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Nothing has been going well in Martigues since the start of the season. Promoted to Ligue 2, the club is in 17th place in the standings (penultimate) after 8 days of the championship, with only one victory (August 23 on the Annecy pitch, 2-4). In addition, significant financial problems have also been present since the start of the season. As a reminder, Martigues played its 4 “home” matches at the Stade Vélodrome. Pierre Wantiez, president of Martigues, was forced to change stadiums.
“We replace a big problem with a smaller problem”
“We realize that at the Vélodrome, and let us be very clear, this is not a criticism of the stadium or of the conditions in which we worked, but it is overpriced,” he confided to from the daily L’Équipe. The reality, now that we have a little perspective and we see all the bills arriving, is that each match at the Vélodrome stadium represents around 200,000 euros in losses. It was untenable.” Consequently, the club will head to Gueugnon this weekend to face Rodez (8 p.m.). But for the club president, the problem remains the same: “We are replacing a big problem with a smaller problem, but it remains a difficulty.” A very complicated situation therefore for Martigues. However, Pierre Wantiez did not want to give up: “We see the reality of the situation, we know it, we face it. And it is not because we state a difficult situation that we give up. Not at all,” he said.
To summarize
Nothing has been going well in Martigues since the start of the season. Promoted from Ligue 2, the club is in 17th place in the standings (penultimate) after 8 days of the championship, with only one victory (August 23 on the Annecy pitch, 2-4). In addition, significant financial problems have also been present since the start of the season.
