“Laurey resignation”, “L1 is not for us”… The scoreboard shows a stinging 1-4 in favor of Metz and the kop of Paris FC shows its dissatisfaction and even chambers its own team. “I understand people’s disappointment, recognizes Thierry Laurey. They are disappointed with what they see at home and that’s normal. But when I hear screaming wet the jersey… The players are fighting and there are good guys…”
This last match before the break in the World Cup could have allowed the Parisians to switch to the first third of the classification. After this heaviest setback of the season and this 4th defeat in the last five games at Charléty (4 points out of 21 in total), Paris FC ends this first part of the season in a very distant 12th place. “It’s a big disappointment because we wanted to rebalance the delta with the away games, continues Laurey. We wanted to get closer to the front teams. It’s a shame to have a good operation last week in Bastia and not to confirm at home against a team from Metz, which could have been affordable compared to what we had shown at the start. »
A nice atmosphere, a conquering Paris FC from the start with a rescue from a Messin defender on the line on a recovery from Julien Lopez (7th)… Everything had indeed started well. But the Parisians lived ten nightmarish minutes with two penalties conceded (10th, 22nd) on situations where they did not defend very well… On the second, Samir Chergui was even expelled for having protested to the hilarious Mr. Rainville .
At ten, Paris FC reduced the score by Morgan Guilavogui, 5th goal of the season, then sank. Without several saves from Ivan Filipovic, the score could even have been heavier. This team has no animation, no soul. The gap with his performances and his state of mind outside (4 wins in a row, best team in L2) is just incredible. “These errors, we do not commit them outside where we play quality matches, notes Laurey. It’s unfortunate, it’s starting to get heavy. We try to find explanations, to change things but we don’t see a clear improvement. It’s even worse…”
“There were players who did not have the same degree of requirement as the others…”
At the edge of the field, we saw the coach of Paris FC, sometimes very tense, even clashing with Boloni, his counterpart from Metz “I don’t blame the referee, he continues. We can only blame ourselves if we concede goals that border on the laughable. But the second penalty whistled against us is not there for me. If we don’t have the right to defend in the box, you have to tell us… But we don’t have the right to get upset like that. I blame Samir (Chergui)… We shot ourselves in the foot and we are on the edge of the precipice for a long time… After ten, we have to know how to boost ourselves, exceed our function. But there were players who did not have the same degree of requirement as the others… ”
After the Coupe de France match on Saturday in Cosne (N3), the (short) vacation will allow management and staff to take stock of this failed first part of the season. Decisions could be made.
The next few days could also be animated by the Julien Le Cardinal file. The defender who arrived from SC Bastia this summer (400,000 euros transfer plus Migouel Alfarela in the transaction) has been tracked for two weeks by Lens (L1). Discussions are underway between the two clubs with a final transfer sum of 3 million euros mentioned. “There is still no agreement,” said the player’s entourage this Saturday evening.
Match sheet
PARIS FC – METZ 1-4 (1-2)
Spectators: 3,957.
Referee: Mr. Rainville.
Buts. Paris FC : Guilavogui (29e) ; Metz : Mikautadze (10e s.p., 22e s.p, 81e), Gueye (62e)
Warnings. Paris FC : Mandouki (11e).
Expulsion. Paris FC: Chergui (22nd).
Paris FC : Filipovic – Le Cardinal, Chergui, Lefort, Hanin – Iglésias (Bernauer, 46e), Phiri, Mandouki (ch.) (Lasne, 83e)- Gory (Kebbal, 83e), Guilavogui (Caddy, 71e), Lopez (Chahiri, 60e ). input : Laura.
Metz : Oukidja – Kouao, Kouyaté, Cande, Udol (cap.) – Maiga (Denley, 83rd), N’Doram – Musaba (Gueye, 60th), Jallow (Maziz, 60th), Sabaly (Alakouch, 83rd) and Mikautadze (Niane, 83e). Entr. : Bologna. exte
