Tonight, Gallia Club Lunel faces Frontignan for a 4th consecutive home win

This season, Gallia has scored 33 goals against 12 conceded. Théo Delbreil

Undefeated for 7 matches, the Lunel club's flagship team faces the penultimate team in the Regional 1 championship this Saturday at 6 p.m. This is the last home match before the winter break.

It's the last one of the year at home. Gallia puts on their crampons one last time on the pitch at the Brunel stadium for the 9th day of the Regional 1 championship. This Saturday at 6 p.m., those who occupy 4th place in the standings will host Frontignan, second to last in the standings with only 1 draw and 6 defeats in 7 matches.

Enough to suggest another great performance from the Black and Whites who hope to end the year 2024 on a new fireworks display by registering a fourth consecutive home win. “I told them that at home, we have to take the points and continue with the same solidarity that they showed against Montferrier”, insists the new president Pascal Martin. The objective is also to be on the podium by Christmas and then to get closer, as quickly as possible, to the first place in the championship, currently occupied by Atlas Paillade, virtually 8 points ahead of Gallia.

8 wins in 13 matches since September

This season, the Lunellois have started it as year II of the club's project whose objective is to return to National level. With a larger staff thanks to the arrival of a video analyst and a physical trainer, but above all the recruitment of eight new players in all areas of the game, the president Pascal Martin stated before the first match of the season: “We put all the means we could at our level so that the players were as well prepared as possible.”

Going for a 7th victory in 8 matches

And even if the start of the championship was complicated with several defeats and an elimination in the Coupe de France, coach Nicolas Le Bellec remained focused on the objective: “There were a lot of changes in the squad, and we have intelligent leaders who supported us. It took time for things to take hold.” » Pascal Martin adds: « We had to rebuild the foundations of the club and I am happy that we found each other again. »

In fact, it did not take long because the osmosis in the group was quickly created. « The first step was to integrate the new ones, Nicolas Le Bellec emphasizes. We have found a lot of virility again.” It took the spark of a victory snatched in Canet on October 20 for the Pescalune team to then sweep everything in its path: a perfect match against Perpignan, a win against Mende, success at Montferrier: Gallia has an unbeaten streak of 7 matches, with 16 goals scored against only 4 conceded. “We set ourselves small goals, win our first match, make a small series like at the moment, each match has its complexities and we tackle them one after the other”, says the coach.

The title in sight ?

If the goal of moving up to National 3 remains in everyone's minds, the coach emphasizes that the team

pe focuses solely on the upcoming match. Words supported by the president who nevertheless lets slip: “If we can get to the break with two victories, that would be ideal.”

So meet this Saturday at 6pm at the Brunel stadium to support, one last time this year, at home, the men of Le Bellec. The Black and Whites will then travel twice away before the winter break, against Béziers then Castelnau Crès on December 14 and 18. To see the seniors at home again, we will have to wait for the match against AS Fabrègues, on January 11.

Review of the first part of the season

Results

More than three months have passed since the start of the season. Gallia has played 13 matches in all competitions, for a total of 8 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. In the Coupe de France, the seniors were eliminated in the 4th round, losing 1-0 to Anduze. The team is still in the running in the Coupe d'Occitanie. In Regional 1, Lunel has 4 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses.

Calendar

Beziers – GCL: December 14, 6 p.m. Regional 1.
Castelnau Crès – GCL: December 18, 7:30 p.m. Coupe de l’Hérault.
GCL – Fabrègues: January 11, 6 p.m. Regional 1.
Narbonne – GCL: January 18, 6 p.m. Regional 1.
GCL – Atlas Paillade: January 25, 6 p.m. Regional 1.

Ranking

1. Atlas Paillade: 19 points.
2. Narbonne: 16 points.
3. Le Grau-du-Roi: 15 points.
4. Gallia Club Lunel: 14 points.
5. Vauvert: 14 points.

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