For them, the season is far from over.
Better, it could end with great happiness.
4th and 5th respectively in the Ligue 2 championship, which ended on Saturday with the rise in Ligue 1 of Troyes and Clermont, Grenoble and Paris FC meet again this Tuesday (8:45 p.m.,
beIN Sports
) at the Stade des Alpes to continue believing in an accession to the elite.
Both threatened by Auxerre (6th), Grenoblois and Parisians did the job on Saturday night with Rodez (1-0) and Chambly, relegated to the National (3-0) at home.
"Doing these dams is a reward for everyone, including the club, managers, administrators", greeted Philippe Hinschberger, coach of the club for three seasons.
The technician who had brought Metz back to L1 in 2016 is prowling the climb but not the jump-offs, inducted during the 2017/2018 financial year, in the form as we know it today.
"The dams are an obstacle course but we will play all possible matches and we will see…", predicts the Isère coach.
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For its part, Paris FC has a completely different experience of these choppy matches. In 2017, the Ile-de-France residents had gone through this route to climb to Ligue 2 at the expense of Orleans, then relegated to the National. Two years ago, they had already participated in this pre-jump-off between the 4th and the 5th of L2 by losing after a breathless suspense against RC Lens (1-1, 4-5 in the tabs). This time, the residents of the Charléty Stadium will evolve outside their bases but will dream of coming a little closer to their dream of finding the first division, abandoned at the beginning of the 80s. “We had a very good season, is pleased. René Girard. And it's not over, I hope. ” After leading the race until Matchday 12, the PFC will never drop below sixth place,first place ensuring to start again for year in L2. With "a workforce that is not that of Barcelona," says the coach titled with Montpellier in 2012, this ticket for the pre-dam is a first objective checked for the club.
"We had a very good season. And it's not over yet."
René Girard spoke after the success against Chambly (3-0). # PFCFCCOpic.twitter.com/0ujEuxGGX2
- Paris FC (@ParisFC) May 16, 2021
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The winner will go to Toulouse on Friday
But for the GF38 as for the PFC, a whole other challenge will arise at the end of the week with the trip to Toulouse on Friday (8:45 p.m.). Third in Ligue 2, the scarecrow of the championship has therefore failed to ensure its return directly to the elite despite its status as the best attack (71 goals). Led by his nugget Amine Adli (21), voted best player in L2, TFC will have the home advantage at the end of the week to ensure they meet the jump-off on the upper floor, where the fight will rage until at the last minute of the 38th day. However, for the Occitans as for the Isérois before them this Tuesday, no team will be able to benefit from the help of its public, despite the governmental authorization of its return according to a tonnage of 1000 spectators. The League has decided to organize all these decisive meetings behind closed doors,in a "concern for fairness."
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