The Clermont Foot Courier
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Nobody could get near Ethan Mbappé
Successful dribbles: 46. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Massamba N'Diaye decides it from twelve yards
2 kept out in the shoot-out, and a stadium that will still be describing them in twenty years. A goalkeeper only needs one of these to be remembered forever.
Match16 Sep 2026
Clermont Foot out of the cup
FC Nantes ended it 0‑0. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.
Match19 Sep 2026
4 matches without a win for Clermont Foot
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Clermont Foot are no longer polite ones.
Match19 Sep 2026
4 matches without a goal for Clermont Foot
The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 4 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Théo Guivarch in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Clermont Foot this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The terraces21 Sep 2026
The crowd has taken to Ibrahim Coulibaly
At 20 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Match19 Sep 2026
Clermont Foot come up short against Nimes
Nimes left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Johan Gastien gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
In brief
- Player ratings Kenji-Van Boto misses from twelve yards
- Squad Ousmane Diop falls out with a teammate over standards
- Player ratings The afternoon belonged to Ibrahim Coulibaly