Stéphane Malloyer (Chauvigny), the reunion with Chartres

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Before facing the Coupe de France Chartres, his former club, the coach of US Chauvigny Stéphane Malloyer gives himself up.

For this 32nd of the Coupe de France you will face Chartes, current fifth in Pool A of National 2. How do you feel?

“We’re going to play against a great National 2 team that I know very well. I coached at FC Chartres for almost seven years (before the merger, editor’s note), I know a lot of people there. I know he is playing the climb in National this year, with big claims and a good squad. This match will still be very complicated. “

This match therefore has a special flavor for you …

“Yes, I apprehend him calmly. I will be very happy to find former players that I had under my control such as Pierre Picot and Nicolas Palbrois. These are boys that I know particularly well. I worked with them for a few years in Chartres. I have no apprehension. It’s a match where you’ll have to be extraordinary once again to pass. “

“My players did not know that Jean-Pierre Papin was Chartres coach! “

But after having notably eliminated Le Havre during the previous round and the entry into contention of Ligue 1 clubs, aren’t you a little disappointed with this draw for US Chauvigny?

“Indeed, we would have liked to shoot a Ligue 1 at home, to play and party with our audience, it was a challenge. But now, we will have to play Charters, and following the result of this match we perhaps hoped to fall again on a Ligue 1. “

During this match, you and your players would have the opportunity to rub shoulders with a golden ball, since Jean-Pierre Papin has been Chartres coach since 2020 …

“My players are always impatient to play this kind of meeting, but he did not know that Jean-Pierre Papin was the coach of Chartres at the time of the draw. JPP is more of an effervescence at the level of the public. People are excited to find him at the edge of the Montée Rouge pitch. I have great respect for this gentleman. He was nevertheless a golden ball, it’s not just anyone, he’s a world reference. But it’s a Coupe de France match, the context is different. And I also had the chance to face Paul Le Guen during the match against Le Havre. They are not new trainers (laughs). “

« We find ourselves in difficulties with a few physical glitches ”

For this meeting, you will once again play at the Montée Rouge stadium. A field that has been doing quite well for you since the start of the Coupe de France …

“Yes, we notably created a feat at this stadium by beating Le Havre in the previous round. This land works well for me, I got to know it when I played Châtellerault in National. We notably beat Metz in 1993-94 on this ground. “

How are you going to prepare for this meeting for US Chauvigny?

“First of all, we have a championship game to prepare against Châtellerault this weekend (0-1 defeat, Editor’s note). We will still play on this ground, which will allow us to have a little more benchmarks. But we are not going to change our way of doing things in relation to a match. There will surely be more video work but the content will remain the same in our preparation. After this weekend’s game, we will take a look at our squad, because because of the Coupe de France matches, we find ourselves in difficulty with a few physical problems. We will take stock at that time. “

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