Habib Beye opposed to Cris "the policeman".
The confrontation smacks of OM-OL, often muscular, of the mid-2000s. Fifteen years later, the two former defenders, both 44 years old, launched their coaching careers in National with the Red Star and Le Mans .
Cris has taken a little lead since he already holds the BEPF and is doing his third experience in Sarthe after Lyon (young people and reserves) and Goal FC (N2) in the Lyon region.
For Beye, everything has just accelerated.
After a month of interim on the bench of the Red Star, following the ouster of Vincent Bordot, the former Senegalese international was confirmed, Wednesday, October 20, until the end of the season as coach number 1. His appointment will oblige the Audonien club to pay a fine of € 3,000 per match (ie € 72,000 in total excluding the Coupe de France).
On the side of the DTN (National Technical Direction), in charge of providing this year his BEPF training, we see Beye's promotion rather favorably.
“You have to see it as a great learning experience to judge how he will react,” explained one of the trainers in the Team.
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Its promotion also comes from a sporting and human logic. In a few weeks, Beye fully received the support of her group, seduced by her methods and her sense of dialogue. On the ground, everything has also changed. Relegated when taking office, the Red Star recovered from an accounting standpoint and remains on two good performances in the league against Cholet (4-2) and Avranches (6-0). Beye changed system (3 central defenders), replaced some players like the offensive Bosca in left piston and the graft took. Among the recruits, the contribution in central defense of Stéphane Sparagna, launched in L1 by Bielsa at OM in 2014 and back from 4 seasons in Portugal, is rather interesting. Among the players present last season, Damien Durand, author of a hat-trick at Avranches, seems to have started off on a good footing.As for Pape Meissa Ba, used to getting a lot of chances, he is finally effective (5 goals since the start of the season).
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Like his last weeks, Beye did not wish to speak before the match "preferring not to take the light and concentrate" on the match against Le Mans.
As a wink, it will be broadcast live on the channels of the Canal + group where he has been the flagship consultant for several years.
He will continue to carry out this activity in parallel with his function as National coach and the preparation of his diploma.
But he will now focus more on commentary on European matches during the week and he will no longer be traveling.
He will only appear at the Parc des Princes or on stage in the Canal + studios, as well as in the CFC program on Sunday evening.
For the Red Star, an important week with three games begins with this clash between two professional clubs.
Facing Le Mans, another contender for the rise in L2 also lagging behind (9th with two points ahead of the Audoniens), confirmation of the recovery is awaited.
Then it will be the still hotly contested derby on Thursday in Créteil and the 6th round of the Coupe de France on Sunday against Lusitanos Saint-Maur (N2).