Like every weekend, Le Parisien analyzes and deciphers the results of amateur clubs in Île-de-France, without forgetting women and young people. From the incidents at the Bauer stadium on Friday to the qualification of the girls of Paris FC for the Champions League through the beautiful story of the Ukrainian from Poissy Roman Yalovenko, the weekend was rather rich.
The highlight: the Parisiennes will go to the European play-off
Three days from the end, Paris FC has secured its place for the Women’s Champions League play-offs which will begin in August. Winner of Montpellier (3-1) Friday at Charléty (goals from Matéo, Sarr and Thiney), the Parisians were able to count on the success of Lyon (2-1) this Sunday at Fleury. Third, Paris FC now has a 10-point lead over Fleury (4th) and cannot be joined.
This qualification for the Champions League is the reward for the work of Sandrine Soubeyrand who has patiently shaped her group since her arrival in October 2018, without recruiting much. It is also the success of a policy initiated by President Pierre Ferracci since the absorption of Juvisy in 2017.
With approximately 2 million euros (11% of the overall budget), Paris FC is indeed the professional club which devotes the highest rate of its budget to its women. The last time the club played in the Champions League was in 2013 under the name Juvisy.
The duel: Paris 13 Atletico and Fleury wheel in wheel
In group B of National 2, the distance duel continues between Paris 13 Atletico and Fleury. After two defeats, the club from the 13th arrondissement returned to success against Saint-Quentin thanks to a double from ex-pro (Red Star, Reims) Anatole Ngamukol (20th, 40th). The leader retains a three-point lead over Fleury, winner without shaking at the Auxerre reserve (3-1) with goals from Belliard (13th), Sylla (19th) and Petrilli (61st). The Paris 13 Atletico – Fleury match on April 30 will be decisive for the climb.
The controversy: after the match stopped at Red Star, it squeaks in Chambly and Créteil
By throwing smoke bombs on the lawn of Bauer on Friday to show their hostility to the takeover of the club by the American fund 777 Partners, the Red Star kop caused the stoppage of the match of the 30th day of National against Sète in the 42nd minute. In all likelihood, the Federation will give a winning match to Sète who was then leading 1-0. Three points that may count in the fight for maintenance. Direct competitors of Sétois (14th), Chambly (15th) and Créteil (16th) would then find themselves five and six points behind the Southerners. “Giving victory to Sète would therefore mean giving the power to supporters to decide which club is going to be relegated, it would be a scandalous precedent”, already protests a leader of a club concerned by the fight for maintenance.
The player of the weekend: Christopher Ibayi (Versailles)
The Corsican from FC Versailles 78 deserved to leave with the match ball autographed by his teammates as a souvenir. The 26-year-old striker, trained at SC Bastia and passed through Lucciana, Granville and Trélissac, scored a hat-trick in less than half an hour (6th, 18th, 34th) on Saturday against Vitré (3-0). Christopher Ibayi takes his total to 11 goals this season. After two draws, Versailles, leader of group A of National 2, returns to victory and takes a new step towards a rise in National. The 78 team still has a 7-point lead over Chartres 4 days from the end.
The beautiful story: the Ukrainian Yalovenko decisive with Poissy
Roman Yalovenko is one of five Ukrainian players from Alians Lypova Dolyna (D2 Ukraine) who arrived with their coach on March 14 in Poissy through President Olivier Szewczuk. Fifa only allowing one player signing per club playing in Ukraine during this non-transfer period, the 25-year-old striker was the only one who could officially sign with Poissy. He received authorization from the Federation the day before the match in Caen, Friday afternoon.
And Roman Yalovenko, trained at Dynamo kyiv and passed through Tchenomorets Odessa, did not miss his debut. He was first behind Da Silva’s 2nd goal (89th) before scoring the 3rd following a stung ball (90th). This big victory (3-0) at the reserve of Caen allows Poissy, 9th in group A of National 2, to get closer to maintaining.
The sentence: “We lack game intelligence”
Emmanuel daCosta, coach of Créteil, beaten Friday in Annecy (1-0) and 16th in National: “There is both frustration and anger. Anger because we knew that Annecy was going to punish us for the slightest error on our part, and that was the case. At half-time, there was a speech and, in the 48th minute, we did the exact opposite… The scenario is a scenario that we have experienced too often this season unfortunately. We have a lot of absentees, we also lack maturity. Annecy knows how to have the necessary vice in important moments, not us. We are sorely lacking in game intelligence but also intelligence in the management of the match and emotions. »
The number: 12
Winner at Les Mureaux (2-0) thanks to two goals in money-time, Racing consolidates its position as leader of National 3. Six days from the end, the Colombes club has a 12-point lead over its runner-up, the Racing reserve. The climb is getting closer. Since its takeover in March 2018, President Patrick Norbert, former president of Angers and film producer, has put a lot of financial resources into trying to revive a club relegated from N2 in 2010 and which even experienced the DH (R1) between 2014 and 2017.
THE RESULTS
NATIONAL (30th day). Red Star – Sète: match abandoned, Annecy – Créteil 1-0.
NATIONAL 2 (25th day). Group A : Versailles – Vitré 3-0, Caen (b) – Poissy 0-3. Group B. Reims (b) – Lusitanos Saint-Maur 0-1, Épinal – Entente SSG 0-0, Paris 13 Atletico – Saint-Quentin 2-0, Auxerre (B) – Fleury, 1-3 Beauvais – FC 93 Bobigny 0-0 , Sainte-Geneviève – Metz (B) 1-0.
NATIONAL 3 (20th day). Paris FC (B) – Les Ulis 3-1, FC Mantois – Brétigny 0-1, Blanc-Mesnil – Ivry 0-2, Linas-Montlhéry – Drancy 1-1, Aubervilliers – Créteil, (b) 2-1, PSG (b) – Meaux,1-1? Les Mureaux-Racing 0-2.
D 1 WOMEN (19th day). Paris FC – Montpellier 3-1, PSG – Issy 6-1, Fleury – Lyon 1-2.