Alfortville were relegated to the CFA after a 2-0 defeat away at Niort this evening. The result leaves them 15 points from safety with just 12 left to play for.
Elsewhere, already promoted Bastia were held to a goal-less draw at home to Pacy. Second placed Amiens closed the gap between them and Bastia to just six points thanks to a 2-0 win over Bayonne, which should make the race to be crowned champions alot more interesting.
Third placed Guingamp pulled off the result of the night by smashing five past Creteil in a 5-1 victory at the Stade du Roudourou. Two goals from Giresse mean that he is now the leading goalscorer in the division with 19, overtaking Bastia (and ex-Guingamp) striker David Suarez who is on 18 for the season.
In the early kick-off Gap beat Plabennec 3-1 to pull themselves out of the drop zone and send their visitors into the relegation zone.
With only a couple of weeks of the season left it looks like Amiens and Guingamp will be joining Bastia in gaining promotion to Ligue 2 and at the bottom there are still 7 teams fighting to avoid the three remaining relegation spots. There should be some tense games in the next couple of weeks.
Results in full:
- Gap 3 – 1 Plabennec
- Cannes 2 – 0 Luzenac
- Bastia 0 – 0 Pacy Vallée-d’Eure
- Rouen 1 – 1 Rodez
- Guingamp 5 – 1 Créteil
- Bayonne 0 – 2 Amiens SC
- Colmar 3 – 2 Fréjus St-Raphaël
- Niort 2 – 0 Alfortville
- Paris 2 – 2 Beauvais
- Strasbourg 2 – 0 Orléans
There is a full card of fixtures in the Championnat National this evening.
The only piece of up/down news that can occur tonight is that Alfortville can be relegated if they fail to win away at Niort, they could still be relegated however if Plabennec, Pacy and Bayonne all win their respective matches. With their fate out of their own hands it seems likely that they will be relegated this season.
At the top of the table Bastia are already promoted, Amiens and Guingamp occupy the two remaining promotion spots, Amiens travel to struggling Bayonne and Guingamp host mid-table Creteil. The only team that looks likely of catching them now is Strasbourg, they play host to mid-table Orleans who are stuttering of late with just one win in their last four games.
Elsewhere Paris FC are not sure of safety yet and they face a difficult evening playing host to 5th placed Beauvais.
Fixtures:
- Gap – Plabennec – 6pm GMT
- Cannes – Luzenac – 7pm GMT
- Bastia – Pacy Vallée-d’Eure – 7pm GMT
- Rouen – Rodez – 7pm GMT
- Guingamp – Créteil – 7pm GMT
- Bayonne – Amiens SC – 7pm GMT
- Colmar – Fréjus St-Raphaël – 7pm GMT
- Niort – Alfortville – 7pm GMT
- Paris – Beauvais – 7pm GMT
- Strasbourg – Orléans – 7pm GMT
Montpellier defender Emir Spahic has said he will ‘almost certainly’ leave in the summer and is hoping to land himself a club in England.
The 30-year-old Bosnian defender has missed 14 games this season through suspension and has not had the best of times since moving from Lokomotiv Moscow in 2009. The experienced defender believes it is time to cut his losses in France and move on.
“I will leave France this summer because it has become difficult to stay,” he told Le Parisien.
“Even though I am a professional under contract at Montpellier, where people are supporting me, I will be playing in a different country next season.
“My preference would be England, but there have been other contacts.”
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Marseille goalkeeper Steve Mandanda has admitted that he would love the opportunity to ply his trade in the English Premier League.
The France international who currently plays for Marseille is under contract until 2013, but he has refused to rule out the prospect of making a move to England at some point in the future.
The 26-year-old claims to be fully focused on Marseille’s Ligue 1 title pursuit for now, but has revealed there is a chance he could soon be on his way out of the club.
Mandanda told France Football:
“I am focused on the end of the season at the moment. It is an important time for the club and for my future.
“Maybe my future will depend on the final few games, but I am not obsessed with the need to secure a move.
“I can either stay or leave. One thing is for sure, I feel happy at Marseille and would have no problem staying.
“If I were to leave, I don’t believe there is a club in France that are better than Marseille.
“Which country attracts me the most? England. For me it is the best league in Europe.
“I also like the Spanish league. But the two biggest clubs in Spain already have huge keepers.”
