Olympic Nimes
Blaquart in Montpellier? The name of the former Nîmes Olympique coach (2015-20) circulated recently when Jérôme Arpinon was laid off. It was finally Pascal Plancque who took the place of the Nîmes coach. More recently, Bernard Blaquart (63) was seen in Dijon to participate in an audit on the training center of the Bourguignon club. The profile of the one who made the Crocs shine stirs up envy. The latest is likely to react on both sides of Vidourle since, according to several Hérault sources, Montpellier would be very interested in the profile of Bernard Blaquart who would seriously consider recruiting him to replace Michel Der Zakarian. The current coach, whose MHSC contract expires next June, is not expected to be extended. Contact has already been established between the two parties. Information that the former NO technician denied: “I know that people announce me everywhere but it is false, there is nothing. Anyone can change their mind, but I’m retired and I’m fine!“Highly rated on the free trainer market, Bernard Blaquart could well be courted in the coming weeks. To be continued …
1.2 million losses. Following the purchase of TV rights by Canal + after the departure of Mediapro, the League approved a new distribution of its rights. As announced by The team, the drop in television revenues linked to the failure of the Spanish broadcaster led to the abandonment of a more equal sharing between the clubs as initially planned. The ratio between the last and the first was supposed to be only 1 to 2.62 at the start but it will eventually be 1 to 3.26 as was the case last season. Thus, the clubs located in the second part of the championship are penalized and those at the top of the table favored. Because of its lack of seniority and its ranking during the 2019/2020 season (18th), Nîmes Olympique finds itself the worst off for the distribution. A drop in Ligue 1 revenues which generated a loss of € 1.2 million for the Crocs at the end of this financial year.
Three absent in Bordeaux. For the meeting between Nîmes Olympique and Bordeaux this Sunday at 3 p.m., the 26th day of Ligue 1, three players will be missing on the Girondins side. These are midfielders Basic and Otavio as well as right-back Sabaly. Bordeaux coach Jean-Louis Gasset was absent from training this Friday. It was his deputy Ghislain Printant who presented himself at a press conference. “We know how difficult it is to get around Nîmes, he said in particular. They will give us a fight, even if without their audience it is difficult. There will be a lot of duels. It is up to us to impose ourselves technically and to respond to combativeness. “ No new absentees on the Nîmes side where Martinez and Landre should be back in the group.
OAC
A story of swimsuits. This Sunday, to face Fabrègues (N3) in the 32nd final of the Coupe de France in Pibarot, Stéphane Saurat’s men will swap the usual blue tunic to play … in red! “In red? Why in red?” or “We are not the Olympic Nîmes”, we could read in the comments following a publication on the official page of the OAC along with the jersey that the Alésiens will wear the day after tomorrow. The answer is quite simple: “It is the automatic attribution of the Federation”, warns Jean-Marie Pasqualetti, sports director of the club. It is from the 4th round that Nike, official equipment supplier of the French Football Federation and therefore a major partner of the Coupe de France, then distributes the famous sets of shirts long awaited by amateur clubs. To play outside, clubs receive a set of blue, yellow or green jerseys. This is what allowed the OAC to evolve in its traditional colors (in blue) during the previous laps, at Panazol and Saint-Liguaire in particular. At home, clubs are invited to play in red or white and it is good to red jerseys that the OAC has inherited. AS Fabrègues, which usually plays in red, will come to Pibarot with a yellow tunic. Regardless of the color, we especially hope for a qualification of the Cévenols for the 16th with the prospect of facing a Ligue 1 formation.
Judo
Boukli and gold. The judokate Shirine Boukli won yesterday the Grand Slam in Tel Aviv (Israel) in the under 48 kg category. A first gold medal for the native of Aramon who beat in the final the double world champion Daria Bilodid (Ukraine) on ippon during the golden score (extensions). Good news for the Frenchwoman, three months after being crowned European champion. At 22, the Gardoise now dreams of the Olympic Games in Tokyo (July 23 to August 8) where only one place is awarded per country and category. His presence in Japan will be played out with Mélanie Clément, whom Shirine beat in the semi-finals, during this tournament in Israel. To discover, the portrait that, under the pen of our journalist Marie Meunier, we have devoted to the young judokate from Gard in the columns ofObjectif Gard, the magazine, available on newsstands since Friday.
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