Ligue 2: The “perfect evening” of Paris FC, winner of Bastia for its first free operation at Charléty

2023-11-12 00:56:15

We know very well that in football, everything can happen very quickly and that the audiences are often fickle. 15 days ago after the draw against Troyes (2-2), the Paris FC players were heckled by their supporters. President Pierre Ferracci and coach Stéphane Gilli remained explaining themselves in front of one of the two kops for more than thirty minutes after the match.

This Saturday evening, change of atmosphere. There were more people than usual in the stands thanks to the free operation set up by the club (6,500 people). And the supporters sang and celebrated the victory against SC Bastia. “The operation got people talking about Paris FC, the public responded and we won, it was a perfect evening,” said coach Stéphane Gilli, whose smile contrasted with the cold anger displayed by his Bastia counterpart Régis. Brouard, who attacked his players at a press conference.

The match turned to a penalty, transformed by the little Prince of Charléty, Ilan Kebbal (1-0, 45th). While it must be recognized that it was quite generous, this boost rewarded Paris FC’s good first period. “I haven’t seen the images again but if for once it sounds in our favor, we’ll take it,” says Gilli. It is said that over the course of a season, refereeing decisions compensate for each other…”

At the start of the second half, Obed Nkambadio, called up again by Thierry Henry for the French junior team, made a double save, including a decisive point-blank strike. Certainly the turning point of the match. Because subsequently, Paris FC increased the number of overflows and crosses, but often missed the mark.

But thanks to this 3rd victory in 4 matches (10 points out of 12), Paris FC continues its rise in the standings (12th with 17 points). The objective set by Stéphane Gilli – 20 points minimum at the break – has already almost been achieved. Enough to see it rise again?

“Not at all,” says the Paris FC coach. We will talk about it again when we have reached these 20 points… We must remain lucid and reasonable. We have not forgotten the very difficult times we went through and where we came back from. As I told the players, we must continue and not get carried away. But tonight, I’m very happy. We knew that Bastia was going to bring intensity to the duels and the game plan we had put in place worked well. It was a typical L2 match, you had to be solid. We will certainly have lost this kind of match a few weeks ago. »

PARIS FC – SC BASTIA: 1-0 (1-0)

Spectators. 6,438.

But. Kebbal (45e s.p.)

Warnings. Paris FC: Mandouki (33rd).

Expulsion. Bastia: Traoré (89th).

Paris FC : Nkambadio – Alakouch, Koré, Mbow, Gaudin – Mandouki (cap.) (Demoncy, 90e), Camara – Lukembila (Diaby-Fadiga, 63e), Kebbal, Gory – Hamel. Entr. : Gilli.

Bastia: Placide – Keita, Okou, Roncaglia (Traoré, 56th) – Lienard (Loubatières, 56th), Ducrocq, Janneh, Bohnert – Djoco (Lega, 71th), Santelli (Conte, 11th), Alfarela (Yapi, 71th). entry : Brouard.