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From our football correspondent
Crisis
The terraces13 Sep 2027
Supporters organise against the US Creteil board
A bad atmosphere can be waited out. A group of people meeting afterwards to decide what to do about it cannot, and everybody in the building knows which stage this is.
Market13 Sep 2027
The Sochaux deal is off
Everything was agreed until it was not, and Mohamed Ben Fredj reports back to US Creteil with a summer to forget. Neither club is saying who walked away from the table.
The dugout13 Sep 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Player ratings13 Sep 2027
Successful dribbles: 24. 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.
Squad13 Sep 2027
Ahmad Ngouyamsa was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Match11 Sep 2027
Red Star left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad13 Sep 2027
At 24 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 3 points better than the mark taken at the start of the year, which is the sort of thing that happens to players who take the boring parts of the job seriously.
Squad13 Sep 2027
A row about effort at US Creteil
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Zakaria Belkouche was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout13 Sep 2027
Nama Fofana 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.
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Match14 Aug 2027
No end in sight to US Creteil's wait for a win
16 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at US Creteil has to find a result from somewhere.
The terraces16 Aug 2027
The mood at US Creteil has turned into something else
Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.
Squad16 Aug 2027
A fracture rules Arsène Elogo out for 46 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason US Creteil will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
The dugout16 Aug 2027
Felix Mambimbi: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” US Creteil have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market16 Aug 2027
AJ Auxerre come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and US Creteil did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Transfer targets16 Aug 2027
The clubs have shaken hands with FC Lorient; the player has not yet. Personal terms are next, and personal terms are where more deals die than anybody prints.
Market16 Aug 2027
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around US Creteil they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
The terraces16 Aug 2027
US Creteil sell a favourite for $1.4M
The accountants will call it good business and they will be right, which is not the point anybody outside the boardroom is making. Ryan Bakayoko was one of the reasons people came, and $1.4M does not replace that by itself.
Market16 Aug 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what US Creteil can pretend not to have heard.
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Uneasy
Squad28 Jun 2027
108 days out for Arsène Elogo after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. US Creteil will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Squad28 Jun 2027
The words a physio says slowly. 17 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Market28 Jun 2027
“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.
Market28 Jun 2027
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market28 Jun 2027
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.
The dugout28 Jun 2027
Ryan Bakayoko: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” US Creteil have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Transfer targets28 Jun 2027
The deal with Olympique Lyonnais is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Squad28 Jun 2027
Rodrigo Ramos is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 23 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad28 Jun 2027
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.
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Uneasy
The terraces21 Jun 2027
Anger at US Creteil spills outside the ground
It has stopped being a mood in the stands and started being something organised. Boards can ignore a bad atmosphere for a long time; they cannot ignore this stage of it for very long at all.
Squad21 Jun 2027
Arsène Elogo breaks a bone — 118 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 118 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Squad21 Jun 2027
The words a physio says slowly. 25 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Squad21 Jun 2027
Ahmad Ngouyamsa was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Transfer targets21 Jun 2027
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Squad21 Jun 2027
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Felix Mambimbi and US Creteil agree another 3 years.
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Uneasy
Market14 Jun 2027
$3.8M — a new record at US Creteil
No footballer has ever cost this club more, and the number will be read out every time he misplaces a pass for the next two years.
Market14 Jun 2027
$4.5M is a serious amount of money and it does not play centre-forward. Everybody in the dressing room knows who used to be looked at when it went wrong.
Squad14 Jun 2027
125 days out for Arsène Elogo after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. US Creteil will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Squad14 Jun 2027
35 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. US Creteil lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Market14 Jun 2027
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. US Creteil have lost him in all but the paperwork.
The terraces14 Jun 2027
Supporters turn on the $4.5M sale of Gaël Nsombi
He is going to Angers SCO, the club has $4.5M it did not have on Friday, and the phone-ins have already decided how they feel about that. Selling well and selling somebody they loved are not the same skill.
Transfer targets14 Jun 2027
US Creteil asked and FC Metz said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad14 Jun 2027
Ahmad Ngouyamsa 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.
Transfer targets14 Jun 2027
Stade Rennais wanted more than $120.0K and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.
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Uneasy
Squad7 Jun 2027
A fracture rules Arsène Elogo out for 135 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason US Creteil will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Boardroom7 Jun 2027
“This is a club with real history, and I did not have to think about it for long.” The new manager takes charge with every slate wiped clean.
