SM Caen. Faced with “headwinds”, Patrice Sauvaget expects “character”
By Aline Chatel
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the Malherbe Caen Stadium already hoped to be able to rely on the strength of his group, Monday, December 26, 2022, for his resumption match in Ligue 2 against Bastia. That was not enough and it was even the Bastiais who had shown the most determination to win in added time (1-0). Since then, the French Football Federation has formalized the weed elimination in the Coupe de France on green carpet. “The start of the week was complicated,” admits Patrice Sauvaget. In a way, Caen suffered two defeats in two days.
We went through all the emotions against Bastia. With 10 minutes remaining, we had the opportunity to win the game. We got punished for a small mistake. The next day, we had confirmation of what we anticipated with the elimination on the green carpet. These are never fun times to be in. We have to move on.
The usual assistant to Stéphane Moulin, still on the back for personal problems, returned to a press conference on the unfortunate episode of the Coupe de France. Without dwelling on it. “The club made a mistake. We are especially very disappointed for the players, for the supporters. A course in coupe, it’s always nice to live. The file is closed. We wish good luck to Vire. »
“Forcing the decision”
Patrice Sauvaget has no intention of lapsing into disaster. “The winds are a little contrary at the moment,” he admits. It’s when you’re in the hard that you see the mental strength and the character that there can be in a club and that you have to have the players. “Perhaps he missed it on the Island of Beauty, in a contrasting recovery match with an interesting first half and a “more messy” second, despite a missed penalty.
You have to force the decision at some point. If we take pleasure in the idea that “he didn’t miss much”… We have to fight against that.
Before facing Saint-Etienne, and even if the implementation of match watch largely takes into account the characteristics of the game of the Greens, Patrice Sauvaget therefore focuses on the shortcomings of his team. “Other people’s problems have to be ignored. We already have enough problems to manage at home to play good games and get good results. We will first take care of ourselves and try to see a conquering Malherbe. »
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