After the success in Béziers (1-0), the Merlus hosts Paris FC, second best defense of Ligue 2. A great battle in prospect for the Lorient who must take points to stay in the leading car.

The results of last weekend were very favorable to FC Lorient, with teams from the second half of the ranking who took points against the podium teams (Metz, Lens, Brest). This confirms that

everything is possible in this League 2?

This confirms that it is a very difficult championship. Every weekend, nothing is guaranteed. On the length, it is the regularity that will make the difference, it is also the one that will best adapt to what is proposed, the contexts, the sequence of matches, etc. There is a panel of things that make this L2 very complicated. There is more and more competition because the clubs are arming themselves to play the climb.

Do you think that with your victory at Béziers (1-0), FC Lorient ended a period when you moved a little slower in the standings?

In any case, I see this victory in Béziers very positively. Already, you do not do a clean-sheet in Ligue 2 by chance, without working. And even if we conceded some situations, we defended well. We're tough. These are values ​​and we missed them last year. I think it's a game we could not win last season. Today, I have a group built in such a way that I can be present in those moments.

Is Paris FC an outsider in this championship?

We too are outsiders!

Not a favorite, rather?

In fact, these are terms that position you: they have everything to gain, and others have everything to lose ( laughs )! We have assumed to have an ambition, the rise. After that, it will be played over time. And the PFC is a tough team to play: 8 goals conceded, 9 scored, there are never big scores, it's tight, they dropped Metz (2-1) and draws in Lens (0- 0). It will be complicated. But I tell myself that it will be a balance of power, a fight where it will be necessary to find the solutions to prevail. If we expect a 3 or 4-0 win, it will not be that (laughs). It's up to us to make the smart match.

What will be the key to the match?

Make less mistakes than the opponent, not to leave too many spaces in counterattack, to be able to destabilize their solid block. And to open the score is better. The usual ingredients, actually. Faced with a block like that, you have to be able to have this maturity to make the best gesture at the right time.

So you expect to face a low block?

Not especially. Maybe more a median block. But it's beefy. You do not take 8 goals by chance. Like us, we are not here by chance. It's up to us to be able to build on what we do well while being better in the hardest part of football: creating opportunities and playing games. It's a lot easier to teach a team. to defend well, to be able to create spaces without stop.