Guingamp vs Lens preview - El Jadeyaoui awaits Guingamp return
Posted Saturday, January 10, 2015 by PA
Lens midfielder Alharbi El Jadeyaoui is looking forward to returning to former club Guingamp this weekend.
Les Sang et Or travel to the Stade du Roudourou on Saturday looking to make amends for last weekend's 3-2 defeat to Lyon.
That loss came in the Coupe de France, with Lens unbeaten in three Ligue 1 matches stretching back to December 7.
It is a run of form the relegation-threatened side will look to continue in Brittany in a match which has extra importance to former Guingamp midfielder El Jadeyaoui.
"I have very good memories," he said. "I spent three years there. In sporting terms, my time in Guingamp made me grow.
"Even though it was the preliminary round, I played my first match of Europa League there. I have also experienced a rise from the Championnat National."
El Jadeyaoui has no regrets about leaving for Angers in 2012, though, as he believes it helped him become a better player, allowing him this term to fulfil his dream of playing in the top-flight.
"I was not wrong dream," he told the club's official website, www.rclens.fr. "Ligue 1, is something else. There is no better. This is the best.
"It has nothing to do with Ligue 2. I saw a dream and now that I am there, I set other goals.
"I want to keep myself at this level and link the seasons in the top flight."
Guingamp are three places and three points better off than Lens ahead of what head coach Jocelyn Gourvennec believes will be a tough match.
"On Saturday it's back in the league against Lens - a direct competitor," he said.
"It will be a difficult game to play. Lens need points and so do we.
"This is a hard team - they cause problems for everyone because it has the speed and power front."
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