The US Creteil Herald
Squad17 Aug 2026
Yan Marillat keeps US Creteil in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 14 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Christopher Baptista, 33, rolls back the years — 8.86
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 8.86 at 33, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Ahmad Ngouyamsa 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 Creteil this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Graduation day at US Creteil
4 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Gaël Nsombi was on a different afternoon to everybody else
9.16. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.
Match15 Aug 2026
US Creteil see off Tours
Three points for US Creteil, 2‑1 the final word against Tours in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Vincent Fernandez joins the US Creteil first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Vincent Fernandez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market17 Aug 2026
US Creteil promote Jean-Baptiste Robert from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jean-Baptiste Robert has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market17 Aug 2026
Laurent Dubois steps up from the US Creteil academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Laurent Dubois has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Market US Creteil promote Philippe Leroy from within
- Match Gaël Nsombi at the heart of a fast US Creteil start
- Squad Mohamed Ben Fredj gets it from the manager