Paris FC has dreamed.
His return to earth is all the more brutal.
After the victory in Dunkirk (1-0, 10th day) which then allowed Paris FC to count on 7 points ahead of Troyes, President Pierre Ferracci recognized that "this kind of state of grace was going to stop one day. ".
Despite a cautious speech, the prospect of a rise in L1 was more and more evoked internally, among opponents and observers.
If the menu before the break was shaping up to be tough, no one could have predicted such a collapse.
Paris FC went on a 6th straight game without a win in Clermont (3-2) and came off the podium for the first time this season.
He is now 5th six points behind Troyes, which has therefore taken 13 lengths back from him over this period.
That is for the mathematical finding.
But the most worrying is the level of services, now peppered with errors of all kinds.
This team which seemed sure of its strength and scared everyone has become unrecognizable.
During the same match like this Saturday in Clermont, she is able to alternate the periods when she is exceeded before finishing very strong by flirting with the equalizer.
Two weeks ago in Troyes (2-1 defeat), it was more or less the same scenario.
But unlike the start of the season, René Girard's team is no longer escorted by the same insolent success.
And the arbitration decisions are now tipping on the wrong side ...
"I read that a certain press in Clermont had called me paranoid, but after being refused a goal in Troyes, there we cash a first goal which is offside and then there are disputed decisions .
We are not helped too much at this level, that too must be pointed out, "grumbled René Girard after the match.
Beyond these few unfavorable arbitration decisions, the observation is above all that the Parisian collective is showing itself more and more failing.
Maybe some were over-revving.
If a few still manage to float like Bamba, Abdi, Lopez or Gakpa or reveal themselves as the young Check Oumar Diakité, 18, author of a very good first start in L2, many no longer have the performance of the beginning of season.
The players from National (Laura, Name Ndiaye, Guilavogui, Arab ..) seem to suffer a big backlash.
Paris FC were also not spared from injuries.
If René Girard has never been able to field the same eleven, it had not been felt until now.
This is no longer the case.
Paris FC has also taken the annoying habit of leaving with a handicap by missing the start of the match.
"We have this big problem and yet it is not for want of repeating it and warning the players", annoys Girard.
“Our starts are scandalous, it drives crazy, also gets angry Julien Lopez.
We are waiting to be led 2-0 to start playing.
We can't afford it.
We do not put the right ingredients to win a match.
You have to question yourself.
We won't be able to stay at the top of the table if we continue like this.
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Returned at the end of the match by private plane, the Parisian group will not have time to think about it.
From Tuesday (8 p.m.), it will be a reunion with their former coach Mécha Bazdarevic, now at the head of a Guingamp team, just as sick (9 games without a win after the 3-0 in Chambly on Friday).
We must not miss to at least finish the year in the Top 5. But far from the mad hope aroused by a dream start (8 wins in ten games).
