This is the epilogue this Friday night of the National. A breathless championship that has kept all its promises but has not yet delivered all its truths. Especially for Red Star, one of the three Ile-de-France teams. If Paris 13 Atletico is already relegated to N2 and Versailles freewheeling (5th and three losses in a row), Red Star can still hope to reach L2. The Audoniens have 90 minutes left to pull away and win a 17th victory before ... Cross your fingers.
The Red Star must indeed count on a poor performance of the two co-leaders Concarneau (1st) and Dunkirk (2nd) who travel respectively to Orleans (8th) and Le Mans (10th). Habib Beye's men, tied on points with Martigues (but with a particular goal-average) are two lengths behind the lead. To compost one of the two tickets for L2, they must in addition to their victory count on a defeat of Concarneau or a draw or a defeat of Dunkirk. A tie of three (unless it concerns Martigues and Dunkirk) or four would be fatal to Red Star.
There is little room for manoeuvre, but there is hope. Who could have predicted for example a heavy defeat (3-0) of the leader Martigues, last Friday, at the red lantern Borgo already relegated to N2? This crazy championship could reserve new surprises this Friday night on the strokes of 23 hours.
"We're going to live an exceptional evening"
After squandering many chances to climb to one of the top two places, will Red Star offer itself a new and final opportunity? Beaten at home by Cholet (1-2), on May 12, while they had a chance in solid gold to take command of the National, the Audoniens recovered last Friday by winning at the end of the match in Châteauroux (0-1).
"I asked my boys a few weeks ago to play 6 finals and win 6 games. In this course we lost against Cholet at the last minute but my boys quickly refocused on our goal of winning in Châteauroux to offer themselves a huge moment in Bauer on Friday, said coach Habib Beye after the success of his team in Berry. Okay, we do not have our destiny in hand but, basically, we will live an exceptional evening because there is a prospect of joining the L2. The boys went for her with courage and self-sacrifice. »
The 3000,<> spectators expected at the Bauer stadium against Saint-Brieuc, already relegated, will have one eye on the field and the other on their smartphone to follow the evolution of the scores elsewhere. Suspense guaranteed.