The Stade Lavallois Courier
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
A brace, and Mamadou Camara takes the afternoon — 8.76
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Mamadou Camara provided it, and the 8.76 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Squad31 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Stade Lavallois
Thibaut Vargas and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Match29 Aug 2026
Mamadou Camara sends Stade Lavallois past Clermont Foot
It finished 2‑0, and it was Mamadou Camara’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Stade Lavallois.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Appearance number 100 for William Bénard
100 games in this shirt, through managers and relegations and everything else. Service like it is disappearing from the game and the crowd knows what it is watching.
The dugout31 Aug 2026
Raymond Fleury: “That is the standard”
“That is what I want every week. Not the result, the way they went about it.” The manager, after 2‑0, already talking about the next one.
The dugout31 Aug 2026
No hiding place for William Bianda
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to William Bianda, and the manager let it.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
A defender's afternoon for Owen Kouassi
Defensive actions: 15. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Mamadou Camara named player of the week
One weekend, judged against everybody else's. Mamadou Camara has come out on top of it, and for most footballers a weekly award is the only silverware a career ever produces.
The dugout31 Aug 2026
Jules Gaudin knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Stade Lavallois, and both men came out saying it was fine.
In brief
- The dugout The plan did not have a place for Pedro Ferreira
- Squad Mamadou Samassa has seen what the next man earns
- Player ratings Dylan Mbayo ran the game