The US Creteil Herald
Match23 Sep 2028
The wait goes on for US Creteil
10 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Squad25 Sep 2028
Yan Marillat keeps US Creteil in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 9 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Match20 Sep 2028
The cup run ends for US Creteil
1‑3 against Olympique de Marseille, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.
Match25 Sep 2028
Every point is an argument now for US Creteil
Position 11 and 4 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.
The dugout25 Sep 2028
Abdessalem Boujenfa keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” US Creteil may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Market25 Sep 2028
Lenny Leonil is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at US Creteil is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad25 Sep 2028
Julien Lopez 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.
Squad25 Sep 2028
Frédéric Lambert out for 14 days
The medical room confirms 14 days on the sidelines for Frédéric Lambert, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Match23 Sep 2028
US Creteil rescue it on 94 minutes
Behind, and beaten by any honest reading, until minute 94. AC Ajaccio had the points in their pocket and a corner of the ground still believed, which is generally when it happens.
In brief
- The dugout Quentin Bena gets it from the manager
- Match US Creteil share the spoils with AC Ajaccio
- Boardroom US Creteil counting the cost