Holidays, recovery and transfer window

After a month of hiatus, the D1 Arkema resumes at the end of the week with the 12th day. How did the players and clubs deal with this break? Overview.

Go home and enjoy your loved ones. Go and celebrate Christmas in the mountains, but without downhill skiing. Celebrate New Year’s Day under the sun of the Antilles or Qatar, having previously carried out a PCR test to be able to fly away. Here is an overview of the winter holidays for the players of D1 Arkema.

Between the 11th and last day of the first leg played on December 12 and 13, 2020 and the next scheduled for January 15 and 16, 2021, four weeks will have passed. During this period, the actresses of the Championship were able to take advantage of a break of about a fortnight. The recovery was staggered between Monday, December 28 for the first clubs and Tuesday, January 5 for the last.

Friendly before the PSG-Bordeaux shock

Apart from the cold that descends on France, little has changed in the landscape. The coronavirus and its variants are still circulating and barrier measures or protocols are still in place. Traditionally, early January rhymes with Coupe de France where D1 clubs compete in the round of 16. The health context has reshuffled the cards. To save the Cup, a new formula, adopted by the FFF Executive Committee on December 17, was put in place. The round of 16 will consist of a route for the D1

and a second for clubs from another level, the two routes being found from eighth. The immediate consequence? A time slot released in the calendar. The teams took advantage of it to gauge themselves before the return of competitions. Four confrontations opposed geographically close D1 clubs in order to reduce travel: Paris FC – Paris-SG (0-1); Lyon-Dijon (3-0); Bordeaux-Soyaux (1-0); Fleury-Reims (3-0). The top three in the Championship (PSG, OL, Bordeaux) therefore launched 2021 before the 12th day, marked by the clash between the Parisian leader and the Bordelaises(Friday, 6:45 p.m., live on Canal + Sport)

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New faces in Le Havre It was in Le Havre that the truce was most animated. On December 19, 2020, a week after the defeat against PSG (0-5), the Norman club announced the end of the collaboration with its coach Thierry Uvenard. Arrived in 2017, he had raised the HAC of Regional 1 in D1. But for its first season in the top flight, the Le Havre team has the worst financial results: 12th with four points. At the club since 2005, Michaël Bunel (43) succeeds him on the bench. “Six years ago, we didn’t have a women’s section. We started with ten players who trained indoors and today we play in D1, the highest national level, he recalled at a press conference. Maintenance will go through good performance against our direct opponents, that is to say the last three teams (Stade de Reims, ASJ Soyaux, GPSO 92 Issy)

and we will have to glean a few points on the four in the middle of the table. Is it playable? Yes because I am an optimistic person. Can the workforce do it? We are working on this by restoring the confidence of the players. ” ???? They took up their duties last week, the new staff of the women’s team led by Mickaël Bunel is preparing the 2nd phase of the@ D1Arkema . Feedback on the press conference given by the new coach and his assistant Laure Lepailleur ➡️ https://t.co/sSLnjhl3gp

pic.twitter.com/a3UQdy91od – HAC Féminines (@hacfem)

January 11, 2021

In his mission, he is supported by the former French international defender Laure Lepailleur (38 selections). “I try to bring my experience as a player, explains the assistant who has 134 D1 matches with CNFE, Montpellier, Lyon, PSG and Juvisy. In the field, I am in the individualization, I give them advice. “

Behind the scenes, the pair is active to get some reinforcements despite the health crisis. Targeted positions? Eccentric midfielders in order to bring more percussion in the corridors and an axial midpoint to densify this area of ​​play.

Soyaux and Fleury active on the market

Tenth with a point ahead of the relegation zone, ASJ Soyaux has already strengthened. The Charente team records the loans of defender Marine Perea (20 years old, Bordeaux) and French international striker Marie-Charlotte Léger (24 years old, 9 caps, 3 matches with Montpellier this season). Another player passed by the Blue is committed: the defender Kelly Gadéa (29 years old, 5 caps), 247 D1 matches with Montpellier, Saint-Étienne Marseille and Fleury.

Last surprise before the weekend ???? ASJ Soyaux formalizes the arrival of @Kelly_Gada

⚡With 284 official matches and 39 goals, the French international is a benchmark in D1 ???? #ASJSoyals #Blue and White # D1Arkema

pic.twitter.com/emwa8blVbC – ASJ Soyaux Charente (@ASJSoyaux)

January 8, 2021

Fleury (5th in D1), in fact, was very active with three arrivals. Those of the goalkeeper Emmeline Mainguy (32 years old, ex Lyon, Guingamp or Dijon), lacking playing time in Naples, the Danish defender Kamilla Karlsen (20 years old), from Brondby, and the Swedish midfielder Michelle De Jongh ( 23 years old), on loan from Vittsjö GIK.

Bordeaux have recruited Icelandic international striker Svava Ros Gudmundsdottir (25). Olympique Lyonnais, he announced that the English Jodie Taylor remained until the end of the season and formalized the extension until 2024 of the Ballon d’Or 2018 Ada Hegerberg, currently recovering.

Initially scheduled for January 10, 2021, the round of 16 are scheduled for January 30 and 31, 2021 for the D1 Arkema club route.

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