In three games, Medhy Guezoui, author of a double Friday in Pau (3-1) has just scored almost as many goals (3) as in two years since his arrival in Chambly (4) in January 2019. But to summarize the he contribution of the solid (1.88 m) 31-year-old center-forward to his number of goals would be reductive.
Because even if he had not scored much until then, Guezoui, elected best player of the National in 2016-2017 with Quevilly, has become an essential element of Bruno Luzi's eleven.
“It's our Olivier Giroud,” smiles the Chambly coach.
Of course, he doesn't score a lot, but when he's not there, we say to ourselves, he is missing… For me, he is essential.
As soon as he is fit to play, I put him on the card.
It's not just stats for an attacker.
Thanks to him, we gain 20-25 meters, we manage to play higher.
He knows how to wedge the balls, to play the others.
He first thinks collectively before thinking of himself.
"Emmanuel Da Costa, the former coach of Quevilly where he revealed himself -16 goals in 2015-2016 in CFA, 2nd top scorer of National in 2016-2017 with 15 achievements - has built a relationship" which goes beyond the framework of work ”with the attacker.
He describes him as “a real soldier, someone who is able to die for you.
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In the locker room, Guezoui, trained in Lens, his hometown and who has long competed in the National 2 (Sedan, Les Herbiers, Beauvais) before discovering L2 at 27 with Valenciennes, also plays a key role in group life. .
All those who worked with him highlight his permanent good humor and his ambianceur side ”.
“He is a real character, laughs his teammate Lassana Doucouré.
A real clown with a big voice that can be heard from afar.
Sometimes he walks into a room and starts screaming suddenly, for no reason like crazy… But we love him.
On a human level, he is great.
He works emotionally and I think that with us in Chambly, he found the family environment that suited him and where he can flourish.
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An opinion shared by Réginald Ray who trained him in Valenciennes.
“He needs that amateurish mindset and some context to fully express himself,” says Ray.
He is a lodger, a bon vivant.
His head needs freedom, but his body also needs rigor.
It is a large carcass and it often had small pips.
But as soon as his body leaves him alone, he is an indispensable player in a team.
He is smart, he weighs, makes others play.
For me, he is one of the very good center-forwards in L2.
“With 4 goals and 3 assists this season, Guezoui is proving more and more decisive.
"Even if he was injured two months, he had an excellent first part of the season, which is interesting is that he materializes more with statistics", considers Bruno Luzi.
“On the field, he does us a lot of good, he exhausts the defenses and gives us the benefit of his work,” said Lassana Doucouré.
He is still in the fight.
If he has to make the pass to get us to score, that's okay with him.
He doesn't care about his stats or what people think about them.
But now in addition, if he starts to score… He manages to make breakthroughs (Editor's note: he started from the midfielder on his first goal in Pau), that really surprised us because the speed is not not its main quality too.
But it shows that he feels good.
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“When I'm injured and my teammates tell me: Hurry back, we need you, that's what I need, that says it all.
I never thought personal.
I am not here to shine alone, I am here to shine with the team and obtain support, ”recently explained Guezoui who did not wish to speak before this match against Niort.
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