It is certainly a very big disappointment. If we expected to see Paris 13 Atletico, the smallest budget in the division, make the lift, we thought we were watching FC Versailles and Red Star, with significant resources, prance at the top of the National. It is not so. 6 days from the end, FC Versailles and Red Star are on unfavorable waivers for accession to L2. Blame it on two bad series at the worst time of the season.
The ambitious promoted from Yvelines has been relegated for 7 days with only one success obtained (plus 3 draws and 3 losses) against Borgo (1-0), the last of the class while his neighbor from Red Star is weighed down by his 3 losses (Avranches, Le Puy and Concarneau) in the last 4 games in his den of Bauer. Tied on points (45), the two Ile-de-France teams will have to fuel very hard in the money time to catch up with the first three (Martigues, Dunkirk and Concarneau) and snatch one of the two tickets for the rise in L2.
Versailles still an orphan by Jeremain Lens
This Thursday morning on the eve of facing Villefranche (14th) at the Jean-Bouin stadium, the atmosphere is good at the Porchefontaine training center. Laughter and jokes burst out on the synthetic pitch during a precision exercise on small goals. Hard to believe that FC Versailles is in a crisis of results with only one victory gleaned in the last 7 games. The right to error is no longer allowed with 4 lengths behind the first three. “Everything is fun! My team has the capacity to go up, insists coach Cris. A lot can still happen. Who would have bet anything on Dunkirk a month and a half ago? Since this formation has aligned 6 successes in a row. We remain on 3 draws and 1 loss, we are missing a little thing. The other teams look at us as a favorite and they play differently against us. »
Despite a budget of €6.5 million and a desire to join L2 as early as June, the shareholders did not put pressure on their luxurious workforce made up of many players who had passed through L1 and L2. Dutch international Jeremain Lens, who has suffered a hamstring injury for more than a month, is expected to return in two weeks. The absence of Djoko, who left for the winter transfer window for Bastia (L2), where he shows himself to his advantage, is proving to be a heavy prejudice for a team that lacks realism in attack. We will have to find him in this final sprint which is not easy to negotiate with the trips to Sedan and Martigues and the reception of Red Star. “We have the ability to get back to winning ways,” Cris said. We create chances but we lack efficiency in front of goal. We have to settle that. »
“We hope to play a final ascent on the last day,” says attacking midfielder Kapo Sylva. 5 years ago, his Entente SSG team had ensured its maintenance in Grenoble (2-3) during the epilogue of the National. A sign.
The Red Star without Cheikh Ndoye
Initially scheduled for this Friday, the meeting between Nancy (13th) and the Red Star has been rescheduled for Monday due to significant risks of overflows with possible clashes between supporters around the enclosure and the organization of demonstrations in the center- city of Nancy on the same day mobilizing a large number of law enforcement agencies who will be insufficiently available to ensure the security of the match. These few extra days may be beneficial to the Audoniens who were beaten down last Friday after their heavy defeat at home against Concerneau (1-4). A poor performance at home against a direct competitor which was accompanied by the expulsion of Jason Tre and his best player Cheickh Ndoye.
The latter should normally miss the next two games (the disciplinary committee meets this Thursday). With 4 lengths behind the leading trio, the situation is hardly favorable for Red Star, bought last year by the American investment fund 777 Partners, which is aiming for accession to L2. “We no longer have our destiny in our hands. But there are 18 points left to take. As I said to the players: either we offer ourselves an exciting end to the season by being on the hunt and hoping for the fall of some, or we decide today to consider that as we lost against Concarneau, it is finished, says Audonian coach Habib Beye. Non-matches, it happens but it happens at the wrong time against direct competitors. It’s the first time that we’ve had two defeats in a row (Dunkirk and Concarneau). Those who will go to L2 will have deserved it. »
Paris 13 Atletico towards a package?
Virtually relegated mathematically, Paris 13 Atletico could lose its last hopes on the green carpet. At present, the 13th arrondissement club has not yet found any land available to receive Nancy next week during the 30th day. This Thursday evening, according to our information, Paris 13 Atletico was even considering, purely and simply, to forfeit…