Cup and Championship matches the same way. The most important thing is energy. I felt the team was good, and now I have to decide which players will have the most energy to give their maximum.”
But more than the regeneration of organisms, Carles Martinez Novell prefers that of minds. “Mental energy is the most important thing before each match. In two days, the recovery is not the same for all the players, so the important thing was above all that they were mentally ready. I am not a coach who is in a rotation system with well-defined roles. For me the whole team is important and I have to choose the best possible team in each match.”
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Anyway, before revealing his eleven, the Catalan already knows that he will have to do without suspended Charlie Cresswell. A loss as much tactical as on the famous mental energy, as the Englishman shines with his combativeness.
Using the past
The TFC coach also approaches this round of 16 as a way of growing, of learning from past mistakes, namely this elimination last year at the same stage of the competition against Guingamp (0-2). “A lot of players were there last year. It’s a bit the same situation. As I say every week, the most important thing is to learn, to value this type of situation that we were able to experience.”
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And if the Picardy team is in sixteenth place in Ligue 2 and has not won since its victory in the previous round, Martinez Novell reminds us that, as against Auxerre, we should not always trust the situation of a club, especially in the Coupe de France.
“It’s the Cup! Their last results are not good but I know that tomorrow they will be there wanting to make a success. As always, we prepare to play the best version of an opponent.” Here again, room for doubt!
