ChristopheVAFC

Penalty and penalty and penalty and penalty.... WTF !

As expected, our opponents started the game with a high pressing game that put us in trouble on a waterlogged pitch. We were put in a difficult position and were unable to get into our opponents' half. We'll have to do better in the second half!

Hello, friends, It's match day for Valenciennes, who are replaying their late game against Orléans after the initial match was interrupted by a fire in the refreshment room. The match will be replayed in its entirety with a score of 0-0, as the match was interrupted for more than 45 minutes. The aim is to continue their unbeaten run and, if they win, VA will move to the top of the National league table. Here is the YouTube link for tonight's match: (kick-off 19:30 French time). Allez VA !

I'm sad for you guys... The Premier League isn't the toughest league in the world for nothing... Arsenal aren't easy to play against this year (unlike some other years haha). Don't give up, I hope that solutions will soon be found to get back on track as soon as possible. I'm thinking of you, my friends.

Goallllllllll 😍

That's right! 4 consecutive games where the score ended in a draw, with a penalty conceded each time too. Not a good run of games at the moment, but we're still unbeaten in the league and we're 4th today. If we win the replay at Orléans on Wednesday following the refreshment stall fire, you'll go top of the table. (Let's hope we don't concede another penalty!). We're still a little frustrated, though, because these are points we've lost foolishly and we'll have to do better if we hope to climb back into Ligue 2 at the end of the season.

Hello friends! Match day for Valenciennes, who welcome FC Villefranche Beaujolais to the Stade du Hainaut this evening. The aim: to continue their unbeaten run in the league and get back to winning ways after three consecutive draws. Kick-off 7.30pm French time. Youtube link for the match: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHjTqbXVE5I Happy Friday to all our friends. Allez Valenciennes !

3-1 come on !!!

Good evening, folks, I'm watching the match and my heart aches for you... We need to get out of this downward spiral of results as quickly as possible. Don't give up! Go, Saints!

I admit I don't have much of an opinion on Daouda, he's not playing much at the moment, probably because of the competition and the fact that there aren't many injured players in his position. Personally, I like him and find him very interesting.

We're a little disappointed because we're not winning at the moment, with 3 draws in 3 games, even though we feel that we're physically better than our opponents. The idea is above all that we want to get as many points as possible as quickly as possible, and fortunately our rivals aren't winning this weekend either. We hope for a better result in the next game!

Extra time proved to be another bad day for our friends as they conceded a goal in the dying moments of yesterday's match... Let's wish our brothers a better game next time!

End game. Final score: 1-1. Goal Versailles: https://x.com/NationalFFF/status/1839365856775811448 Goal VAFC: https://x.com/NationalFFF/status/1839378077417197664 2 points lost tonight...

At the last game against Orléans, there were around 1,300 people out of a capacity of 20,000, and quite a few empty seats.

National : le FC Versailles continuera de jouer au stade Jean-Bouin à Paris - Le Parisien National: FC Versailles will continue to play at the Jean-Bouin stadium in Paris INFO LE PARISIEN. Due to the non-accreditation of its stadium, the Yvelines club has finally decided, as it did last year, to play its home games this season at the Stade Français rugby ground rather than at the Entente Sannois-Saint-Gratien football ground. History repeats itself. Almost to the day a year ago, FC Versailles, promoted to the French National (3rd division), surprisingly chose to play their home games at the Jean-Bouin stadium in Paris (16th arrondissement), home of rugby players Stade Français, rather than footballers Entente Sannois-Saint-Gratien. As the Montbauron stadium in Versailles has still not been approved, the Yvelines club has been wavering between the two venues for the 2023-2024 financial year. Particularly as the Michel-Hidalgo stadium in Saint-Gratien (Val-d'Oise) hosted FC Versailles' last two home matches (against Red Star and Avranches) at the end of last season due to the unavailability of the Jean-Bouin stadium. According to our information, the management of Versailles have decided to stay at the Jean-Bouin stadium. This is a sign that the club's ambitions and resources have not diminished, despite the change of president during the off-season. The club paid around €80,000 per match (all inclusive) to rent the Jean-Bouin stadium last season. Thanks to the arrival of its new chairman and majority shareholder, Alexandre Mulliez, grandson of the founder of the Auchan group and former vice-chairman of Auchan Retail France, FC Versailles has been able to successfully pass the scrutiny of the Direction Nationale du Contrôle de Gestion (DNCG), even though the risk of filing for bankruptcy could not have been ruled out a month and a half ago.

