Two days before the end, suspense at all floors

Among the national U19s, we are almost there! These Saturday April 12 and Sunday April 13, the elite of the category actually competed in its twenty-fourth and antépénulth day of the season. Two others are still playing, on weekends of May 4 and 11. With several issues, both in the race for the final phase and maintenance.

In the hen has everything is played … or almost

Finally, for group A, we may have lied to you a little by speaking of “suspense” … For the final phase, the dice are actually already pipes since we know the two qualified formations: SM Caen and Paris Saint-Germain. With 57 and 55 points respectively, the two head teams can no longer be caught. The only challenge is to know the positions. Because as a reminder, the first will face the second of another hen and above all will have the opportunity to welcome his quarter -final at home, while the second will have to do battle with one of the first.

On the other side of the painting, there too the mass is (almost) said since two of the three places of relegation are already completed. Next season, FC Chambly and Olympique Marcquois will evolve in regional 1. Just like RC Lens? Two days before the term, the northern club acts as the first relegation, but has the same number of points as Le Havre (11th), two less as QRM (10th) and Valenciennes (9th), and three late on Lille (8th) and Orleans (7th). The battle therefore promises to be tough during these last two episodes. Especially since the less good eleventh of the four groups will also be part of the cart …

Sochaux will be there, turning to come

In Pool B, we already know a qualified and certain training to finish in mind: FC Sochaux. Beaten only three times in 24 games, the Doubs club dominated the regular phase of the head and shoulders to reach the playoffs. With the Puy Massot stadium in the viewfinder, where the final will be contested in a few weeks, the lion cubs showed the fangs and frightened their opponents. Two days before the end, the players of Pierre-Alain Frau count seven points ahead of the duo composed of Strasbourg (2nd) and Troyes (3rd). The two Grand-Est teams are struggling to access the next phase. And that's good: the 25th and penultimate day will reserve a shock between the two rivals in Alsace (Sunday May 4, 3 p.m.). Behind, Dijon and Metz, respectively at three and four points, will have to refuel and hope for the fade of the pair to hope for a miracle.

In contrast, the miracle will not take place for Racing Besançon. Good last, the neighbor of the Sochalian leader can no longer hope to save himself. By whom will he be accompanied at the regional level? Surely FC Mulhouse. Fronner, he is six points behind the first non-relief, FC 93, himself in a delicate position due to the threat of the less good eleventh. The club based in Bobigny, in Seine-Saint-Denis, also has the same number of units (26) as Andérézieux, first relegation. Clermont, tenth with five more points, seems out of danger.

Nantes and others

If Sochaux dominated group B, what about FC Nantes in the hen C? Like Caen, PSG and therefore the FCSM, the Loire-Atlantique club is certain to take part in the final phase. With only two defeats on the clock, the FCN can no longer finish in another place than the first since it counts … 18 lengths ahead of its first two “pursuers”, Guingamp (2nd) and Lorient (3rd), 34 points each. With Angers (4th, 33 pts), the beautiful surprise Beaucouzé (5th, 31 pts) or even Rennes (6th, 30 pts), the Breton rivals will fight to obtain second place. Note that Lorient will also have to finish his season with a trip to … Nantes. Not a gift, but a hell of a challenge for young Merlus.

At the bottom of the table, the suspense is in a standstill since the three places are already condemned: they return to Bordeaux, whose season could not be held due to the adventures of last summer, at the FC towers, forced to declare general package during the season, and in Bergerac, penultimate with 10 small points on the clock. Out of reach of the red zone, Saint-Renan and Mérignac will now fight to avoid the place of eleventh. The less good eleventh is likely, moreover, to be in this group (see below).

Four teams for two places

Finally, in group D, the suspense is there for accession to playoffs. Advantage for the moment in Toulouse, leader with 49 points. One more than Saint-Etienne and two additional on Olympique de Marseille. And the fourth thief? Montpellier. If the pros go straight to Ligue 2, the U19s honor the Paillade. Fourth, the MHSC accuse five lengths behind first place but with a late match to catch up this Wednesday, April 16 against Nice (5th, 40 pts). If he wins, the calculation is simple: the Hérault club will be more than ever part of the battle! On the other side of the ranking, the end of the Corsicans of Ghisonaccia, last good with 13 points, as well as for Marignane-Gignac, penultimate. Rodez, first relegation, accuses five points behind the first non-relief, Air-Bel.

To summarize

Among the national U19s, we are almost there! These Saturday April 12 and Sunday April 13, the elite of the category actually competed in its twenty-fourth and antépénulth day of the season. Two others are still playing, on weekends of May 4 and 11. With several issues, both in the race for the final phase and maintenance.