Forty kilometers separate Chambly from Saint-Ouen. The Oisiens will make this Friday (7 p.m.) their shortest placement of the season. But not necessarily the easiest, once morest a Red Star team which will play its second match of the year 2022, due to the postponement of its match in Boulogne the previous weekend (a meeting rescheduled for January 28).
If the shock between Ile-de-France and Picards is one of the posters of this 19th day, it is because of the situation of the two clubs in the classification. For the relegated from Ligue 2, despite good performances like once morest Saint-Brieuc (1-1) a week ago, the trend is not good. Private of victory since a 4-0 once morest Créteil, on October 22, the players of Bruno Luzi have chained a nasty series of seven games without success (2 draws, 5 defeats).
Maintenance as an issue
Suddenly, the Picards swung into the red zone just before the curtain fell on 2021. Before that day, the teammates of Grégory Berthier, author of 6 goals since the start of the season, were only one point behind. on Orleans, the first relegation, but which has two games to catch up. While the 15th moves to the 13th with three more points and one game less, it will inevitably be a question of maintenance.
“Against Saint-Brieuc, many teams would have given up, assures Bruno Luzi. These are the values of Chambly and that’s what we want to see. We must continue to strive and have this click. Either we lay down our arms, or we fight hard and we have decided to fight hard. “Good news for Chambly, the club has recorded the return of Kevin Tabué following three seasons spent in Canet-en-Roussillon, Sète or recently Aubagne.
For the Red Star, this match will also be the opportunity to win a first victory in 2022 following the defeat once morest Laval (1-2) on January 7. A meeting during which incidents had taken place with Mayenne supporters. As the visitors’ stand is not a seating area, it is closed due to health restrictions. The Audonian club asked Chambly supporters to buy their tickets in advance and advised them to limit the distinctive signs of FC Chambly Oise.
As for Créteil (16th), he goes to Saint-Brieuc (9th) in the hope of taking points to stay in contact with the teams fighting for maintenance. In addition, the Cristoliens record the signature of Victor Glaentzlin, a former player from Le Mans (L2).
