RUS Beloeil is in a very complicated situation in D3 ACFF. After the president decided that the team would not apply for the license to remain in the national divisions, the players boycotted the championship.
The RUS Beloeil had moved up to D3 ACFF last year and is therefore playing its second season in a row there, but had recently made a decision which caused quite a stir. The president of Beloeil, Martial Flammia, announced that he did not intend to request the license for the ACFF divisions in 2025, and that the RUS would therefore automatically go down to P1 at the end of the season.
Following this decision, the players have now decided to boycott the meetings. This weekend, Beloeil absolutely had to face Pont-à-Celles to avoid a general withdrawal, recorded after three non-contested matches. And as relayed The Futurethings went badly.
Indeed, after a warm-up which passed without warning signs, only two players took the field, as a symbolic gesture to participate in a minute of silence. The rest of the group remained in the locker room, and the forfeit was recorded.
Martial Flammia feels betrayed and asked the other clubs in D3 ACFF to “not recruit these players”, out of solidarity with the situation of RUS Beloeil… which now risks not only going down in P1.
Indeed, a general package would mean an immediate descent of the club to P2 Hennuyère. After Flammia’s announcement not to apply for the license, the Beloeil coach, Jérémy Descarpentries, nevertheless warned on the RTBF microphone: “In the heads, a spring has broken. How to find real motivation when it Is there no more sporting challenge?” Whose act…
