A duel of promoted! This Sunday, the VGA Saint-Maur will face Nîmes Métropole Gard, a match that can start the season of one or other of the teams. The VGA has so far been beaten by defending champion Olympique Lyonnais 7-0, and was also defeated by Albi last week on a score of 4-2. The team of Saint-Maur showed a fighting face against Albi, and hinted good things for the next meetings ... face Nîmes? The question is asked. As for Nîmes, the team of the South of France also accumulated two defeats at the beginning of the season, 7-0 against Montpellier and 9-0 against Olympique Lyonnais. One thing is certain, the Nîmes have still not found the fault this season, but it will find the way against another promoted, the VGA. This Sunday's match at Stade Adolphe Chéron promises to be rich in lessons. For Hearts of Foot, Danilson Da Cruz, assistant coach of the VGA, analyzes the game of tomorrow and takes stock of this beginning of the season.

Football hearts: Is this match against Nîmes, also promoted, the key match to kick off the season?

Danilson Da Cruz: "Indeed this match against a direct competitor for the maintenance and, what is more, at home must launch our season but we expect a match hanging."

CDF: In what state of mind is the group after the first two games?

Danilson Da Cruz: "Since the beginning of the season the group has an irreproachable state of mind.We work very hard in training and after the defeat in Albi, there was an awareness on the need to give more in match. "

CDF: How can we analyze the first two games? Can we see an evolution between the first and the second match?

Danilson Da Cruz: "The first was played against Lyon and there was no picture at all because Lyon is the best in women's football, Albi against the first half we did more than match with our opponent but after half-time we were dominated by aggression and envy, and we therefore logically lost the match.In terms of collective control, we raised our level compared to the first match . "

CDF: For now we are on the pace supposed and planned?

Danilson Da Cruz: "We did not expect to start the season with 2 losses, we wanted to at least get the draw in Albi, we realize that we must give the maximum for 95 minutes to get a result, what the girls had unconsciously forgotten after their perfect season in D2.These two games we showed what is waiting for us during the season, we hope that the learning is over and we will launch our season this Sunday.

The VGA meets Nîmes this Sunday, September 13 at 15h at Adolphe Chéron stadium in Saint-Maur. Remember that the VGA is in eleventh place and Nimes is just behind, in the last place, both clubs having two points.

Photo credit: Giovani Pablo