Rodez started its Ligue 2 season with a win against Laval, 3-1. The players of Rodez gave satisfaction to their coach Didier Santini. Didier Santini, Rodez coach It's great to win, because it's been a while since we haven't won on the first day. It puts us in a good mood. But it was complicated to play with eleven against ten against them, in the way we worked this week, their game, their possession. We had a small passage of five or ten minutes that we paid cash; but after we regained our energy, we got back on track and brought some freshness. This freshness made the difference I think. With the heat, for them, at ten, the last fifteen minutes were complicated. Fatigue, cramps. And then we, we always believe and we know that we love the comebacks and create always a small story. They (the players) create it from the first match. Corentin Issanchou, Rodez right midfielder and scorer tonight (in video) Ibrahima Baldé, Rodez attacker and scorer tonight (in video) David Vignes, Laval coach A lot of frustration and disappointment. When you see the scenario, coming here, it's already difficult with eleven against eleven, then with one less, it's even more so. But we saw a beautiful Laval team, I'm very proud of the players, of what they did. Obviously, saying that after a defeat it can seem paradoxical, but we have to be realistic, I think we posed them a lot of problems. After this fact of the game (the red card), we didn't lose the thread, we stayed in our principles and that's important for me.