The SC Bastia Chronicle
Match17 May 2027
SC Bastia are in real trouble now
Position 18, 21 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Market17 May 2027
Amine Boutrah puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at SC Bastia, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad17 May 2027
Words exchanged at SC Bastia
CJ Egan-Riley and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad17 May 2027
Hans Hateboer falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
The dugout17 May 2027
Hans Hateboer 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.
The dugout17 May 2027
Fabian Heck 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.
The dugout17 May 2027
The manager makes Bilel Aouacheria a promise
Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at SC Bastia. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.
Squad17 May 2027
Yahya Bathily: “I am not a substitute”
“I have done everything asked of me in training and it has not changed a thing on a Saturday.” The most familiar complaint in football, and one SC Bastia will have to answer with minutes or with a transfer.
Squad17 May 2027
A season on the outside for Hugo Gaona
He trains hard, says the right things and goes home to an empty flat. Nobody at SC Bastia has done anything wrong, which is exactly what makes it so difficult to fix.
In brief
- Loan watch Decision time nears on Anthony Roncaglia
- The dugout The manager comes out for Alexandre Zaouai