90 minutes to stay in D1, the first national level is the stake of the last game of the players season at the Stade de Reims. This Wednesday, May 7, they will move to Strasbourg, also struggling for maintenance. All against a backdrop of economic danger for many teams.
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After 21 championship games played since September, Reims and Strasbourg will play their survival in female D1 by competing in the last day, Wednesday May 7. Kick -off at 5 p.m.
In the D1 Arkema women’s D1 Championship, Marnese and Alsatians have decidedly finding himself to decide : The first leg, last December on the lawn of the Delaune stadium in Reims, ended in a draw and virgin 0 to 0.
This Wednesday at 5 p.m. Wednesday, one of the two teams will come out with a smile, the other in tears. In the ranking, only one point separates the Marnaises and the Alsatians. In the event of a victory or a draw, the Stade de Reims, 10e From the ranking with 15 points, would maintain. But a defeat against Strasbourg, 11e From the ranking with 14 points, the red in white would push the second division.
For the Rémois coach Right Mathieu, you will have to know how to play released and respect the game plan. “Our maintenance, like that of our opponent, is played on a match, so yes there is pressure. Afterwards, we know what we have to do to stay in D1. The players know what they have to do and they were conditioned to succeed.”
-Winners of their last home game against Guingamp, the Rémoises approach this great meeting with a great impatience to do battle and the conscience that the stake is immense.
For Captain Rachel Corboz, who arrived in a club in 2019 for the climb of the club in the first division, it is inconceivable to imagine his club of hearts leaving the elite. “My first year here is the first year in D1 for the club, so I take responsibility for keeping this club in D1. As a leader, I have with all my heart want this club to be maintained. I think we deserve it with all the work that we have done since 2019 and even for the pioneers before. It is very important for us, for me, for the club and for the team to stay in this league.”
Since the arrival of Captain Rachel Corboz in 2019, the Reims stadium has always evolved in the elite of French women’s football.
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© Stade de Reims
This perilous situation in the championship comes at a very sensitive moment for women’s football and in particular for teams whose male section also evolves at the highest level. Due to the Ligue 1 TV rights fiasco, many clubs are planning to save on the back of their female section.
A situation that the actors of this great confrontation of the maintenance rule out from a back of hand. “We have known for a number of months that we are fighting to maintain ourselves, Explain Mathieu Rafi. It is played on the last day, it’s good for the suspense but we are going to do our job. The consequences, whether positive or negative, we will have all the time to look at it afterwards. “
The economic context could still add a little drama, if this confrontation was needed on the field. For the Strasbourgers, a victory would sweep all these doubts. For the Marnaises, the very small point of the draw would be enough for their happiness.