Squad7 Jun 2027
The words a physio says slowly. 44 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Match7 Jun 2027
9 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Market7 Jun 2027
The offer from RC Lens for Ahmad Ngouyamsa was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Market7 Jun 2027
“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 US Creteil, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad7 Jun 2027
Ahmad Ngouyamsa and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The dugout7 Jun 2027
The manager makes an example of Ryan Bakayoko
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Transfer targets7 Jun 2027
FC Nantes have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.
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Uneasy
Squad31 May 2027
A fracture rules Arsène Elogo out for 142 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason US Creteil will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad31 May 2027
52 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. US Creteil lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Market31 May 2027
“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 US Creteil, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad31 May 2027
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.
The dugout31 May 2027
The manager makes an example of Stephen Quemper
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
The dugout31 May 2027
“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.
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Uneasy
The terraces24 May 2027
Supporters organise against the US Creteil board
A bad atmosphere can be waited out. A group of people meeting afterwards to decide what to do about it cannot, and everybody in the building knows which stage this is.
Squad24 May 2027
The words a physio says slowly. 59 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Squad24 May 2027
89 days out for Brandon Agounon after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. US Creteil will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
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Uneasy
Squad17 May 2027
The words a physio says slowly. 66 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Squad17 May 2027
A fracture rules Brandon Agounon out for 98 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason US Creteil will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
The dugout17 May 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Alexandre Gricourt, and the manager let it.
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Uneasy
Squad10 May 2027
74 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. US Creteil lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Squad10 May 2027
A fracture rules Brandon Agounon out for 108 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason US Creteil will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Match10 May 2027
US Creteil are in real trouble now
Position 13, 9 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.
The dugout10 May 2027
Axel Dauchy: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” US Creteil have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Boardroom10 May 2027
US Creteil still without a manager
9 days since the seat came open, a list of names doing the rounds, and nobody has signed anything. Every week this drags on the shortlist gets shorter.
Market10 May 2027
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Sébastien Benoit is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
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Uneasy
Boardroom3 May 2027
Four paragraphs on the club website, none of them about football. The board thanked him, wished him well, and had the search under way before the page went up.
Squad3 May 2027
82 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. US Creteil lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Market3 May 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what US Creteil can pretend not to have heard.
Boardroom3 May 2027
“Somebody picks the team on Saturday. This week it is me, and that is as far as I have thought.” No promises were made in either direction, which is how these usually begin.
Squad3 May 2027
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.
Boardroom3 May 2027
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The dugout3 May 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Axel Dauchy, and the manager let it.
The dugout3 May 2027
A new manager did not pick last season’s side and does not care what it looked like. Ahmad Ngouyamsa has taken that personally, in the best sense, and US Creteil are seeing a version of him the last regime had stopped seeing.
Squad3 May 2027
He used to be one of the options. He is now one of the men the options are picked around, and the change happened quietly enough that only the dressing room noticed on the day.
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Crisis
The terraces26 Apr 2027
Supporters organise against the US Creteil board
A bad atmosphere can be waited out. A group of people meeting afterwards to decide what to do about it cannot, and everybody in the building knows which stage this is.
Squad26 Apr 2027
The words a physio says slowly. 89 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Squad26 Apr 2027
Ahmad Ngouyamsa was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
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Crisis
Squad19 Apr 2027
The words a physio says slowly. 96 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Squad19 Apr 2027
Ahmad Ngouyamsa was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
The dugout19 Apr 2027
“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.
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Crisis
Squad12 Apr 2027
104 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. US Creteil lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Match12 Apr 2027
Every point is an argument now for US Creteil
Position 13 and 9 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 dugout12 Apr 2027
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” US Creteil have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad12 Apr 2027
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.
Market12 Apr 2027
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Robert Moreau 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.
The dugout12 Apr 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Ryan Bakayoko, and the manager let it.
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Crisis
Squad5 Apr 2027
The words a physio says slowly. 111 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Boardroom5 Apr 2027
The scrutiny sharpens at US Creteil
Nobody upstairs has said anything, which is the loudest thing they could do. Results buy silence in this game; the account at US Creteil is running low.
Boardroom5 Apr 2027
The board have said in public what they had been saying in private. Results between now and the next meeting decide it, and everybody in the building knows the arithmetic.
Squad5 Apr 2027
Ahmad Ngouyamsa and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The dugout5 Apr 2027
The manager's exit leaves Ahmad Ngouyamsa exposed
Every squad has men who were signed by a particular manager and men who were merely inherited. Ahmad Ngouyamsa is in the first group, and the man who wanted him here is no longer in the building.
Squad5 Apr 2027
US Creteil will explain it as a decision about the team, and it may well be one. A dressing room has never once read it that way.
