Updated 18th March

RESERVES HIT ROCK BOTTOMRED STAR 0 MEAUX 3 Goals : M'Bodge (27), Naïm (33), Rosier (42) Red Star : Marie-Sainte, Mouflard, Fourneuf, Wilfred, Delmas, Dao, Diallo (Oure 67), Ribeiro, Marques, Priso-Yaya, Tlilha. Coach: Badoud. Table : 1. Le Mée 55 pts (17), 2. Villemomble 50 pts (17), 3. Sainte-Geneviève des Bois 48 (17) … 10. Cosmo Ermont-Taverny 33 pts (15), 11. Paris FC 32 pts (17), 12. Brétigny 32 pts (15), 13. Meaux 30 pts (16), 14. Red Star 27 pts (17) VIOLENCE. Last Sundays' derby game between Choisy-le-Roi and Aubervilliers ended in a 5-1 defeat for the visitors, which makes the task of avoiding relegation even more difficult. Worse still, at the end of the game, the match ended in disarray with one player from each team going for an early bath. Their little punch-up continued as they made for the tunnel. Then followed a pitch invasion. Serious consequences are in store for both clubs. SUSPENDED. For the trip to Aubervilliers, Red Star will be without three players out through suspensions: Bilal Hammami, Kor Anderson and Arnaud Mouflard. CHAMPIONNAT DE FRANCE.Under 16s: Red Star - Colmar : 2-2 DIVISION HONNEUR. Under 18S : Red Star 1 Racing 1. BLAISE MAMOUN. Former Red Star player Blaise Mamoun is now plying his trade in the German second division with SV Waldhof Mannheim. Yesterday evening, his new club slumped 3-0 at home to SC Freiburg, a defeat which puts Mannheim in deep relegation trouble. Mamoun, one of Mannheims' best players, had a great chance to open the scoring in the first half, but he was denied by a superb one-handed save from the Freiburg goalkeeper Richey Golz. Freiburgs' goals were scored by Bajramovic, Ramdane and Tskitishvili.

Updated 14th March

GAMES IN HAND. With Red Star already having played Chalons-en-Champagne, the two teams have a rest day this weekend. The other teams with games in hand will catch up on their fixtures. This weekend sees : Reims - Ivry, Chartres - Chantilly, Roye - Créteil, Orléans - Rethel, Chaumont - Auxerre, Choisy-le-Roi - Aubervilliers and Beauvais - Saint-Quentin. CHAMPIONNAT DE FRANCE. Red Star are at home to Colmar in the under 16s and in the Championnat Fédéral (under 14s), the Audoniens have a trip to Rouen. DIVISION HONNEUR. Red Star reserves play a game in hand at home to Meaux, Sunday 16th March k-o 3-30pm CET at Bauer. An important game, as the two clubs occupy the two bottom places in the league table. The under 18s have a short trip to play Racing. KAMEL BOUSSELIOU News of Kamel Bousseliou. Kamel has decided to end his palying career following the nasty injury received at Ivry. He has finally left the hospital after eleven days, one operation and some agonizing moments. Aged 34, Kamel has also decided to persue the matter further. He had lodged a complaint against the player involved in the incident, Ali Ouedraogo and the Ivry club. Whilst relieved to have got through the worst, Kamel says that the bruising near the brain will take another month to completely. He was told by the doctors that what he had gone through was similar to a car accident. The other player involved, Ali Ouedraogo, actually visited Kamel in hospital, and Red Stars' goalkeeper is of the opinion that the Ivry man did not deliberately seek to injure his opponent. A crucial point in the story is that Ouedraogo admits that he had recived strict orders before the game. Kamel believes that what happened just didn't happen out of the blue. Other Red Star players have told Kamel that he had the ball between his hands when the Ivry man arrrived behind his back. What happened should not have happened on a football pitch. Kamel wonders what could drive someone to make a 25-metres run just to thump into an opponent ? He also cites the match referee, who shoudl be responsible for the safety of the palyers during a game. The referee failed to stop play, and for this Kamel is going to send a letter of complaint to the Ethics Commission. Kamel arrived before the start of the season, initially to join the coaching staff, folowing a long career with Aubervilliers and Blanc-Mesnil. However, following several shortcomings in the goalkeeping department he took up the gloves again and became regular custodian. Now it is all over - to him football isn't a game but a street fight. He plans to organise a testimonial game eventually. Kamel thanks the supporters for their messages and gestures during his time in hospital. POINT OF VIEW: IVRY. Following the comments made by Kamel Bousseliou, Ivry club react. They say that whilst understanding the point of view made by the player having spent eleven days in a hospital, the comments do not necessarily reflect the reality of the matter. Jean-Pierre Robin, Ivry coach goes on to say that the collision occurred whilst both players were airborne following a free kick. Ali Ouedraogo did not make a 25-metre run and Bousseliou did not have the ball in his hands. It was an accident and not a deliberate agression. At Ivry, we do not give out instructions of that sort. We prefer to lose a game rather than to deliberately foul.

