If Goal! Football Club primarily deals with the news of certain elite teams, we have decided to give you a summary of what happened today in the other – less media-covered – part of France. soccer.
Stade Brestois: Roy talks about maintaining!
Beaten by SCO Angers yesterday (0-2), Stade Brestois did not start 2025 on the right foot. “It doesn’t make me angry, but it disappoints me,” reacted Éric Roy. We often shot ourselves in the foot. It’s funny, the first sentence of my talk was: this evening, we want to maintain the dynamic. I only ask you one thing, and that is to be at our level. And we largely weren't. One or two players played their part, too many were below their level. Collectively, you clearly go down a notch when your players are weak. Technically and in terms of commitment, we were well below what we are capable of doing. Besides, I didn't find any reaction. It's disappointing, because it was certainly the most important match of the month, because it allowed us to reposition ourselves in this Championship where we want to exist. If we play like that, we will certainly have to fight until the end to maintain our position. »
Le Havre: Ayewe declares his love for OM
Returning to the Vélodrome yesterday, ten years after his last meeting in the den of OM, André Ayew saved the honor of Le Havre by scoring in the final moments of the match (5-1). Approved by the Vélodrome after his goal, the man with 209 appearances for the Marseille club went there with his declaration of love for Marseille: « You know what OM represents for me, it was very special for me, I was very moved, very happy to return to this stadium. It's been 10 years since I last set foot on this lawn, he reacted to DAZN. The match makes things very complicated but I can't hide that I was very happy to be back at this stadium. Now we will continue to work, the match was very complicated. The ovation? Lots of emotions, I want to thank all the people of Marseille, it touched me from the bottom of my heart, this club gave me a lot, especially after what the padre did, it wasn't easy to leave his mark here, it has always been my dream club, I did it and I hope that this love will always remain, for the club, for me. »
Montpellier: Rennes has been well informed about Chotard but…
Eager to strengthen its midfield during the winter transfer window, Jorge Sampaoli's Stade Rennais has indeed inquired about Joris Chotard. Mohamed Toubache-Ter specifies that this gathering of information has not gone any further for the moment: “As mentioned via my Space last summer, it is a simple gathering of information… there is nothing more. Furthermore, it is always bad to see an agent talking about this in the media… Besides, Wolfsburg is still there. »
SCO Angers: Dujeux’s satisfaction after Brest
Alexandre Dujeux is delighted that his team has returned to the level of ASSE after beating Stade Brestois yesterday at home (2-0). « To resume with a victory at Kopa is good. We said we needed victories here, we must win more matches there. There, we win the first of the year. So it's good to attack 2025, reacted the SCO coach after the meeting. At the talk, we talked about that, saying that it wasn't enough. Score more goals at home too. We scored 2 goals and we created a lot of chances, with some Nice moves so that's good. And then don't take it. Because at home, we took too much. There, we didn't take any. It needs confirmation, obviously, but in any case, I'm satisfied. We were rather balanced, we didn't concede many counterattacks even though we were planning with several players. It's good, because we had more presence in the area than usual. »
OGC Nice, Toulouse FC: Al-Jaber targeted?
A Saudi soon in Ligue 1? According to TeamTalk, OGC Nice and Toulouse FC would be interested in the profile of Abdulmalik Al-Jaber (20 years old). The young Saudi midfielder from Sarajevo is also in the books of Swansea and PSV Eindhoven, with a price estimated at 500,000 euros on the Transfermarkt platform.
Toulouse FC: Sidibé criticizes Bollaert
Targeted by RC Lens supporters after causing the expulsion of Pereira Da Costa yesterday during Toulouse FC's victory at Bollaert (1-0), Djibril Sidibé did not fail to tackle the Artesian public. “It’s a superb victory, deserved. We defended well and we persevered in the opposing camp. We are rewarded at the end. The whistles? I don't know if it's because I played in Lille (2012-2016) but the player didn't control his gesture. There is clearly a fault. It is up to the referee to decide if there is red. It's a shame for this wonderful audience. Yelling, insulting, it stains his image. I explained the situation to Sotoca and Thomasson. It’s simply up to them to perform well in both surfaces,” he tackled.
AJ Auxerre: Pelissier angry after Strasbourg
The feat achieved in Marseille (3-1 success on November 8) remains an away lure for AJA, which has only gleaned four points in eight matches this season. Yesterday, the promoted team managed an almost perfect first period, planning effectively (goal from Hamed Traoré, 14th) and showing itself to be very solid. And then patatras! “We weighed down the match on individual errors,” complained Christophe Pelissier. Before the penalty we offered them (for a foul by Jubal, transformed by Habib Diarra, 45th + 4), we had not conceded a shot on target. And on the second (Félix Lemarechal, 59th), we want to dribble within our thirty meters (Elisha Owusu). We had the cards in hand, but we were too excited. »
RC Strasbourg: Lukovic loaned to Heerenveen
Arriving at RC Strasbourg last June, Milos Lukovic has not fared well in Alsace. According to L'Équipe, the 19-year-old Serbian striker is on loan until the end of the season to Heerenveen in the Netherlands!
Stade de Reims: Elsner plays for survival
Largely dominated by ASSE on Saturday at Geoffroy-Guichard (1-3), Stade de Reims returned to the ranks after a promising start to the season. Luka Elsner is even starting to look down the Ligue 1 rankings. “I'm waiting for the players to strengthen their mentality in order to understand that each meeting must be a survival match,” he analyzed in L'Union afterwards. the defeat against the Greens.
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