Ligue 2: match stopped, heavy defeat at home and relegation position… Red Star’s dirty evening

The Red Star missed a great opportunity to give themselves a good breath of fresh air in the fight to remain against Troyes, 17th and first relegated before this 13th day of Ligue 2. By achieving this Friday the pass of three after two successes against Metz (1-0), contender for the climb, then Martigues (0-1), the red lantern, the Seine-Saint-Denis club could put its evening opponent at six points.

This is not the case. Largely beaten (0-3), the Audoniens carried out a very bad operation in the race to maintain their position: they saw their opponent pass them by and at the same time they slipped into relegation position (17th) for the first time this season. A bad evening.

Handicapped by the absence of several key players injured (Danger, Mendy, Renel) or suspended (Hachem), the Red Star completely missed its performance against a Trojan team coached by Stéphane Dumont, who was on the Red Star short list last May after the departure of Habib Beye.

The Audonians were also not helped by the public. Very often in support of their team, the Ultras of the Vert et Blanc interrupted the game for around twenty minutes in the middle of the first act after throwing dozens of tennis balls onto the lawn of the Bauer stadium. They are protesting in particular against the holding of L2 matches on Friday evening rather than the weekend.

A few minutes before the jets, the Audon supporters had released a banner “LFP/BeIN/Qatar: Let’s end the Sheikhs’ game. » The Seine-Saint-Denis club will undoubtedly not escape a sanction which could range from a simple fine to a match behind closed doors. “We got into our match well and it broke the rhythm,” admits coach Grégory Poirier. Now this is part of the match facts. We will have others for other reasons. It’s up to us to be stronger. We warned the players to stay focused and leave with the same dynamism. We don’t have that excuse tonight. »

This interruption was fatal for the Audoniens who conceded the opening score just before the break following a great collective action on the right flank concluded by Ripart (0-1, 45th + 1). Returning from the locker room, the Red Star pushed but failed to be dangerous in the last 20 meters. The three substitutions (Mbock, Cissé and Botella) 25 minutes from the end contributed nothing. Troyes even consolidated its success by scoring two new goals at the end of the match. “We fell back into our mistakes, grumbled Grégory Poirier. We lacked verticality. We weren’t good in key moments. It was a match to make the switch and we almost did. We have no margin so we expose ourselves to conceding goals. Taking 3 hurts. This is a step backwards in our progress. »

The fight for the promotion to remain in L2 promises to be long and difficult. Before returning to L2 and a trip to Pau in 15 days, Etoile Rouge will face the amateurs of Haubourdin (R3 Hauts-de-France) on Saturday November 16 in the North for their entry into the running in the 7th round of the Cup from France.