At the start of the final sprint, “Le Parisien” invites you to take a tour of the football program in Île-de-France, from National to National 3 via National 2. A weekend still very important to all levels. The female D1 takes a break.
The poster of the weekend: Paris 13 Atletico and Fleury for a place in National
Four days from the end, Paris 13 Atletico and Fleury will almost play a National final this Saturday in a Boutroux stadium which will certainly be in turmoil. At the beginning of March, the club from the 13th arrondissement was still 8 points ahead of Fleury in group B of National 2. But Paris 13 Atletico grilled several jokers (three defeats and 1 draw in the last 6 games) while its rival essonnien continued his series of invincibility (8 wins, 3 draws since January 15). Fabien Valeri’s team only has a small point lead over Fleury who could therefore take over the leader’s chair in the event of a victory. In the first leg, Paris 13 Atletico had struck a blow by winning 3-1 thanks to a hat-trick from Lalaina Nomenjanahary. After his injury, the 36-year-old Malagasy international who had scored 7 goals in 13 games, should return for this shock.
The smile in perspective of the weekend: the big night for Versailles?
Versailles, the semi-finalist of the Coupe de France, touches the goal. The leader of group A of National 2 who has 9 points ahead of Chartres is only one victory away from a climb in National. This could therefore be settled as of Saturday under the blows of 8 p.m. if Youcef Chibhi’s team wins in Saint-Malo or achieves a better (or the same) result than Chartres, which moves to the Caen reserve. .
The question: Créteil relegated to National 2 this Friday evening?
With six points behind Sète (14th) – and virtually nine if the Sète club recovers, as is likely, the victory on green carpet against Red Star -, Créteil, 17th, is already almost doomed in National 2. Without wait for the verdict of the commission, it will be recorded if the team of Manu Da Costa, bows this Friday in Bastia-Borgo (15th) or whatever its result in Corsica, if Sète wins. “We know that we no longer have the right to make mistakes and that we have to win the last 3 games to try to get something. What is certain is that we will give everything for this club and keep it in National. This trip to Corsica will be difficult, on a synthetic pitch where we are not used to playing, but we have 3 games left, 3 finals. We are going there to win and have an irreproachable state of mind”, launches striker Alexis Araujo on the club website, who will have managed to survive this catastrophic season,
The Red Star receives Sedan without its public after being sanctioned (match behind closed doors) after the match stopped against Sète at Bauer a fortnight ago. But the Red Star kop has planned to meet in front of the stadium to follow the match at the Olympic bar and certainly still show his hostility to the takeover of the club by 777 Partners.
The player to watch: Anthony Petrilli (Fleury)
He has scored a goal in 7 of the last 8 games. Anthony Petrilli has been wearing Fleury for several weeks and will be one of the players to watch during the clash at Paris 13 Atletico. At 28, the center forward is having the best season of his career with already 17 goals in 24 games. He leads the National 2 scorer rankings, all groups combined, tied with Abdoulaye Diallo (Andrézieux). Passed by the training center of Bordeaux, Schiltingheim, Ivry, the PSG reserve, the Herbiers and the Red Star, Petrilli broke his record which dated from the 2016-2017 season, 14 goals with Trélissac in National 2.
The match to go to: celebrate the rise of Racing in Colombes
Since its resounding victory against Aubervilliers (5-1) and the defeat of Blanc-Mesnil at Brétigny (3-1) last weekend, Racing is already guaranteed to be promoted to National 2 twelve years after its demotion in CFA 2 (N3), at the time for financial reasons. Only the Paris FC reserve can still mathematically (13 points behind) join Racing – an unlikely scenario – but it cannot go up due to the classification of its training center. Racing will therefore be able to celebrate its accession and its title of champion this Saturday against the reserve of Créteil with its public and its supporters. It’s been a long time since a team from the Ile-de-France region crushed its championship so much… Undefeated since September (16 wins, 3 draws), Racing has the best attack (50 goals scored) and the best defense (18 goals conceded) . Arrived in March 2018, President Patrick Norbert succeeded in the first step in the reconstruction of the club.
The event: a big U13 tournament in Joinville
William Saliba (OM), Eduardo Camavinga (Real Madrid), Édouard Michut (PSG), Malo Gusto and Castello Lubeka (Lyon), Manu Koné (ex-Paris FC, Mönchengladbach)… The list of players who played in the Joinville Cup is prestigious. Reserved for U13s (children aged 12 and 13), the tournament organized by RC Joinville will experience its 8th edition on Saturday and Sunday at the Jean-Pierre Garchery stadium. 24 clubs are involved including Bordeaux, Saint-Étienne, Rennes, Metz, Caen, Hertha Berlin (Germany), PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands), Brondby (Denmark), Anderlecht (Belgium) and Paris FC, Red Star, Sarcelles, Torcy, Joinville or Bagneux on the Ile-de-France side.
Among young people: Drancy close to a historic qualification
Behind PSG, leader of group A and already qualified for the playoffs, the U19s of Drancy are also having a big season. Third with only one length behind Amiens (which holds the second qualifying ticket for the quarter-finals) two days from the end, the JAD could become the first amateur club in the history of the national U19 championship to qualify for the final stages. The team coached by Nassim El Abdi is playing a crucial match against Chambly (11th) this Sunday (3 p.m.) at the Charles-Sage stadium.
THE PROGRAM
NATIONAL (28th day)
Friday, 7 p.m. : Red Star – Sedan (behind closed doors), Bastia-Borgo – Créteil.
NATIONAL 2 (27th day)
Group A. Saturday, 6 p.m. : Poissy – Châteaubriant (Léo Lagrange stadium), Saint-Malo – Versailles
Group B. Saturday, 5 p.m. : FC 93 Bobigny – Lens (b) (Auguste Delaune stadium), Haguenau – Lusitanos Saint-Maur, Sainte-Geneviève – Entente SSG (Sports Park), 18 h 30 : Paris 13 Atletico – Fleury (stade Boutroux).
NATIONAL 3 (22nd day)
Saturday 3 p.m. : Racing – Créteil (b) (Yves-du-Manoir stadium), 18 hours : FC Mantois – Les Ulis (Aime Bergeal stadium), Le Blanc-Mesnil – Drancy (Jean Bouin stadium), Linas-Montlhéry – Paris FC (b) (Paul Desgouillons stadium), PSG (b) – Brétigny (camp des Loges) , Aubervilliers – Meaux (Karman stadium). Sunday, 3 p.m.s: Les Mureaux – Ivry (Léo Lagrange stadium).
U19 (25th day)
Group A. Sunday, 3 p.m.: PSG – Caen (camp des Loges), Drancy – Chambly, Saint-Pryvé-Saint Hilaire – Montfermeil.
Group B. Sunday, 3 p.m.: Auxerre-Paris FC, Clermont-Torcy