End the week well.
After an elimination at Valenciennes (2-1) last Saturday in the round of 16 of the French Football Cup then a draw (1-1) at Laval on Tuesday in the championship, Paris FC wants to take advantage of the arrival of Dunkirk, this Saturday (7 p.m.) at the Charléty stadium, to return to success.
“It was very important to bounce back after the defeat, we were able to continue our series (
Editor's note: 6 games without defeat in L2
), support To improve this point away, we have to beat Dunkirk and that is not going to be easy .
This is a match not to be taken lightly against a team which is playing for its survival in Ligue 2. And more realistic in the zones of truth.
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The Dunkirk, 19th, 6 points from the first non-relegation Troyes after 21 days, started 2024 with a draw in Grenoble (2-2) followed by a success at the expense of AC Ajaccio (2-0) in the championship.
Opposite, Paris FC has the best record in L2 since the 11th day with 24 points taken out of 33 possible.
✅ D-2 before the Dunkirk reception!
🔵⚪ #CertifiedParis #PFCUSLD pic.twitter.com/PZXd6RzPCM
— Paris FC (@ParisFC) January 25, 2024
A spectacular recovery which brings the capital club back to the gates of the accession roadblocks for promotion to L1.
The Parisians occupy, in fact, 9th place but only one length behind the last ticket held by Caen (5th).
“This can be explained by many parameters.
There was a change of staff and game plan, around twenty departures, ten arrivals, loan returns, injuries, our first 4 home matches played at the Aube stadium in Troyes… Obviously this requires some effort. time to put everything in place, declares the Parisian technician.
Even though we were lacking the points, we put in some interesting performances in the game. We continued to work and while recovering from the injured, the automatisms came gradually.
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The technician continues.
“The club was patient.
In other clubs, the outcome could have been different.
The players have always been invested even when there were only eight of us in training.
I suspected that with this group we were going to be able to do great things.
Today it is mainly them who are rewarded and I am very happy about it.
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For the Dunkirk reception, the PFC recorded the returns of Julien Lopez and Yoan Koré.
Ayoub Jabbari (groin), Samir Chergui, Paul Lasne and Andy Pembélé are still recovering.
Transfer window, Vincent Marchetti (26 years old), midfielder and captain of AC Ajaccio (L2), has not yet signed.
“For the moment we are on different profiles but it is not a priority,” assures Stéphane Gilli.
We want to recover a defensive player and another offensive player.
Then there are also market opportunities…”