Updated 11th March

DIVISION HONNEUR. Red Stars' reserves couldn't quite live up to the exploits of the first eleven this weekend. A home defeat to Cosmo Ermont-Taverny 0-1 and a last-minute goal puts Red Star into deep trouble at the foot of the table along with their next opponents Meaux. Next match Sunday March 16th. RED STAR - COSMO ERMONT-TAVERNY : 0-1 (0-0) Goal : Annicette (88) RED STAR : Banen-Bassong, Fofana, Wilfried, Fourneuf, Tuttle (Mouflard 89), J.E. Nemouthié, Dao (Gheribi 80), Diallo (Tima 73ème), Ribeiro, Sylla, Marquès. Coach: Badoud Elsewhere : Paris FC - Le Mée 0-1, Brétigny - Arménienne 3-1, Villemomble - Meaux : 0-0, Evry - Paris SG 2-0, Sainte-Geneviève des Bois - Versailles 1-0, Bobigny - Racing 1-2. Table : 1. Le Mée 51 pts, 2. Villemomble 46 pts, 3. Sainte-Geneviève des Bois 45 pts … 11. Brétigny 32 pts, 12. Paris FC 31 pts, 13. Red Star 26 pts, 14. Meaux 14 pts. OTHER GAMES. Championnat de France (under 16s) : Nancy - Red Star 4-2. Championnat Fédéral (under 14s) : Red Star - Le Havre : 1-3. DH (under 18s) : Les Lilas - Red Star : 3-1.

Updated 7th March

NO CHOICE. How many times have we carried that headline on this site in recent years ? Once again Red Star find themselves in a backs against the wall situation. Victory against Créteils' reserves is imperative. There are still forty points left to play for this season, and at the moment Red Star have thirty four. So no more messing around, its down to business for the serious stuff of winning. The last two matches have ended in daws, a disappointing one at home to Rethel and last Sundays' hard-fought one at Ivry. A win tomorrow will require the same sort of spirit and technique shown in the first half at Ivry. Absent of course will be the regular goalkeeper but it is still unclear if reserve team 'keeper Faouzi Bensassi will be fit to play. Another possible absence will be influential defender Nabile Yessad injured in a clash on Sunday. However, in the reckoning could be ex-captain Mickaël Santos in defence and striker Aboubacar Sylla. Answers tomorrow evening. KAMEL BOUSSELIOU. Red Stars' goalkeeper is still under observation at the hospital at Kremlin-Bicêtre. Suffering from multiples fractures, he is awaiting an operation, delayed because has haematoma formed closer to his brain. Tomorrow evening the thoughts of the supporters will be with him, and we all send him our best regards and hope to see him soon back at Saint-Ouen. MATCH OFFICIALS. Saturdays' game will be officiated by Arnaud Marey, of the Ligue de Lorraine, aged 32, a teacher by trade. Assistants will be Alain Lissorgue and Florian Lartigot. The latters' father was also a referee, officiating in top-flight matches. ALSO THIS WEEKEND. The reserves also have an important game this weekend at the Stade de l'Ile-des-Vannes, Sunday at 3-30pm CET against Cosmo Ermont-Taverny. Championnat de France (Under 16s) : Nancy - Red Star, Championnat Fédéral (Under 14s) : Red Star - le Havre. DH (Under 18s) : Les Lilas - Red Star.

Updated 5th March

KAMEL BOUSSELIOU. Injuured following a nasty collision with an Ivry player, Kamel Bousseliou will have to undergo surgery. He has serious facial injuries. All Red Star supporters wish him the very best and hope for a speedy recovery. Meanwhile, Nabile Yessad, who also had to leave the game early through injury, is suffering from a damaged shoulder. Our best regards to both players.

Updated 3rd March

ECHOS FROM THE MATCH. Obviously the big talking point from Sundays' game was the injury to Red Stars' goalkeeper Kamel Bousseliou. The shambles that Red Star has become as a club was evident in that there was only one club representant at Ivry. In the absence of the regular sponge man, the guy who tore down the supporters' banners at the Aubervilliers game, it was left to François Sarrea to carry the bucket. When Kamel went down, he was attended to by both François and the Ivry bucket man, and his injuries were serious enough to merit a call for an ambulance. The ambulance arrived quick enough, to their credit, but as our François was the only club representative present, there was no-one to accompany the unfortunate goalkeeper to hospital. Perhaps the clubs' directors were too busy writing out next Saturdays' match programme editorial, thinking of nasty things to say about the supporters to actually go to Ivry. Presumably, and hopefully, someone from the club did go direct to the hospital. If not, a poor state of affairs at Red Star. Credit where it's due - to substitute Philippe Marques, who stayed with Kamel until the ambulance arrived. The game was played in a good spirit, nothing nasty between the players, indeed two of the bookings handed out were for simulation and for Fissirou kicking the ball away in frustration after an offside. Full marks to both sets of players for an entertaining game, despite the circumstances. Full marks to Ivry, for attempting to make a match day programme - not many around at this level of French football. And we'll forgive you for the grammatical mistakes ! THANKS, LADS. To the coach and players, who came over to the forty or so Red Star supporters who had made the short trip across Paris. Despite being the "Dead Branches", these supporters spend their time and money to watch and encourage the players, and can be counted on to get behind their heros. On Sunday, together with the determination of the players to win the game for Kamel, the supporters were worth a goal start to Red Star. ELSEWHERE. Rethel beat Chantilly 2-1 and are level on points with Red Star with a game in hand. More bad news for Red Star is that Chartres beat Choisy-le-Roi 3-2. Aubervilliers drew two apiece with Orléans 2-2, as were Saint-Quentin against Reims. Beauvais inflicted the first defeat of the season on Roye 3-1 whilst Créteil beat Chaumont 2-0, and Auxerre beat Châlons-en-Champagne 2-0. DIVISION HONNEUR. Villemomble - Red Star : 1-0.

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