Suspense, adrenaline, heightened emotions… All that makes the flavor of the last high-stakes matches, Chartres will not experience it yet this season. And, this time, it is not the consequence of the covid, as in 2019-2020 and 2020-2021, two exercises prematurely stopped.
Three years after believing in accession until the final day (1), the CCF has definitively let go in its pursuit behind the leader Versailles, this Saturday, April 23, four games from the end. The fault with two new points abandoned on his lawn against Poissy (2-2)…
relive the live of the match against Poissy
With its nine lengths behind, the formation of Jean-Pierre Papin can no longer dream of styling the Ile-de-France on the wire. With an anecdotal record of 52 points to beat at this level, keeping third place and trying to get Lorient will be the only objective for the Chartrains.
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We’re going to do the job. We have to finish this championship well, to win two matches to be sure of staying third.
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But achieving it won’t really mean giving yourself a shot at joining the National. Hence the risk of ending the season coasting with a calendar offering three trips for a single reception (2).
A possibility quickly ruled out by the CCF coach. “We’re going to do the job. We have to finish this championship well, to win two matches to be sure of staying third, claims JPP. We see that everyone is a little destabilized, that top teams are losing matches. Me, I did not see my team destabilized against Poissy. In the second half, I even found her. We pressed, we played high, we created chances. We must keep this state of mind to build. »
Four players minimum out until the end of the season
Taking advantage of the end of the championship to prepare for the future could be the leitmotif of the Chartrains. After launching Corentin Bekhit at Plabennec (3-0), Esteban Gonçalves at Guingamp (3-4), then Banfa Fofana, at the break on Saturday, to supplement Kévin Malaga’s injury exit, the coach should give even more game time to young people by the curtain down. As much by choice as by constraint since the infirmary is full with no less than eight elements on its benches, not to mention Malaga, which should quickly recover from the crutch received on Saturday.
We will continue with our young people as we have been doing for some time now… They may be the future of the CCF.
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Among the absentees from Poissy, at least four will not play again in N2 this season: Erwan Colas, operated on the meniscus, Dramane Koné, affected in the hamstrings, Sekou Fofana, who is slowly recovering from a pulmonary embolism, and Ibrahima Traoré, in phase recovery after his rupture of the cruciate ligaments, at the end of January in Vannes. It could also be complicated for Maxime Fleury, victim of a sprained big toe, or even Matthieu Villette, who will have a knee MRI on Wednesday. The only ones that the supporters are almost certain to see again are Abdoulaye Fofana (flu) and Mourad Louzif (adductors).
“We will continue with our young people as we have been doing for some time now. We have trusted Jérémy Francou since December, recalls Jean-Pierre Papin. The good surprise against Poissy was Banfa Fofana. As a hitchhiker, he is very interesting. All these boys deserved to ride, so they’re playing. They may be the future of the CCF…”
1. Chartres, then managed by Jean-Guy Wallemme, were only two points behind Bastia-Borgo but did not go up, the Corsicans winning 4-1 in Vannes while the CCF beat Vitré 3-0 .
2. The CCF will go to Caen next week, to Châteaubriant on May 14, to Vannes on May 21 and then to Granville on May 28.
An almost impossible draft
No tangible element for such a decision exists today. But a ban on climbing pronounced against Versailles by the Federation is now the only chance for the CCF to join the National. Because, in the regulations, there must be an imperative accession per group of N2. In the case of administrative demotions from National, it is repechages at this level that will make it possible to compensate, in a maximum of three since it takes at least one descent. Only then is the best second in N2 who is promoted…
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Franck Thébault
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