Nîmes Olympique: “The ranking doesn't scare me”, assures crocodile coach Adil Hermach before the trip to Paris 13 Atletico

Depuis le début de saison, Jonathan Mexique et les Crocos, qui n’ont marqué qu’un but à l’extérieur en cinq matches, manquent cruellement d’efficacité offensive. Midi Libre – Mikaël Anisset

Before their trip to Paris 13 Atletico on Friday, December 13, for the 15th day of the National, Nîmes is only one point ahead of the relegation zone. But crocodile coach Adil Hermach is convinced that his team's potential and play will allow them to tip over to the right side.

It's captain Formose Mendy who says it: “We didn't choose the easiest path.” Without a win for three days (1 draw, 2 defeats), Nîmes Olympique finds itself just above the waterline.

The 15th day and the National ranking

“We are led to work in difficulty”, notes the crocodile central defender, who says he is “ready for all scenarios” and wants to be reassuring: “The group remains calm and will remain calm. Doubt must not set in. I think we have the qualities and the players to succeed in raising our heads.”

Coué method or true certainties ?

Goalkeeper Simon Ngapandouetnbu is on the same wavelength: “I'm not worried, I'm confident. There's no need to put pressure on ourselves. We may be playing to stay up but we have the fourth-best defense in the championship (tied with Nancy, Editor's note) We know our qualities, we'll do it.”

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Coué Method or True Certainties ? Also listening to Adil Hermach, we should lean towards the second solution. “The ranking doesn't scare me, he assures us. It's not reassuring, we shouldn't take people for fools, but no, I'm not scared.”

Hermach: “Nîmes should be between 6th and 8th-9th place. We'll get there”

If he serves up the verse: “There are still matches…”, the Nîmes coach also puts forward factual arguments. “There aren't fifteen points between third and first, right? relegation (indeed, 11). The ranking is very tight, no team like Red Star last year dominates the competition. This season, the first can lose 4-0 (Nancy at Aubagne last Friday). All the teams have their say.”

And Adil Hermach is convinced that his will find the floor again. “I know where I want to finish, I know where the club should be, between 6th and 8th-9th place. We will get there, I am sure of myself, and it is not a lack of humility, far from it.”

Fight and score, finally

To reach the top half of the table, which they have only occupied three times so far, the Crocos will have to “fight”, a verb used by Mendy. Fight, and score goals!

“You know very well what we lack, it's efficiency”, the Gard technician repeats, who takes the example of the last match against Le Mans (0-0): “There is this steamroller effect (in the first half above all) that I like but we can't validate this strong moment.”

Hanging on without panicking

Will the Crocodiles finally succeed on the synthetic pitch of Paris 13 Atletico, they who have never won away ? Adil Hermach who, to avoid “the psychological block”, applies himself to “magnetizing the negative waves so that the players, themselves, are freed”, dares to believe it: “We must not start to panic. We will hang on so that things finally tip over to the good side. With more runs, more commitment, more people in the area, more application in the penultimate pass, in the last pass, in the last trip. Paris 13, depending on the result, it's not a match that would condemn us or make us go up but it's a very important match, that we have to win. Before the holidays, it would be good.”

Paris 13 Atletico (15th, 13 points) hosts Nîmes Olympique (14th, 14 points) Friday, December 13 at 7:30 p.m., Pelé stadium. I subscribe to read the rest