Guingamp vs Nantes preview - Gourvennec backs Marveaux to shine - 7M sport

Guingamp vs Nantes preview - Gourvennec backs Marveaux to shine



Posted Saturday, October 04, 2014 by PA

Sylvain Marveaux can "become a great player again" and drag Guingamp off the foot of Ligue 1, according to boss Jocelyn Gourvennec.

The Newcastle loan striker ended a nine-game barren streak with both goals in Guingamp's 2-0 Europa League victory over PAOK on Thursday.

EAG host Nantes in Ligue 1 action on Sunday, with manager Gourvennec challenging 28-year-old Marveaux to seize the chance to revitalise his career.

"For Sylvain to become a great player again, it takes consistency and to be decisive in these matches," he said.

"When he plays like that, he's a very influential player in a role that suits him perfectly.

"He can help us progress now, and hopefully move up."

Marveaux joined Guingamp on a season-long loan deal from Newcastle in the summer, with the view to a permanent transfer.

The former Rennes and France Under-21 star had struggled to impose himself before breaking his goal duck in midweek, but has now been backed to kick on.

"He feels very much at home, he's a class player," said Gourvennec.

"And when a class player feels good, it changes the play of the team.

"But for that, there must also be some movement around him.

"He can string together performances now at this level, and he must stay at that level and not slip away from it."

Guingamp are aiming to avoid their fourth-straight league loss, with just two wins from eight games so far this term.

Nantes are eyeing consolidation in the table's top half, with just two defeats to their name.

Manager Michel der Zakarian will have to make do without the services of Vincent Bessat once again however.

The Lyon-born midfielder is back in training, but not fit to return this weekend.

"It is too soon for Vincent," said Der Zakarian.

"He is running again but will have more chance of returning after the international break."



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