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Ligue 2. Baptiste Valette, goalkeeper of AS Nancy-Lorraine: “You have to become a little paranoid with this virus”

Grenoble – Nancy, this Tuesday at 7 p.m.

We can say it, Baptiste you are one of the rare ASNL players who have not tested positive for Covid in recent days …

“I have passed between the drops so far indeed and I hope it will continue like this. I am like everyone else, I protect myself and I respect the sanitary rules but, even by being careful as much as possible, we know very well that it is possible to catch this damn virus. “

By dint of seeing the majority of your locker room buddies affected for two weeks, have you said to yourself: “Me too it will inevitably fall on me”?

” Honestly Yes. You have to get a little paranoid with this virus. As soon as you have a little headache or you feel a little stiffness, as can normally happen while playing sports, you worry. We live a crazy thing, anyway. Fortunately, there were no complications among the players who tested positive with us. The most affected have lost their sense of smell a bit, from what I understand, but things are already better. “

In this context, how do you approach the upcoming streak of eight L2 matches in less than a month?

“This wave of contamination happened during the international break and our meeting against Troyes in Picot was postponed. It’s already a good thing. After that, there is necessarily a question about the physical condition of the group and its ability to chain matches, given what we have just experienced. But we are happy to be active and to play despite everything, it is an escape for us. We are aware of being privileged. “

“Our destiny in our hands”

In your position as a goalkeeper which requires so many benchmarks, what impact can games behind closed doors have?

“Visually, it’s fine, we are focused on the field and the ball. It is more disturbing in terms of noise. Opponents hear everything, so the keeper needs to be a little more careful when talking to teammates. Well, we got used to it now but we can not wait for the stadiums to fill up with supporters again, as soon as the health situation obviously allows. “

Your recovery error at the origin of Châteauroux’s goal, during the last match at Picot, must have annoyed you …

“Of course, I blamed myself. Fortunately, the team had a superb reaction to go for the victory. It bothered me all the more as I attach a lot of importance to the consistency of my kicking game. I’m happy to have bounced back well in this area in Caen, despite the great frustration at the end of this meeting. We still wonder how we managed to lose this match eleven against ten, at the last second, so we dominated the debates. It must be used as lessons for the matches to come. We still have to do better in terms of defensive and offensive efficiency. “

The summary of Nancy – Châteauroux

Can ASNL have a role to play at the top of the table, in your opinion, especially given the homogeneity of this L2 championship?

“Yes and we will give it a try, without putting pressure on ourselves. The coach told us, the series until the truce promises to be important, it is more than ever the moment to create a positive dynamic. It’s up to us to be very serious and very determined. We have our destiny in our hands. In this championship, no one has much to envy anyone. The state of mind often makes the difference. “

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