The Clubists Have the Means to Succeed in Their Derby (Photo: Mokhtar H'MIMA)
Benzarti and his players have two options: win or draw. The dosage of efforts, patience, and opportunism in front of goal will help the CA to overcome this hurdle. The Press — The CA could have avoided this scenario if the team had won against USM or ASSoliman. However, things went as they did, and Benzarti's team finds itself in a fatal derby to seal the title's fate just one day before the end. Logically, the result of this derby will reveal the champion's name. For the Clubists, who have been irregular in the end of the season and have missed many easy opportunities, two options are presented: either win and take the championship, or draw and keep the two-point lead. In other words, losing means practically saying goodbye to the title. There is also pressure on the CA despite the two-point lead. Playing against EST, which wants to save its season after the failure in the Champions League and in front of its public, is a delicate mission.
But if Faouzi Benzarti, also tenacious and imperturbable, wants to be champion with his players, he must succeed in front of the direct competitor. To do this, the coach has chosen to put his players under pressure from the first training session. Intense exercises, muscular messages, the coach likes these matches and wants his players to be in the most austere conditions to surpass themselves.
The Players' Match On the players' side, their responsibility is crucial in this type of match. The game plans and tactics no longer have an impact after the referee's whistle. It's their match, their destiny that they play and have in their hands until now. Apart from Bouguerra's absence, everyone is fine. The solutions are numerous in front of Benzarti, who remains faithful to his principles: he doesn't like to change too much. The dosage of efforts over 90 minutes, opportunism in front of goal, good placement in defense, vivacity in midfield duels, practically the tasks that Chrimi's teammates will have to tackle to succeed. A long match where the Clubists, strong in their defensive solidity throughout the season, must remain sober. A hot, electric, and already polemical derby with burning backstage, the team has an interest in managing all these aspects to succeed. Benzarti's role is crucial, yes, but that of the players is just as important. Men like Chrimi, Khan, Chaouat, Ben Abda, Chamekh, Shili, Harzi, and Khadhraoui have the profession and the means to shine. They must succeed in their heads and manage their efforts above all in a nerve-wracking match, a match that will take your breath away due to its stakes.
