Appointed Reims coach to replace Oscar Garcia, William Still made a very promising start. Between the ability to cash in and the desire to play forward, the Champagne team has become more than a bit scratchy in Ligue 1.
William Still impresses with Reims.
No, the Bundesliga no longer has the exclusivity of young coaches thrown into the deep end. On October 13, Reims made a strong choice by giving orders to the club William Still to replace Oscar Garcia.
Assistant to the Spanish manager after having held the same role in Lierse, Germinal Beerschot and Standard de Lige, this Football Manager enthusiast, only 30 years old, did not let this golden opportunity pass him by.
Reims no longer loses
His record since his promotion? 10 games, 5 wins, 5 draws. Seen for the first time on the bench against Paris Saint-Germain (0-0), on October 8, to compensate for the absence of the Iber, since vir, the Belgian technician has breathed a conquering state of mind into his team. The last Curie to beat Reims? Monaco (0-3), September 18. Since then, Troyes (with Garcia), Paris, Lorient, Auxerre, Brest, Nantes, Montpellier, Rennes, Lille, Ajaccio and Nice, no one has managed to recover the three points against the Champagne team.
The secret ? Consistency at all times with a well-defined strategy: a defense in place and a perfectly grouped block that leaves almost no space for its opponents. Of these 10 league games, Reims only conceded 4 goals (never more than one per game). Day and night compared to the start of the season since the club had conceded 4 goals against Marseille (4-1) and Clermont (2-4) over the first two days.
Still won time
If offensively, the figures are not so flamboyant, with only 10 goals scored in these 10 games (not counting the 7 against Loon Plage in the Coupe de France), the game offered remains shimmering with the trio formed by Junya Ito, Alexis Flips and Arber Zeneli to supply the prolific Falorin Balogun (10 goals). In this series of matches, Reims attempted 131 shots (13.1 shots/game) with its highest peak against Paris (24 shots) and the lowest against Lorient (7 shots).
How far can Reims go, 11th in Ligue 1 with 25 units? With 10 points ahead of Brest, the first relegation team, the maintenance seems on the right track. With 12 lengths behind Rennes, 5th, a European qualification at the end of the season seems complicated. A priori, it is therefore a place in the soft belly for which the band Still will fight. Probably the best thing to allow the young coach to calmly put the pieces of his puzzle in place.
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