The US Concarneau Courier
Market15 Mar 2027
Thibault Sinquin asks to leave US Concarneau
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Match13 Mar 2027
US Concarneau come up short against SM Caen
SM Caen left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad15 Mar 2027
Francisco Sagardia 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 US Concarneau this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings15 Mar 2027
Mohamed Ouédraogo was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 19. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
The dugout15 Mar 2027
No hiding place for Francisco Sagardia
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Francisco Sagardia, and the manager let it.
The dugout15 Mar 2027
The view from the dugout
“We will look at it, we will learn from it, and we go again.” The three sentences every manager keeps for a 1‑2 defeat, delivered by Stéphane Fleury to a room that had heard them before.
The dugout15 Mar 2027
Gabriel Tigrão asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad15 Mar 2027
Gabriel Tigrão still has not settled
A year in and the language has not come, the city has not opened up, and he eats alone more often than anybody at US Concarneau would like to admit. It is showing on Saturdays.
The dugout15 Mar 2027
Thibault Sinquin does not fit this one
Ninety specific minutes wanted a different sort of player, and the manager picked one. He is not out of form and he is not in the side, and both are true.
In brief
- Squad “I want to play”: Killian Girolet speaks
- Squad Relief for Yaya Sanogo
- Looking ahead Looking ahead: LB Chateauroux at home