Clermont Foot have not missing their previous two matches, but the two attracts, the 1st in opposition to Paris Saint-Germain and the latest against Montpellier HSC, have completed very little to increase their chances of keeping away from a return to Ligue 2.
Clermont have missing 15 Ligue 1 video games this time. The club now sit rock-bottom and are 4 factors off FC Lorient, who at present occupy the relegation play-off spot and have a game in hand (in opposition to PSG). Their bid to survive is getting to be ever more determined and inside of that context, rigidity is soaring at Les Auvergnats.
Pascal Gastien’s side, who have played 3 consecutive seasons in France’s top flight, regardless of the club’s pretty meagre suggests, hosted Montpellier on Sunday and regardless of going forward many thanks to a Muhammed Cham penalty, were pegged back again following a Tanguy Coulibaly next-half strike. Their chances of survival are increasingly skinny and post-match some of Clermont’s players were included in an altercation with their have lovers.
Ça a chauffé entre les joueurs et les supporters de Clermont. #CF63MHSC pic.twitter.com/GKuLusrXLT
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Florent Ogier and Yohann Magnin, captain on the day, had been at the coronary heart of the altercation. “We comprehend their disappointment. I’m the 1st just one to say that the enthusiasts come all the time, in all climate. We win very several matches, they expend revenue and some of them don’t have high wages and they make the away visits. I am totally conscious of that but when some gamers go to greet them and they make obscene gestures and insult our moms and dads, it isn’t how you do matters,” mentioned Magnin publish-match, reflecting on the incident.
Supervisor Gastien mentioned he was “let down” but not “amazed” by the altercation. He identified as on admirers to contextualise the club’s latest predicament. “They speedily overlook […] individuals don’t realise in which we have appear from. We have by far the smallest finances in Ligue 1. You can’t count on us to win 5- just about every weekend! I think we couldn’t have done a great deal a lot more nowadays,” he claimed.
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“Clermont Foot in Ligue 1 is extraordinary. Allow’s be pleased to be right here and to have the prospect to continue to be below in our last 5 matches. When you seem at the accounts, the club should really by no means have gone up [to Ligue 1] and ought to by no means have stayed for three seasons in Ligue 1,” included Magnin. Hopes of a fourth year are quickly dwindling.
GFFN | Luke Entwistle