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After their victory against the Sarthois of Le Mans on Friday May 10 (2-0), the Niortais came back to within one point of Martigues, second. They remain in the race for the climb before the end of the season this Saturday, May 18 in Avranches.
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At the final whistle, the players communicated for a long time with their audience delighted with the last victory at René-Gaillard against Le Mans. | CO – BENOIT FELACE
A few minutes after Niort’s defeat in Rouen on May 5 (4-2), the third in a row, Philippe Hinschberger expressed his immense disappointment, suggesting that promotion to Ligue 2 was now out of reach. We made our season go like crazy… When you have something to play for, you have to take advantage of it, it doesn’t happen every year.
The Niort coach would have wanted to tease his players that he would not have done it any other way. And they had the expected reaction to Le Mans. While they had let Martigues slip by four points after the defeat in Normandy a week ago, the Chamois were able to find the resources to restart the march forward, while the Provençaux…
