Due to the absences of Molla Wagué, Nicholas Opoku and Valentin Gendrey, Nathan Monzango regained a place of choice in the starting lineup of Amiens SC on the occasion of the success against Valenciennes (3-1), last Wednesday. Author of a solid performance, the central defender trained at the club recalled our fond memories of the start of the season.
An air hole after a cannon strike
With the exception of the trip to Clermont last week, Nathan Monzango had not started any match since the defeat in Pau (2-0) in early February. That day, the 20-year-old defender had certainly delivered his least successful professional match. Then followed a long period without playing any game before coming into play against Rodez (April 11) to compensate for the injury of Nicholas Opoku. ” It’s the start of a career. I just turned twenty, I’m discovering it all, recalls the main interested party. It’s up to me to be ready when the coach calls on me. “However, after starting the first three matches of the season, in the wake of a good summer preparation, Nathan Monzango naturally fell back in the hierarchy at the post of central defender with the return of Nicholas Opoku and the arrival of Wagué spring.
Nathan Monzango (Amiens SC): “I knew we were going to win”
Thus, after sparse appearances due to injuries and suspensions of each other during the fall, Nathan Monzango is clearly back in the game at the beginning of December when Oswald Tanchot decides to switch to a system with three central defenders. The native of Kinshasa then begins five consecutive meetings in the heart of the period of invincibility of Amiens SC until the beginning of January. In difficulty at Guingamp, he also suffered the rise of Valentin Gendrey, who will gradually establish himself as the third man of the central Amiens axis. ” I understood the choice of the coach, assure Nathan Monzango. Valentin was doing great performances. I was behind him, I encouraged him. It was up to me to hold on to everyday life. Maybe I wasn’t good at training but I wasn’t in the closet, nothing changed. »
A positive state of mind
« It’s hard to be professional and question yourself all the time, remember Oswald Tanchot. With us, few youngsters have been able to complete a season with consistency. Nathan Monzango had a very good match against Valenciennes, but it was a long time ago. He was very good at the start of the season, less good afterwards because he digests, but there he remade a match of the level of what he did at the start of the season. And chance or not, it is alongsideEmmanuel Lomotey that Nathan Monzango was playing against Valenciennes, the partner with whom he made his first-team debut against Nancy last August. ” I have a good connection with him, slips the young defender trained at the club. He doesn’t speak much on the pitch due to the language, but we trust each other. »
Amiens SC: An epilogue worthy of the Robbers, a maintenance almost in the pocket
Confidence also preserved with regard to his coach, even if the latter has had less recourse to him over the season. ” When we speak, it’s always frank. He told me he expected more from me, that I had to be patient, entrusts Nathan Monzango. He appreciates me very much. Either way, it feels when a person is sincere and that is always the most important. I have always had the same relationship with him whether I play or not. You have to stay lucid, know why you are not playing and do everything to regain playing time. I held on and I will continue to hold on. We all go through these kinds of moments in a career. ” And even if Valentin Gendrey will quickly return to the field, Nathan Monzango should still have his chance in the last five matches of the season, Molla Wagué being affected in the meniscus and Nicholas Opoku still remaining in delicacy with his knee.
Romain PECHON
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