Saturday evening, Rodez tried hard to go through the wings to find the solution against VAFC, without ever managing to find the way to the goal (0-1).
Zero goals, 31 crosses for Rodez. One goal, four crosses for Valenciennes. The numbers give me a headache. Rarely has the Raf seemed so stubborn in such an inefficient game as on Saturday evening. It must be said that since the start of the season, the game by the sides and the centers have been more of a success for blood and gold. Starting with that of Ahmad Ngouyamsa who had brought the first Ruthenian achievement of the season, through Lorenzo Rajot, to Ajaccio. Yes, but now, for two matches, the reality is quite different. None of the 19 crosses in Laval and the 31 against Valenciennes resulted in a goal. Problematic. But not to the point of questioning this way of playing for Didier Santini: “In the axis, there were people. There was quality on certain centers, but sometimes, we should have played faster in first intention. We sometimes tried to force play on crosses that should have been better dosed. Afterwards, it’s complicated, you’re tired, you want to come back, you outplay a bit… I think we have to continue like this. “
Valerio lonely in midfield
On Saturday, this strategy of always going through the sides before crossing also had an impact in midfield. For good reason, Waniss Taïbi, who was celebrating his first tenure there on the Piton, and Wilitty Younoussa, both authors of a match far from being bad, tended to get out of the way and therefore to leave Antoine Valerio alone in the midfield. . The former Nîmes was not successful that evening, the link between defense and attack was struggling to be made, especially in the first half, and the game in the center of the field was almost non-existent… To be put into perspective all the same, with regard to the absence of Rajot, usually so important for finding relays!
And if the return of the one who suffers from a small elongation is hoped for the trip to Pau, Saturday at 7 p.m., nothing is yet guaranteed at this time, Santini explaining that he does not want to take any risk just before the truce . The aligned middle could therefore be the same. With a game as stereotyped as against Valenciennes? Not necessarily according to Waniss Taïbi: “There, they were quite low and concentrated in the middle. There was more space on the side. It will really depend on the matches.”
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