Ivan Acuna, le leader des Lions de Savigny. (©L’Equipe)
Ivan Acuna, le leader des Lions de Savigny. (©L’Equipe)BTVF : So, Chartres is your new home ground?
Exactly, we will be playing in Chartres this year for all the home matches on a beautiful field that is also lit, which will surely allow us to play matches at nightfall. However, our training will be done in Savigny.
BTVF : Let’s talk about the 2025 season, what is the prevailing feeling?
We gained a lot of experience because our roster is quite young. We showed that we have the ability to adapt to the environment. The work we did to be physically and mentally ready for the start of the season was not too difficult.
BTVF : Challenge and championship and then the European Cup, so that’s three possible objectives this year?
Of course, that’s always the objective and that’s why we are in the game and that’s why we are looking for the highest level. The goal is to win as many matches as possible in all competitions.
est plus stable. On a fait un bon stage de préparation et on est prêts pour le championnat. La Rochelle est un adversaire coriace mais on est prêts à jouer. On a bien travaillé durant l’intersaison et on est prêts à relever le défi.BTVF : Does the team have ambitions for this year’s broadcasting?
It’s not yet certain, Savigny can probably handle it, but the Chartres club will also invest, it will be a nice complementarity.
BTVF : Is there less and less communication from the clubs and does Savigny communicate little about its club and its players?
It’s volunteer work everywhere with its limits. In fact, if we don’t know anything about the other teams, we don’t worry too much about it, but we don’t expect revolutions, we know the financial and volunteer limitations of each team. We know that we don’t expect revolutions, we know the financial and volunteer limitations of each team. We know that we don’t expect revolutions, we know the financial and volunteer limitations of each team. We know that we don’t expect revolutions, we know the financial and volunteer limitations of each team.Rouen played the Japanese card, we know that Béziers has a strong ability to recruit good foreign players, we know that Toulouse uses the Latin diaspora a lot, of which I am a part, for La Rochelle, every year they have at least five foreigners…
In addition, the preparatory matches do not mean much, because often the foreign players arrive very little time before the start of the season, or a little later. For the PUC, no, I do not know much, they return to D1, to their place and that’s good. We trust our players from the pole. We also want to propose to play at 7 pm on Saturday on the floodlit field, which allows the teams to arrive later and fill the Chartres canteen. We have 80 kilometers between our two stadiums, so it’s quite easy for our team. We just have to be careful to get used to the orientation of the sun on this new field.
