Charleville-Mézières no longer has the right to make mistakes in its maintenance race! Despite his defeat on Tuesday against Angers (91-108), who should have relegated him, the Ardennes club held a last chance to maintain himself, having won the case following the reserve tabled after the match against the Federal Center. The meeting will have to be replayed after the 40th day of the championship and imperatively won by Charleville, to hope to avoid relegation.
After the defeat of his team on April 4 against the France pole (82-87), the coach of the star of Charleville-Mézières Jimmy Ploegaerts had tabled. The reason: an irregularity of the opposing team, including one of the players, Junior Elouma, had played more than 3 minutes, even though he was not registered on the match sheet. He should therefore not have been allowed to play the slightest second of play against the Carolos.
“This is not allowed by the regulations and no one realized it”pleaded Jimmy Ploegarts. “But he should therefore not have participated in the meeting. What I deplore in this is that we are asked to take responsibility for reporting this offense. The referees warned me and therefore did the job. It is a technical fault. It will be up to the federation commissions to study the file to find out if the match is lost for the federal center, if it is to be replayed or leads to a dismissal. I would have found more logical than the officials say that there was an error. So I took responsibility because I cannot in relation to my club to do as if nothing had happened. We would surely not have had a gift in the other direction but at some point, I think of the survival of my club in N1. I believe that it is part of my role and my duty. »»
Charleville must be 2/2
After several weeks of examination, the French Basketball Federation accessed the complaint of the file. The match is therefore given to replay on Tuesday May 13, 2025 at 6 p.m. at La Guinguette Arena in Charleville-Mézières.
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For Jimmy Ploegaerts and his men, it is a new unexpected chance to save himself from the maintenance. Etoile players had burned their last joker by bowing against Angers (108-91) Tuesday May 6. The equation is now simple: Charleville-Mézières must win his last two games. First against Poissy Friday May 9, then against the federal center on Tuesday May 13. Otherwise, the Star of Charleville-Mézières will be sportingly relegated to Nationale 2.
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