The ball released angrily by Gaëtan Laur at the final whistle speaks volumes about the frustration of Paris FC.
Like the anger displayed by René Girard at a press conference.
Largely domineering in the first period, the Parisians were punished on two quick blocks in the second half at Valenciennes.
A real lesson in realism.
After the great success on Saturday against Amiens (4-2), the improvement was therefore short-lived for Paris FC who lost a match yet largely within their reach as they had mastered it for a long time.
This late match of the 20th day could have allowed him to find the Top 5, he remains 6th at 7 and 9 points from Toulouse (2nd) and Troyes (1st).
What you must remember
Against Amiens, everything had smiled on Gaëtan Laura, involved in the four goals of his team.
This time he came across a great Jérôme Prior.
The Valencian goalkeeper made four decisive stops (11th, 23rd, 24th, 62nd) on attempts by Laura.
Prior also won his duel against Marvin Gakpa who appeared alone against him (30th).
Paris FC where René Girard had made 3 changes compared to the Amiens match (starts from Hanin, Arab, Lopez) may regret his wasted opportunities.
Against Amiens, he had relied on a game of rapid transition.
Valenciennes took the Parisians to their own game with two victorious blocks concluded by Cuffaut (1-0, 58th), the defender who scores the most in L2 (7th goal) then Cabral, trained at PSG among young people (2-0, 68th)
The number: 4
Paris FC lost for the 4th time in a row on the move after Troyes (2-1), Clermont (3-2) and Toulouse (1-0).
He began his season with a clear away away (4 wins, 1 draw).
René Girard's reaction
“We can only be disappointed.
We should have led at half-time.
At the break, we could expect another result.
We took a lesson in opportunism and humility.
It would have been necessary to have had another behavior.
That offensive success eludes us is one thing, but defensively, we did not meet the challenge.
We have not been serious enough in this area.
It is not normal for a player from Valenciennes to be able to run 80 meters alone.
"
Information: Pitroipa, it's over
As we announced, it's over between Jonathan Pitroipa and Paris FC.
The Parisian club formalized this Tuesday morning the separation "amicably" with the 34-year-old Burkinabe international.
Arrived at Paris FC in 2018, the ex-Rennais played 69 matches and scored 3 goals in L2.
This is an extra-sporting sanction because Pitroipa had made a good start to the season in a new defensive midfielder position.
He had been removed from the group since a verbal altercation which opposed him to René Girard during halftime in Troyes on December 5.
To replace him numerically in the workforce, a medium should arrive before the end of the winter transfer window which will end on Monday.
Valenciennes-Paris FC 2-0 (0-0)
Game behind closed doors.
Referee: M. Thual.
Goals:
Cuffaut (58th), Cabral (69th). Warnings.
Valenciennes: Cuffaut (51st);
Paris FC: Gakpa (27th), Kanté (35th), Laura (76th).
Valenciennes:
Prior - Spano, Ntim, Vandenabeele - Cuffaut (cap.), Di Liberto, Picouleau, Abeid - Robail (Elogo, 78th), Guillaume (Guei, 84th), Cabral (Boutoutaou, 87th).
Entr.
: Guegan.
Paris FC:
Demarconnay - Abdi, Bamba, Kanté, Hanin - Mandouki (cap.) (Chergui, 74th), Name (Kikonda, 63rd) - Arab (Boli, 63rd), Gakpa (Martin, 63rd), Lopez (Hadjam, 77th ) - Laura.
Entr.
: Girard.
