Paris FC doesn’t need to stay silent! Twelfth after thirteen days in Ligue 1, the promoted team conceded a second defeat in a row to Lille on Sunday (4-2) after suffering a setback at home against Rennes (0-1). He is getting closer to his direct competitors in terms of maintenance.
With fourteen points, as many as Le Havre (13th) who they will face on December 7, one more than Brest (14th) and just three points over Nantes, Lorient and FC Metz, who are 15th, 16th and 17th respectively, the capital club is seeing their small lead slowly fade. “It’s a shame, we deserved more. But we’ve said it too often,” regretted Kevin Trapp in front of the Ligue 1+ microphone, frustrated at not being able to give more to his team.
“The results are correct, we say average”
“The results are correct, let’s say average,” admitted Stéphane Gilli at a press conference about this period with several matches against the “big guys” in the championship. “Against teams like that, you have to be fair, precise, concentrated,” he continued. Often, it happens in small details, one meter, two meters away. We saw tonight (Sunday) that small details often turn into goals or situations. »
“We can’t say that we were dominated against these teams so that means there is still hope, there are still big things to do,” said Vincent Marchetti. Now, on an accounting level, in the end, we might get not enough points compared to what we wanted. »
Once again, despite goals scored, encouraging sequences and contributions from players who have hitherto had less playing time, the balance sheet suffers from these results and regrets are common. “We were not strong and deadly enough, we lacked consistency throughout the duration of the match,” said Timothée Kolodziejczak at the Ligue 1+ microphone. I think we played a game that wasn’t always successful, we had holes in certain moments that we didn’t have. »And that highlights the gaps that still have to be filled with the top of the basket.
The team also had to deal with the physical problems of some of its executives. Maxime Lopez, the victim of a blow against Rennes and who still suffers from a “hematoma under the tibia” and a “swollen ankle” was not included, while for Samir Chergui, injured in the ischio, he could not complete the 90 minutes because he felt that “it was getting interesting”. Finally, Pierre Lees-Melou, who “took the baton” during the match, asked to leave and limped out of the stadium. So many failures that don’t help Parisians.
“We hope we will bounce back soon”
“We faced a very good team from Lille,” emphasized the technician. For me this is the best team we have ever met. (…) After that, yes, to expect a result, we had to be fairer, and I think we missed too many opportunities to hope to bring something home from Lille. » “It was quite difficult,” admitted Ilan Kebbal after the meeting. We took four points against Monaco and Lyon and, there, we took 0. All games, like today, we come to take points. We hope we can bounce back soon. It’s not a crisis either, but yes, we have to take points. »
For this reason, we must immediately plan for the next championship game this Saturday, November 29 at 7 pm. against Auxerre. In front of the public at the Jean-Bouin stadium, Paris FC will face an opponent who on paper is more affordable and has not won a match since September 21. Even so, the coach from Paris is expecting a “big match”. »
“All games are difficult,” said Vincent Marchetti. I don’t think we have the luxury to tell ourselves that we are going to face a simpler match than the others. After that it was confirmed that these teams were part of our championship, but a simpler match, in my opinion. We’re going to need points, so it’s up to us to do the job. »
