Nîmes Olympique: Coach Hermach turns up the volume and sets the tone

Lundi matin, le capitaine Formose Mendy a fait un heureux en la personne de Joël Mercier, du Club central des supporters. MIDI LIBRE

Four days before the reception of Rouen, Friday September 6th at the Antonins (18:30), the Crocos started the week again, Monday, at the Bastide, in the wake of a coach who showed… the voice.

Monday morning, at the Bastide, Aboubacar Ali Abdallah, 18-year-old striker loaned by Strasbourg and arrived Sunday in the Gard, crossed paths with Bastian Badu, 24 years old, offensive element awaiting a response from the Croco Board.
A denouement that seems close for the player.''There, we go to the gym (Badu is treating his back) and, after the session, Adil (Hermach, the coach) and Sébastien (Larcier, sports director) want to talk to you'', the physical trainer Alexandre Duclaux whispered to him.

Mendy rested, goalkeeper Simon with Cameroon

Otherwise, the future, on the NO side (11th), is Rouen (16th out of 17), Friday at the Antonins, ''where it is important to relearn how to win matches, Hermach noted at the end of the session. There, you have the impression that it is slipping through your fingers. When I see that we have 63% possession in Valenciennes (0-2), at one of the big names, and that we have zero chances, that means that we don't have to throw everything away''.
The week resumed without captain Formose Mendy (painful ankle) or goalkeeper Simon (Cameroon selection). But not without Hermach's speech to a group of 23 field players, plus three goalkeepers (Cozzella, Dias, Ichalalen).

''If you talk too much, afterwards, we won't listen to you''

''We prepared the week's work, introduced Abou (Ali) and talked about the upcoming program'', he summarized, simply, in a calm voice. Before noticeably raising the tone, turning up the volume and giving the ‘’la’’, a good hour later, during a half-court match. Hermach replaced by gesture and speech, intervened with certain players individually, a coaching coach: ''There are sessions where I shout more than others. But if you talk too much, afterwards, we don't listen to you anymore.''

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