Grenoble-Claix makes an excellent first half of the season. Second in group C and still unbeaten after eleven days, the players of Grenoble are more than ever candidates for the rise in D1. Best striker of the group alongside Sandrine Bretigny (OM), Laury Jesus impresses. Exclusively for Coeurs de Foot, the attacker has returned to the current form of her club, as well as her personal ambitions for the rest of the season. Interview.

Soccer hearts: Grenoble is unbeaten after eleven days of championship. Are you surprised by these good results?

Laury Jesus: "It's always surprising to be unbeaten after 11 games. But I am especially happy and satisfied. This is part of the club's goals. "

CDF: Exactly, what was the goal set by the club at the beginning of the season? Has the speech changed?

LR: "The main goal was to be on the podium. We knew we would have direct competitors like Dijon and OM in our pool. For the moment the objective is respected. The speech has not changed. We have set rules, working conditions. We are satisfied and we do not intend to change the way of working with the staff. "

CDF: How do you explain the current success of the club?

LR: "The strength of the team is the collective. Everyone gets along well and plays well together. We have a welded group we do everything together. Today is what allows us to be in this position. "

CDF: Grenoble is the best attack of D2 all groups, how do you explain this success against goals?

LR: "I was not aware. That's very good news. We joined Anaïs Ribeyra after the restart (the championship) it works pretty well. We have a good band, playing together for a few years now. We work a lot in front of the goal. Although we are the best attack, we also waste a lot of opportunities every weekend. There is still work. "

CDF: What is your main opponent this season? Olympique Marseille, Dijon or yourself?

LR: "I thought it was ourselves. We started our meetings badly. As for example against OM, where we lost 0-2 at halftime. After eleven days finally we see that it should be played in direct confrontations with trips to Marseille and Dijon (in the next match *). I think the hardest thing is yet to come. "

CDF: During the next three days you move especially to Dijon and Marseille, is this already a turning point of the season?

LR: "Every game is important. There is no sub-team. Each team is playing to win with this new reform of the D2. After it is certain that against OM and Dijon, it will be played in the direct confrontation. We do not underestimate anyone. "

CDF: In case of a rise at the end of the season, do you think that Grenoble is armed for the D1?

LR: "In any case, the club does everything for. Financially at the level of partners or communication, the club puts things in place to put us in a good situation in case of climb and thus avoid a failure. It is certain that financially Dijon or the OM are better armed. After ... there is not only that. The terrain is the most important. "

CDF: What should change if the club goes up, so as not to go down immediately like many clubs before?

LR: "The financial side. Compared to the players who have to work and stay in the city, the rents are expensive. At the level of the recruitment also it will be necessary to invest, even if the current team is well structured. We can not stay with a "D2 team". We see that Nîmes is in big trouble this year so it's complicated. "

CDF: You scored 17 goals and are co-top scorer of D2 with Sandrine Bretigny. Is it a goal to finish at the top of this ranking?

 LR: "Last year I finished first, so it was a satisfaction. This season I am very happy to be co-top scorer with Sandrine Bretigny, it's not nothing; she is a former player of D1 and the team of France. It's always flattering to be able to follow her. But the main thing is victory. "

CDF: Are you setting a goal goal or a plateau for this season?

LR: "I did not expect to reach 17 goals at the truce. I hope to reach the 26 goals of last season and beat that record. "

CDF: Difficult question ... But what are your main qualities on the ground?

LR: "I like the game on the ground, I am quite precise in the passes in particular. I have work to do on my game in front of goal. At the base I am more a player of sides. I'm still fishing in the finish. "

CDF: In case Grenoble does not manage to start this season, do you think that a departure would be possible?

LR: "It's in a small corner of my head. I have already had the chance to make a few games in D1 in the past. But for now I do not think of a departure, I still have a lot of months to play Grenoble. The season is not over. After, the door is not closed and I will reflect when the time comes even if I am very good here! "

CDF: It's a goal to re-play in D1?

LR: "Yes I tell myself that I'm still young, but I do not really think about it. "

CDF: Do you think that national coach Philippe Bergeroo has seen Grenoble matches this season?

LR: "I did not ask myself that question. I do not think so. "

CDF: The France team is a dream? You have already been called in the youth categories, but never in A. Is this a goal?

LR: "We never know ... But we can not say that every player does not have this goal in mind. But again, I do not think about it at all. There are many steps to take before thinking of the Blue, especially with my club Grenoble. "

CDF: Finally what can we wish you for this end of the season?

LR: "Collective level, I hope we will stay unbeaten. I hope we will reach the end (the climb). And personally, I hope to continue scoring goals because if we (the attackers) continue to score, I tell myself that the results should be positive at the end of the season! "

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