“Emotions and memories cannot be bought”

Olympique Vendin
Olympique Vendin and Orlando Chiaverini had an exceptional season! (Photo DR)

Back at Olympique Vendin this season, Orlando Chiaverini (35), a former player, has taken charge of the senior group! A new adventure that he expresses with ease, whether for the A team (D4) or the reserve team (D7) in Hauts-de-France!

Orlando, what is your assessment of this season?

“We will especially remember our career in the Coupe de France where we were eliminated quite logically (0-5 TR; 0-1 MT) in the 5th turn against an R3, four divisions above, which reaches the next level at the end of the season. We achieved another feat by eliminating a D1 again in the Artois cup before living half of it in the next round since we were eliminated only on penalties by an R3 in 8th of final. As for the championship, we managed to grab a 3th place in the standings when we were promoted to this level! »

Good results that add to those of the reserve team…

“She is having an exceptional season: 18 league matches for 18 wins and only 12 goals conceded! In addition, it won last Sunday in the final of the Lucas Cica Cup, a competition dedicated to reserve teams, against the C team of USO Meurchin. Our players won on penalties (3-4) after a score of 0-0 in regulation time and will play in D6 next season! »

This season’s performances must have caught the eye of sponsors and partners, right?

“The club had only one sponsor when I arrived and new perspectives will be offered to us in the coming months: we will be moving to the equipment manufacturer Macron for next season, several local partners and sponsors will also accompany us. We can count five or six from September! »

Do you also benefit from the contribution of the town hall?

“We have the advantage of having quality infrastructure with a synthetic pitch and another in grass. The club house has been redone two years ago, which is also a good thing. The only (big) inconvenience because there are three clubs in our city, two FFF and a UFOLEP and sometimes you have to share the land. But otherwise, yes we are very well supported! »

We feel satisfied since your return to the club…

“This is the first season where I take a senior team. In my old club, we had three teams and each group trained separately. At Olympique Vendin, even if there are three divisions between the two groups, we wanted to avoid that and everyone works together. We sometimes form groups for the different tactical schemes but otherwise, there is not really a distinction between each player. And we really insisted on that! »

“We managed to make the group complementary and supportive! »

Have you already started planning for next season?

“We will continue to work in the same way and we have been asked by young players who would like to find pleasure again after the two seasons complicated by the pandemic. We managed to make the group complementary and supportive. For example, during the reserve team’s cup match, those of A were present to support them. »

You will therefore keep the same philosophy…

“I came back this season and we started from zero, with a new staff. There have been a lot of changes at the club in recent years and we have somehow managed to maintain the balance with a strong core that we try to grow every year. We have very few means, the players have no match bonus, the educators have no income, but emotions and memories cannot be bought. And I would just like to thank our president, Christian Magrez, who is our handyman. But also Maxime and Abdel, two players and members of the office, who kept the club afloat during the pandemic. »

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