Stade Malherbe opens a new chapter in its history
The assessment of the preparation he wanted to recontextualize, the use of players already present last season, the importance of the 1st day with the reception of Aubagne for the start of his mandate … It is a maxim of Ornano in search of positive waves that responded to all these themes on the eve of the resumption of the National Championship. In his new coach costume of stadium Malherbe, “Le Breton” quickly hopes to seduce the “red and blue” people.
In a stadium of which he shares the name, without there being a relationship between the two, Maxime d’Ornano will discover the fervor of the Caen public on Friday, even if the lower part of the Borrelli tribune is closed. © Damien Deslandes
What is your state of mind on the eve of the resumption of the championship?
“I can’t wait to start the competition, hastened that the team shows its real face that we could see, by snack, during the preparation, and haste, personally, to discover from Ornano, its fervor, its support … We need it”.
What assessment do you draw from your preparation? If the content was interesting by sequence (Concarneau, Le Mans), you come out of this period with four defeats, without scoring, for a victory against a team from N3 (AS Trouville-deauville-Villers). We cannot say that your team was full of confidence …
“The preparation is aptly named, it’s to prepare, gauge yourself, settle … We must not forget that in these matches, there have been lots of associations, rotations … This preparation, it also allows recruits to integrate, the staff to get to know its players. As a new coach and with the new members of the staff (his assistant Alexandre Raulin and the physical preparer Thomas Legrand) To a methodology, a game plan … necessarily, everything cannot be perfect. Very happy with their investment “.
“My credo is that if they are invested, the players present at the moment will play the first match“
Even if you are not responsible for it since you were not in post, it feels like you are attacking this season with the liabilities of the previous one …
“When I arrived, the first speech I held to my staff and to the players is that I would not talk about last season. It is a rule that I set myself. The idea is to start from a white page. We all know that we are on a post-design season, that some players have known. We want to use the spirit of revenge that drives some. Freshness.
Despite everything, and even if it is necessary to take into account a certain number of economic realities, does the club, its leaders, the staff, do you not take a significant risk by leaving with many players who participated in this national relegation?
“It happened what happened last season, we are not going to redo the story. We left for a new season with or without certain players, knowing that arrivals like departures can still intervene, the transfer window being always open (up to 1is september). Now, my credo is that the boys who are present at the moment, if they are invested, they will play the first match, perhaps the second, the third or even the whole season. “
A little earlier during this interview, you refer to this 1st day where you will receive Aubagne. To launch this new adventure on good foundations, we have the feeling that your team would be well inspired to win …
“We are both concentrated and relaxed so as not to have the ball in the stomach”
“It is our wish. But I imagine that it is also that of Aubagne. My goal is to place the players in the best arrangements. It is up to us to be both concentrated and released so as not to have the ball in the belly. I have been warned that there would certainly be people. So much the better. I want us to be causing for people who come to see us, that we are on the ground. match”.
In this context, what ambition nourishes the Stade Malherbe before appearing on the starting line of this national championship?
“We made a meeting with the players at the start of the week. And I will repeat myself, but the only objective that we set out with them, is to be ready for Aubagne. I do not project myself further. It should not be forgotten that the team is still in reconstruction, with a new staff, new players …”
In the quest for a n ° 9, Maxime d’Ornano advocates patience
Having a hard -hitting profile capable of taking depth, Adama Diakité is, to date, the only player in the Caen staff in this register. © Damien Deslandes
Alexandre Mendy transferred to Montpellier, Stade Malherbe is preparing to start his championship without real specialist in the center-forward, despite “Open files”. Against Aubagne, Ivann Botella, probably, should stick to it. If he has already occupied this role in his previous clubs, the former Red Star is more described as a versatile attacker. A shortfall to fill in his group which does not worry, for the moment, Maxime d’Ornano. “If we want an attacker tomorrow (implied any)we will have it “launches the Caennais coach for whom the search for the precious n ° 9 requires patience. “We want to find the profile that corresponds to the team. We must not be mistaken”.
Beyond this specific case, how many recruits should still expect “red and blue” supporters? Not much to believe the ex-Rouen FC coach. “The workforce is consistent, balanced. We will make adjustments only if there are departures”. However, his collective has few elements capable of taking depth and hitting the opposing defensive line. “Ten a man”indicates Maxime d’Ornano in reference to Diakité which has just returned to collective sessions. “And perhaps the attacker who will arrive will respond to this register”.
“Offensively, we want to give great freedom to each of our players“
Anyway, the technician intends to adapt to his troops, not the other way around. “We must be able to optimize the qualities of each player. If you have a lot of fast, you will tend to play low. Conversely, if you have skillful boys with the ball, you will try to settle in the opponent to combine in high areas”decrypts the one who will rely on a 4-3-3 to start the season. “These are mainly benchmarks to find out how the team must position itself on the defensive level, because offensively, we want to give great freedom to each of our players. We must not lock ourselves in a system”.