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Uneasy
The terraces29 Mar 2027
The mood at US Creteil has turned into something else
Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.
Squad29 Mar 2027
118 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. US Creteil lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
The dugout29 Mar 2027
“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.
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Uneasy
Squad22 Mar 2027
125 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. US Creteil lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad22 Mar 2027
19 days out for Romain Montiel after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. US Creteil will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Market22 Mar 2027
“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.
The dugout22 Mar 2027
“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.
Market22 Mar 2027
The Gaël Nsombi story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Gaël Nsombi signs something — a contract at US Creteil or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
Squad22 Mar 2027
A window away with the national side, and a shirt at US Creteil that briefly doubles as an advertisement. A call-up flatters the player and the club that built him in the same breath.
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Uneasy
Squad15 Mar 2027
The words a physio says slowly. 132 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Squad15 Mar 2027
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 27 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Match15 Mar 2027
Every point is an argument now for US Creteil
Position 13 and 9 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.
Squad15 Mar 2027
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.
The dugout15 Mar 2027
The manager makes an example of Ryan Bakayoko
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
The dugout15 Mar 2027
Kévin Diogo has been promised minutes
A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Kévin Diogo has written the date down.
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Uneasy
Squad8 Mar 2027
The words a physio says slowly. 140 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 34 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Boardroom8 Mar 2027
The caretaker keeps it: Laurent Lambert confirmed
A month of looking elsewhere ended where it started. He already knows every name in the building; the rest of it he now has to prove in public.
The dugout8 Mar 2027
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” US Creteil may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad8 Mar 2027
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Stephen Quemper and US Creteil agree another 2 years.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Ahmad Ngouyamsa and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
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Uneasy
The terraces1 Mar 2027
Anger at US Creteil spills outside the ground
It has stopped being a mood in the stands and started being something organised. Boards can ignore a bad atmosphere for a long time; they cannot ignore this stage of it for very long at all.
Market1 Mar 2027
“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.
Squad1 Mar 2027
Ahmad Ngouyamsa 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.
The dugout1 Mar 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Axel Dauchy, and the manager let it.
Market1 Mar 2027
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at US Creteil has been clear about where Abdessalem Boujenfa stands, which is more than many ever get.
Squad1 Mar 2027
Nothing is announced when this happens and everybody knows. He is a bigger part of the plan at US Creteil than he was a month ago, and the training ground worked that out before the team sheet said so.
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Crisis
Match16 Jan 2027
14 matches without a win for US Creteil
The run now stands at 14, and the questions being asked around US Creteil are no longer polite ones.
Match18 Jan 2027
9 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Transfer targets18 Jan 2027
Fee done, terms next for Ilyas Azizi
US Creteil and Toulouse FC have settled on $240.0K. The rest belongs to the player and his agent, and a supporter who has watched one of these before knows not to buy the shirt yet.
The dugout18 Jan 2027
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Transfer targets18 Jan 2027
Everything agreed with LOSC Lille, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Squad18 Jan 2027
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.
Match16 Jan 2027
Red Star left with the points after a 1‑3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Transfer targets18 Jan 2027
US Creteil asked and Le Havre AC said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
The dugout18 Jan 2027
“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 1‑3, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.
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Uneasy
Squad21 Sep 2026
A shoot-out is remembered by its ending, and this one ends with Hugo Cointard: 3 kept out, and a set of supporters who will describe every one of them for the next twenty years.
Match16 Sep 2026
A 0‑0 win over Olympique de Marseille, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.
Match19 Sep 2026
No end in sight to US Creteil's wait for a win
8 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at US Creteil has to find a result from somewhere.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 26. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Ahmad Ngouyamsa and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Twelve yards, a goalkeeper guessing, and it still did not go in. He will take the next one, and every soul in the ground will hold their breath.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
A mark of 7.87, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Christopher Baptista, and the manager let it.
Match19 Sep 2026
1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
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Uneasy
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 39. 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.
Match5 Sep 2026
5 matches without a win for US Creteil
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around US Creteil are no longer polite ones.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
US Creteil close the window on a squad of their own making
16 in and 0 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.
Transfer targets7 Sep 2026
No thanks: João Costa rejects the move
US Creteil had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Porto, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Transfer targets7 Sep 2026
US Creteil offered $850.0K; Paris FC said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.
Transfer targets7 Sep 2026
US Creteil asked and Stade Brestois said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Words at US Creteil training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ryan Bakayoko is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Somebody has moved past him. It is not a dropping and it is worse than one, because a dropping is about a Saturday and this is about where he stands.
The dugout7 Sep 2026
“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.