A good introduction. Returning from an eight-day training course at Château du Bois-Guy in Parigné, near Fougères (Ille-et-Vilaine), Paris FC (L2) won (1-0) its first preparation match this Saturday at Caen (Ligue 2). Before Le Havre – Paris SG this Sunday at the Océane stadium, it was one of the first matches to take place with the public in France since the end of confinement. They were around 300 to have taken place around an annex plot of the Venoix complex in Caen.
As he announced, René Girard gave playing time to his entire group. Only Saïd Arab, who arrived from the Red Star (National), Ali Abdi and Richard Sila, all three injured, did not play. The Parisian coach aligned a different team during the two periods. The very young Jaouen Hadjam (17), Ousmane Camara (17) and Sami Tlemcani (16), trainees at the Paris FC training center, also played.
It was the team in the first period with five recruits who seemed to be the best in legs.
Among the new ones, Gaëtan Belaud, the former captain of Brest (L1) and Gaëtan Laura, stood out in particular. Very combative and powerful, Laura obtained the penalty transformed by Florian Martin (26th). The new Parisian center-forward (24 years old) who had to go back through the amateur hut (Saint-Lô, Evreux, Lens reserve) after his training in Lorient, remains on a good season with Quevilly-Rouen (11 goals in National) . The Parisian leaders who signed him for three years and chose to part with Romain Amand (Pau), who was the team’s top scorer (7 goals) last season, have high hopes for him.
“The positive point is the will and aggressiveness in the good sense of the word,” says René Girard. Even if we didn’t always have legs, we saw interesting things. The first half was the most accomplished, especially in terms of keeping the ball. Then we maintained the result, it was not the most important, but it’s good to win this kind of match. We also tried to keep a balance with a mixture of young and old. “
The second preparation match for Paris FC will take place this Wednesday in its Orly training center opposite Le Mans (relegated to National)
CAEN – PARIS FC: 0-1 (0-1).
But. Martin (26e s.p.)
Paris FC : 1st half: Demarconnay – Belaud, Gambor, Kanté, Hadjam – Mandouki, Name, Martin – Pitroïpa, Laura, Gakpa. Entr. : Girard.
2e-temps: Maisonnial (Tlemcani, 74e) – Campanini, Bamba, Ndiaye, Naturally – Camara, Kikonda, Guilavogui – Lopez, Koffi, Diaby Fadiga.
