Every Friday, Le Parisien offers you a summary of all the issues of the football weekend in Île-de-France.
The poster for the weekend: Paris 13 Atletico for revenge against the only team that beat them.
It was September 11th. Paris 13 Atletico lost to the Reims reserve (2-1). Since then, Fabien Valeri’s team has had a series of 13 games without defeat (10 wins including 5 in a row in 2022 and 3 draws). The leader of group B of National 2 is 8 points ahead of Fleury. The arrival of the reserve from Reims, the only team that has beaten him this season, where we find Thomas Berlette (ex-coach of the Montrouge U17s) on the bench as an assistant, will be a new good test for Paris. 13 Atletico on the way to a historic rise in National. As always, the atmosphere promises to be hot at the Boutroux stadium, in the 13th arrondissement, on Saturday at 6 p.m.
The question of the week: how will Versailles bounce back after its elimination from the Coupe de France?
After the preparation of the pros – training at Clairefontaine and accommodation in a hotel in Cap-d’Ail in Monaco -, then the match Tuesday in front of 26,723 spectators at the Allianz Riviera against Nice, Versailles returns to the ordinary of the championship with a trip by bus to Châteaubriant (Loire-Atlantique). The hardest part will certainly begin for the semi-finalist of the Coupe de France and leader of group A of National 2, who will be, more than ever, the team to beat. “But we will know on Saturday if the players have quickly come down from their cloud. We have been rehearsing them for several weeks. OK, we showed a good image of Versailles, all of France spoke well of us, but there, we have to get back into championship mode, and that this elimination costs us as few points as possible… We are the leader, we have to assume, live up to our new status, ”said general manager Jean-Luc Arribart after the match in Nice.
The stadium to go to: a women’s derby at the Charléty stadium
It’s a great opportunity to see a women’s football match, excluding PSG, in Paris. Usually, the Paris FC girls play at the Robert-Bobin stadium in Bondoufle in Essonne, which is less accessible. The Charléty stadium is reserved for him for special occasions. After Bordeaux and Lyon in the league, this derby against Fleury in the quarter-finals of the Coupe de France, this Saturday at 3 p.m., is one. This match, which is not televised – a good excuse to go to the stadium – will pit the two best teams behind Lyon and PSG this season against each other for a place in the last four of the Coupe de France.
It will also be a dress rehearsal. Next Friday (8:45 p.m. in Bondoufle), Paris FC and Fleury will meet again. This time, it will be in the league with also a big stake. The winner – PFC is 3rd and Fleury 4th at 6 points – will take a big step for the podium and the 3rd qualifying place for the Champions League. This first clash in the Coupe de France will already give a psychological boost to the team that will qualify.
Player to watch: Balamine Savane (CFF Racing)
With 15 goals scored since the start of the season, Balamine Savane, the Racing striker (National 3) is the most prolific scorer in Île-de-France, from L2 to National 3. At 30, he achieves the best season of his career after having evolved for a long time in R2 at Livry-Gargan then in R1 with Torcy where he finished top scorer (16 goals) in the championship in 2018-2019, the year of his club’s rise to N3.
The program
NATIONAL (24th day)
Friday, 7 p.m.s : Red Star – Bastia Borgo (stade Bauer). Saturday, 7 p.m.: Laval – Creteil
NATIONAL 2 (20th day)
Group A. Saturday, 6 p.m. : Châteaubriant – Versailles, Poissy – Plabennec (Léo Lagrage stadium). Group A. Saturday 5 p.m.: Lusitanos Saint-Maur – Schiltingheim (André Chéron stadium); 18 hours : Fleury – Entente SSG (Gentelet stadium), Bobigny – Sainte-Geneviève (Auguste Delaune stadium), Paris 13 Atletico – Reims (b) (Boutroux stadium).
NATIONAL 3 (16th day)
Saturday, 3 p.m. : Les Ulis – Ivry (Jean-Marc Salinier stadium); 16 h 30 : Paris FC (b) – Meaux (Déjerine stadium); 18 hours : FC Mantois – Aubervilliers (Aime Bergeal stadium), Le Blanc-Mesnil – Les Mureaux (Jean Bouin stadium), Linas-Montlhéry – Racing CFF (Desgouillons stadium), Drancy – Bretigny (Charles Sage stadium), PSG (b) – Créteil (b) (Camp des Loges).
WOMEN’S FRENCH CUP (quarter-finals)
Saturday, 2 p.m.: Montpellier-PSG, 15 hours : Paris FC – Fleury (Charléty stadium), Montpellier – PSG.
