The players of the Stade de Reims, like all of their companions playing in women’s D1, will be entitled to one last day during the week. The 22nd and final round of the 2021-2022 season has indeed been brought forward to Wednesday June 1, with all matches kicking off at 8:45 p.m. They will be broadcast on Canal + Sport.
A programming which would be motivated, according to our information, by the wish of the encrypted channel to broadcast the matches in the form of a multiplex, and in the evening. Wednesday would have been chosen so as not to create collusion with other programs broadcast by Canal on Saturdays.
Amandine Miquel: “We will do with it”
In any case, the penultimate day, for the moment fixed for the weekend of May 28-29 but without a precise programming, could lead to a sequence that is not easy to manage for teams not used to it, except Lyon and Paris. Saint-Germain who are competing in the Champions League, to follow up a tight second meeting. In this hypothesis where the last two days would remain close together, Amandine Miquel remains skeptical. “It saddens me for the teams that play maintenance. It’s not ideal to have to potentially play two matches potentially closer than what was planned, believes the stadium coach. The fight for maintenance no longer concerns us but I think of the others. »
A friendly match in Lens this Friday, May 29
Effectively assured of maintenance since their victory in Montpellier on April 2 (1-2), the Stade de Reims will however have to adapt to this schedule, especially in terms of recovery. “It will completely change the pattern of our last weeks, but we will deal with it”, completes Miquel, whose players will return to the championship on Saturday May 7 (2:30 p.m.), with the reception of AS Saint-Étienne. To prepare for the arrival of the Stéphanoises, the Rémoises are playing this Friday, May 29 (4 p.m.), a friendly match against RC Lens (D2). The meeting will take place at the Gaillette training center, and behind closed doors.
