6 goals in 20 shots on target, 10 assists in 34 games, 86% successful passes. Second of League 2 with Clermont, in the fight for the direct rise in Ligue 1. A huge influence on the game, with his accomplices from the midfield to the CF63. This is the life that decided to lead Jason berthomier, 31 years old, and perhaps in the shape of his life in Auvergne. This season, the Clermontois is having a blast, so before the extremely important meeting this Monday evening in Grenoble (4th, 61 points), the spotlight is on the player trained in Montluçon. A true regional stage, which literally takes Clermont to the top, like Mohamed Bayo. An element that we talk about a little less, yet so important …
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Left-handed, shooter, attacker, leader; handsome player
There is no denying that, seeing Jason Berthomier play is above all the assurance of having fun, of having an esthete of this game on the ground. After having known several clubs, without ever really being a 3000% boss, apart from younger in Bourg-en-Bresse, during his revelation in L2, the thirty-something smashes everything with the CF. It is in the end almost logical that it is under the orders of Pascal Gastien that the leader flourishes completely. Indeed, placed higher on the lawn, the one who wears the number 6 shines, and treats his teammates, with 10 assists. ” Playing high enough, almost like a second attacker, and participating more in the game when the team needs it, details Berthomier for The mountain. I think it’s getting better and better and the stats speak a bit more for me. I like that role. At first, it was a little new to me, in the sense that I was more creative before. Here, I don’t necessarily have to participate in the game, my priority is to be in the finishing zone. »
A role that has evolved with the CF63, but which makes the left-hander more decisive. Against Châteauroux, his direct corner illuminated the start of the game, his… second such goal this season! On the same side, in the same way, stretched out, not necessarily high in the sky of Montpied. ” It had already worked against Toulouse, so it’s voluntary, yes. »Quietly, Berthomier is capable of this kind of crazy, to use the term of David Benarousse, in the commentary of the match for beIn. At the end of the game against Berri, it is again he who will give Clermont the advantage, with a rapid sequence of anesthetic control-unstoppable cross strike. Simply giving victory to his team. If the CF63 can legitimately think of the direct rise, it certainly owes it to the goals of Bayo, but also to Jason Berthomier, therefore.
A late arrival in pro, several clubs, before fixing in Clermont …
A world, Ligue 1, that the CF is not far from joining. With 66 points, and potentially seven ahead (but also two more games) over Toulouse tonight, the Auvergne have never been so close to joining the elite. A championship that Berthomier would discover at 31, he who started in L2 at 25, with Bourg-en-Bresse. After having experienced a superb adventure in the Coupe de France in 2014, infiltrating with theAS Moulins (CFA) until the quarter-finals! To be beaten on the penalties by Angers… ” We had a great course for an amateur club. It remains a beautiful memory! We spoke about it again recently on the networks, because it’s been 7 years since it happened. Of course, it’s always pleasant to think back to these kinds of memories. Subsequently, I rather followed my path without making a fixation. It’s not easy when you are 22 or 23 years old and you still play in CFA to tell yourself that you are going to end up pro. In the end, I’m doing my 5th season in Ligue 2, so I’m doing pretty well! »Told in February Berthomier to PK Foot.
… What about Ligue 1?
Thus, five seasons in Ligue 2 only, over adventures in Bourg-en-Bresse, Brest under the orders of Furlan, or Troyes. Curiously again, clubs where the 1m77 midfielder will not stay long, starting after a single season at the Stade Brestois, a short year before the Breton club’s comeback in L1. Perhaps the ultimate feeling was missing for this low-key, native Auvergne man who is having a blast in the game and Clermont’s midfielder this season. A club that plays for the attack and is perfectly suited to the profile of the offensive Berthomier, the large volume on the ground. Jason, the silky-footed southpaw, has finally found the place where he can give his best. It remains to bring back, not the golden fleece in Clermont, but Clermont towards its holy grail, a Ligue 1 that the club has never known. And for that, even if it is necessary to call the Clermontois Argonautes, Jason Berthomier has a beautiful head of guide. The journey begins this evening in Grenoble.
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