Series of defeats in progress, numerous absences and opponent in great shape… Nothing pleads in favor of Chartres, the red lantern, before a trip to Chambly, this Saturday March 4…
“The decisions of the refereeing body played on the scenario”, regrets the coach of C’Chartres Football after the defeat against Châteaubriant
The challenge: breaking the spiral
Since its last victory, 1-0 at Évreux on November 5, the CCF has collected draws (4) and defeats (6), until slipping to last place in its group. Eleven days from the end, with a delay of 9 points on the 11th and first potential saver, his chances of maintaining seem tiny.
“It can be played around 32 points, or seven victories for us”, slips Pierre-Yves David, the Chartrain coach. Before dreaming of a comeback, the CCF will first have to break the spiral. Because if progress has been observed in the game, the results have not followed.
The workforce: still much reduced
One suspended and two injured. The last defeat against Châteaubriant, unfortunate, left its mark on the Chartres side. Expelled for two yellow cards, Nicolas Palbrois will be missing tonight. Like Ricardo Faty, hit in the ankle after a sole, and captain Clément Chantôme, victim of a crutch above the knee.
To make matters worse, two other players point to the infirmary: Pierre Picot (knee) and Samuel Noireau-Dauriat, decidedly unlucky this season. The former PSG fell back badly this week in training and dislocated his right shoulder after breaking his left in 2022. While waiting for the next return of Kévin Bru, who returned this week to the training, Pierre-Yves David took over Mehdi Haddadou, Aboubacar Diakhaby and Esteban Gonçalves in his group.
The adversary: on the upward slope
Unlike the CCF, the relegated National is surfing on a positive dynamic. After a slight slump, seven games without a win, the Picards have resumed the forward march and remain on three successes interspersed with a 1-1 draw at Racing CF.
“They are the team that impressed me the most in the game. I love the way they use the ball. There are very few balls carried, a lot of availability, frank transmissions… And that counter-presses a lot! “The CCF is warned, Chambly had crushed it 3-0 in the first leg.
CHAMBLY (Oise), this Saturday March 4 at 6 p.m.
C’Chartres Football : Crépel, Barry – Lemarié, D. Fofana, A. Fofana, B. and S. Fofana, Traoré, Archimbaud, Diakhaby, Gonçalves, Haddadou, Harakaté, Arnaud, Diallo, Villette.
Franck Thébault
