Le Parisien invites you to take a tour of the football weekend program in Île-de-France. In National, National 2 and National 3, we enter the last or penultimate day, with stakes at all levels. In National, Red Star (3rd) must win against Saint-Brieuc and count on a misstep of Concarneau (1st) or Dunkirk (2nd) to access the L2. In National 2, there will be the Essonnian derby of extremes between Sainte-Geneviève (11th) and Fleury (2nd) in Group B and a breathless match at the top Bobigny (3rd) - Épinal (1st). In National 3, the distance duel continues between Aubervilliers and Linas-Montlhéry, separated by one point. Finally in U19, PSG plays its place in the final this Sunday in Orleans (Loiret) against Marseille.
The poster of the weekend: Red Star in "hunt" against Saint-Brieuc
Red Star can still hope to reach the L2. The Audoniens have 90 minutes left to record a 17th victory and then wait for a counter-performance from the two co-leaders Concarneau (1st) and Dunkirk (2nd) who travel respectively to Orléans (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.
Player to watch: Abdelsamad Hachem (Bobigny)
To win the match at the top of Group B of N2, FC 93 Bobigny can count on the veteran Farid Beziouen, author of 20 goals this season, but also the young Abdelsamad Hachem (20 years old). Already author of 8 goals, the native of Tremblay has an incredible year after stopping football during... Two years! Trained at Red Star and JA Drancy where he was captain of the U17 nationals, Abdelsamad then left for the Nice training center in 2019 before returning to Ile-de-France in 2021 and stopping football. His comeback this season in Bobigny, with his brother (21 years old) Abdeljalil (attacking midfielder), is conclusive. The family could even celebrate a double climb at the end of the season since the 3rd brother Ryad (25 years old) evolves, him, at Red Star (National).
🚨🚨 TOMORROW, FC93 PLAYS A DECISIVE MATCH!
For this last home match, we receive the leader @SAS_EPINAL for the shock of the 29th day of #N2.
The whole @seinesaintdenis is expected at the kick-off stadium 🏟️ at 18pm🔥🔥🔥@District93foot @LPIFF75 @PrunetaLaurent pic.twitter.com/4nepkkFBIY
— Football Club 93 (@FC93officiel) May 26, 2023
The suspense of D1 Arkema: PFC in the race for the Champions League
The last day of D1 Arkema will seal the fate of Paris FC. Currently third with two points ahead of its first pursuer, Montpellier, the club of the capital can win its ticket for the play-offs of the Champions League in case of victory in Rodez Saturday at 17:30. The good news of the week came from the extension of Clara Mateo, until 2026. "I arrived in 2016, I see year after year, the club grow and build. Paris FC will continue to become a very big club, present on the European scene. Fleury (5th) also has a very small chance of finishing on the podium but Fabrice Abriel's girls must win against Guingamp and count on a defeat of Paris FC and at least a draw of Montpellier. PSG, who lost the title last Sunday at the Parc against Lyon, will go to Soyaux, already condemned, and will play a game without stakes.
📸 Last training of the season Our women met this Friday at 24 hours of the final meeting of the season
▶ 🥹against the @OfficielRAF.
🔵 ⚪ #CertifiéParis pic.twitter.com/2lXu3DEjB5
— Paris FC Féminines (@PFC_feminines) May 26, 2023
The match to see: Poissy - Beauvais
Four days after the decision of the DNCG to exclude AS Poissy from the national championships, the formation of N2, already saved, receives this Saturday Beauvais. The club, which appealed this morning, has a deficit of € 230,000. "We didn't expect such a difficult situation," said defenseman Thomas Skolski. We are in the dark. We hope to be reinstated but it does not depend on us. We will play the last two games (against Beauvais and then at the Rennes reserve on Saturday, June 3) with the same seriousness as throughout the season. »
Relocation: the Sainte-Geneviève - Fleury derby in... Saint-Leu (95)
After the incidents against Boulogne-sur-Mer during the post-match on March 25, Sainte-Geneviève was sanctioned with 4 games of suspension of its stadium, the Parc des Sports. A sanction to be served beyond the 50km of its enclosure. After playing two matches on an annex field of the Stade de la Licorne in Amiens, then one in Montargis (45th), Sainte-Geneviève faces its neighbor Essonnian de Fleury at the Gérard-Houllier stadium in Saint-Leu in the Val-d'Oise. Deprived of its captain Quentin Barcelo, who received a two-year suspension, and Zanga Koné, Adrien Fleury, Raoul Junior Delgado and Damien Furtado who were suspended 10 games, Sainte-Geneviève (11th) will play its survival in the 4th national against Fleury. The club of president Pascal Bovis hopes to win and take advantage of a misstep of Épinal in Bobigny to resume, alone, the command of group B of N2 one day from the end.
The number: 5
Like the difference in points between the 5th of N3, FC Montrouge (32 points) and the 14th and last Le Mée (27). Due to the overhaul of the championships, five teams in the Paris region will be relegated to R1 at the end of the 26th and final day. The reserves of PSG and PFC are virtually relegable. It will therefore be necessary to finish in the top 9 to continue its lease in the 5th national level.
In the youth: a clasico for a place in the final
After its success in Angers (3-2) last weekend in the quarter-finals, PSG faces OM this Sunday at the Stade de la Source in Orleans (Loiret) in a boiling clasico that will grant the winner a place in the final of the U19 France Championship. Coach Zamana Camara should benefit from the services of his striker Ilyes Housni. On the other hand, Warren Zaire-Emery, El Chadaille Bitshiabu, Ismaël Gharbi and perhaps also Serif Nhaga will be at the disposal of the pennant team that travels to Strasbourg on Saturday evening on the 37th and penultimate day of L1.
The Titis in semis! ❤️💙
Stunning in Angers, the U19 of Paris Saint-Germain won (2-3) and clinched their ticket to the semi-finals of the national championship!
The Parisians will face Olympique de Marseille for a place in the final. 👊 pic.twitter.com/Biz1OQuvkR
— Paris Saint-Germain (@PSG_inside) May 21, 2023
THE PROGRAM
NATIONAL (34th and final day)
Friday, 21 pm: Red Star - Saint-Brieuc (Bauer stadium), Paris 13 Atletico - Châteauroux (Boutroux stadium), Martigues - Versailles.
NATIONAL 2 (29th and penultimate day)
Group A. Saturday 18pm: Caen (b) - Racing, Poissy - Beauvais (Léo-Lagrange stadium).
Group B. Saturday, 18 p.m.: FC 93 Bobigny - Epinal (Auguste-Delaune stadium), Boulogne-sur-Mer - Créteil, Sainte-Geneviève - Fleury (Gérard-Houllier stadium in Saint-Leu), Lusitanos Saint-Maur - Furiani (Adolphe-Chéron stadium).
NATIONAL 3 (Round 24)
Saturday, 18 pm: Linas-Montlhéry - Ivry (Paul-Desgouillons stadium), CA Vitry - Le Balnc-Mesnil (Roger-Couderc stadium), Brétigny - Montrouge (Auguste-Delaune stadium), Le Mée - Aubervilliers (Pozoblanco Sports Park), Les Ulis - JA Drancy (Jean-Marc Salinier stadium), PSG (b) - Les Mureaux (Georges Lefèvre stadium in Saint-Germain-en-Laye), Entente SSG - Paris FC (b) (Michel-Hidalgo stadium).
U19 NATIONALS (semi-final)
Sunday 16 pm: PSG - Marseille (Stade de la Source, Orléans).