Appointed Monday main coach of Servette FC in place of Thomas Häberli, Jocelyn Gourvennec has known the Swiss championship relatively well because he has followed him carefully since the past season. The French technician responded to David Lemos during his first grenag press conference: “You will have to work hard and prove yourself … I will arrive with my new look”.
Breton, who signed a 2 -year contract With an optional additional year, now has very little time before the return match of the 3rd qualifying round of the Europa League Thursday in Utrecht. The Servette FC is in very poor posture after losing the first leg 3-1 at home. The Garnets will then continue with the 1st round of the Swiss Cup against Dardania Lausanne Sunday in Chavannes-Près-Renens.
“As a former number 10, I am keen to create the game that I would have liked to produce on the field”says Jocelyn Gourvennec “Posting football has its virtues, but you also have to have explosiveness capacities.”
Thus, the 53 -year -old Frenchman assumes wanting to present “A sparkling and creative game”for the moment weighed down by a workforce marked by a few injuries (rusting, Antunes and Mraz in particular) which prevents the new Grenat coach from being in full possession of his means.
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