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Olympian of Nimes
Soccer shuttle. For tonight’s match against En Avant de Guingamp, Nîmes Métropole and Tango are setting up shuttle buses at the Costières-Parnasse stop and at the Antonins stadium. Access to the shuttle is only possible upon presentation of the match ticket. Departures (in the direction of Costières-Parnasse towards the Coudou stop near the stadium) are scheduled at 20:00, 20:20 and 20:40. As for the return in the opposite direction, it is scheduled for 11pm, when the stadium will close its doors.
Frédéric Bompard starts tonight with Nîmes Olympique • PHOTO: PQR/WEST FRANCE/MAXPPP
Bombard coming? Frédéric Bompard will lead his first meeting with Nîmes Olympique tonight. Chance of the calendar, it is against En Avant de Guingamp, his last club, that the coach will return to duty, having left EAG in May 2021. He had then succeeded in his mission to keep the club in Ligue 2 For the record , he had recovered the Breton team on the evening of the 22nd day in 18th place (and play-off) and had left him 9th in L2. His record in Côtes-d’Armor, where he mainly put in a 4-2-3-1 formation, is six wins, seven draws and three losses, or 25 points in 16 games and a 1.56 average points per game. If he manages to establish this pace in the NO, the club will finish with 50 points and a comfortable save.
Like Renaud Ripart, Nîmes have often struggled against the Bretons in recent years • Photo: Anthony Maurin
10 years without a win. It cannot be said that in recent years Guingamp’s En Avant has had success at Nîmes Olympique. In the last five meetings between the two teams, the Crocodiles have never won (two draws and three defeats). Last season the Bretons won twice and in 2018-19 manager Bernard Blaquart broke his teeth against AEG with two draws. To find a victory for Nîmes you have to go back to 28 September 2012 and the 2-1 success (goals from Gragnic and Robail) at the Costières stadium. That evening, the team led by Victor Zvunka was as follows: Merville – Poulain, Sidibé, Sbaï – Amewou, Parpeix, Piocelle (Haddou, 71st), Robail, Gragnic – Haguy, S. Koné (Thibault, 75th). Note that in the away team there was a certain Thibault Giresse, now assistant to Frédéric Bompard. Against Guingamp, Nîmes’ record is 19 games, 6 wins, 8 draws and 5 defeats. The older NOs will certainly remember the League Cup match that saw the Crocodiles win at the Costières stadium (11 December 1997) against the Bretons 1-0 thanks to a superb free-kick by Christophe Zugna.
Antoine Valerio is sanctioned for betting • Photo Antonio Maurin
Sports betting: two former Nîmes sanctioned. The Disciplinary Commission, which met on 16, 23 and 30 November and 7 and 13 December, resolved to sanction players, coaches and managers of professional clubs who did not comply, for the 2020/2021 sports season, with the ban on sports betting foreseen by the D. sporting code. This is the thirteenth crossing of rows, carried out with the assistance of the ANJ and the FDJ, since the 2013/2014 season. These offenses are committed despite the fact that, together, the LFP and the UNFP conduct daily awareness or information campaigns with the clubs. The commission recalls that players in competitions organized by the FFF or LFP (in particular players, coaches, managers of professional football clubs) have a general ban on betting online or on physical networks, on all football competitions, whether they are national or foreign. After listening to players, coaches, managers or reading their letter of explanations, the commission pronounced sanctions against two former Nîmes. Antoine Valerio (Rodez) receives a two-match ban and a €1,000 fine and Sofian El Ftouhi (Nancy) receives a two-match ban and a €500 fine.
