Fifth in Ligue 2 after being hung (1-1) Friday evening in Bastia on the last day, Paris FC begins the playoffs four days later. He travels to Rodez, 4th in the championship, this Tuesday for this first match, before perhaps challenging Saint-Étienne in the event of qualification.
If the Parisians manage to eliminate the Stéphanois, they will have the right to a double confrontation against the 16th in L1, Metz, to hope to reach the elite. These are the fourth playoffs contested in six seasons by Stéphane Gilli’s men (after 2019, 2021 and 2022).
Paris FC will play this decisive meeting in Rodez without its nugget Ilan Kebbal. Hit in an ankle in Bastia, the playing master, elected to the typical team of the season and best passer in L2 (tied 10th with Auxerrois Perrin), suffers from a sprain. He is already out for Rodez, and it doesn’t look good for the following play-off matches in the event of qualification. There is, however, a slight hope of seeing captain Cyril Mandouki, injured during the same meeting against the Corsicans, play.
The match between Rodez and Paris FC is scheduled to kick off this Tuesday, May 21, at 8:30 p.m. The match will be broadcast live on BeIN Sports 1.