Hello everyone! Match day for Valenciennes, who play Versailles tonight at the Stade Jean Bouin in Paris. Here's the link to tonight's match: (kick-off 7.30pm French time): The match was originally due to be played tomorrow, but the stadium where the match is being played is next to the Parc des Princes where PSG play Rennes on Saturday. The aim was to win the match and recover the points lost last weekend against Concarneau. Allez VA §

Additional time is definitely not working for us this weekend 😭

The day after the match, and after a few hours' sleep, here are my thoughts on yesterday's game: The first half was incredible, we were 2-0 up after 10 minutes and at half-time we went into the dressing room with a 3-0 lead. In the stands, we were feeling confident and, like the players, I thought we were going to win the game, but we didn't count on a number of things that happened in the 2nd half: - Our players slackened off and didn't play with the same intensity as in the 1st half. - Refereeing - let's face it - not in our favour (on 2 of Concarneau's 3 goals, we had a player on the ground). - 7 minutes of extra time, but the referee blew his whistle for the equaliser at 90+9... Most of us felt that it was a draw that tasted like defeat. I think that yesterday's game will be a good lesson for the club and our players, so that they can tell themselves that nothing is decided or won in advance in this championship. We're still unbeaten in the league and in 3rd place with 1 game in hand. There will be better games and we hope we can do better very soon. Allez VA!

The referee this night... No comment... 😥😥

Merci beaucoup !

Hello everyone! Match day for Valenciennes, who take on Concarneau at the Stade du Hainaut at 7.30pm (French time). Here's the Youtube link to watch the match for free: Have a nice day! Allez VA !

National : entre Valenciennes et Concarneau, deux relégations pas la même ambition - La Voix du Nord National: Valenciennes and Concarneau, two relegated sides with different ambitions VAFC face their first test on Friday at Le Hainaut (7.30pm) against another Ligue 2 relegation zone side. Both clubs have taken the same lift, but the ambition to climb back up the table immediately is much more pronounced in the north than in Brittany. Having returned to the National Championship twenty years after being relegated, VA have never hidden the fact that they will be doing everything in their power to avoid staying there forever. This was stated as early as April at the time of the relegation and has been repeated by the management and then the sporting staff ever since. ‘It's an anomaly that VA are in the National,’ Ahmed Kantari told La Voix des Sports at the start of the season. ‘We're going to do everything we can to put the club back where it belongs,’ added Julien Masson, confirming the club's ambition. After all the talk, it's time for action, and VAFC have set to work, climbing the steps one by one to fulfil the mission they have set themselves. With 10 points from four games, the initial progress has been good, but there is still a long way to go. This clash with another relegated Ligue 2 side will tell us a little more about what VA have in their bellies, even if the Bretons have not made the top flight an obsession. "The club realised that it wasn't quite ready for League 2 and lost more money than it made by always playing away from home." Relegated at the end of their first season in L2, Concarneau paid dearly for not being able to play in their substandard stadium. ‘The club realised that it wasn't quite ready for Ligue 2 and lost more money than it made by always playing away,’ explains Dylan Le Mee, a journalist at Ouest-France. Forced into exile by Lorient, Guingamp, Brest, Caen and Rennes in order to play at home, the Thoniers have not experienced their descent into the National as a catastrophe. "Avoiding the drop" Back in their historic stadium, with a new coach - Stéphane Rossi - used to performing at this level, a squad 80% renewed and many players taken from the N2, Concarneau are giving themselves time: ‘The objective is first to stay up, to avoid going down,’ says Dylan Le Mee. But if they can go up, they won't deprive themselves. Their good start (4th) has already made the Bretons a first hurdle on the long road to Valenciennes.

The day after the match, we picked up a point at Rouen. It was a complicated game, but we were a little lucky at the end with a deflected goal that put us back on level terms. There were 300 Valenciennes supporters in the stands yesterday. Go VA!

I wish us a victory for both our clubs today. Allez les saint, allez valenciennes!

Hello friends, I wish you a good match and hope you get your 1st win of the season. I'll be following the result live from the bus as we head for Rouen, where Valenciennes play today at 6pm French time. Let's go Saint's !