Updated 25^th September 2009

REVIVIAL COMES TO AN ABRUPT END Red Stars' mini-revival sparked off by a well-deserved 1-0 win over Niort came to an abrupt end last Saturday at the hands of Colomiers in the Toulouse suburbs. A gallant rearguard action against a spirited home side was broken n the dying seconds of the game when Marty the home defender finally put the ball past Xavier Pinoteau. The Red Star goalkeeper had played an outstanding match, saving his side on numerous occasions. Red Star were not helped by the 74th minute dismissal of influential midfielder Jonathan Ribadeira. That means three away games and as many defeats for Alain Mbomas' men. CFA RESULTS Aurillac - Yzeure : 1 - 3 Pau - Montluçon : 1 - 0 Albi - Les Herbiers : 2 - 1 Anglet - Bordeaux B : 1 - 2 Luçon - Le Mans B : 2 - 0 Balma - Paris SG B : 0 - 2 Toulouse Fontaines - Vendée Fontenay Foot : 0 - 1 Niort - Libourne Saint-Seurin : 2 - 2 Colomiers - RED STAR FC 93 : 1 - 0 COUPE DE FRANCE Red Star have been draw away at Le Bourget in the next round of the Coupe de France. The game takes place on Sunday 4th October at the Stade Lucien Legrand in Le Bourget. Le Bourget play several divisions below Red Star but in the previous round eliminated Franconville whom play in the same league as Red Stars' reserves. UNDER 17s Red Stars' under 17s went down 3-2 at Entente Sannois-Saint-Gratien on Sunday afternoon. In a game watched by a good number of spectators on a fine sunny afternoon, Red Star went 3-0 down but staged a galant fightback in the last 15 minutes, pulling two goals back and putting the home defence under a lot of pressure. Time ran out however and the final score was 3-2 in favour of the home side. Some photos available here : Action from the U17 game ESSG - Red Star

Updated 15^th September 2009

RED STAR FINALLY SCORE ! And more importantly finally win a game. In one of the best performances seen at Bauer in a long while Red Star finally broke their duck this season, in beating high-flying Niort 1-0. The goal came after twenty minutes, when Peguy Ngam fed Miguel da Pina who beat the Niort goalkeeper confidently. Red Stars' striker, whom last season was plyng his trade in the Parisian DH with FC Issy wrote himself into the record books as the first Red Star player to score in the 2009-2010 season. Bravo. Red Star should have put the game beyond the reach of the visitors on the hour mark, but Hamdi Razak saw his spot kick saved by Aubenas in the Niort goal after Ngam had been brought down in the eighteen yard box. Depite the win Red Star are still last-but-one in the table, as the teams around them all won or drew. The league is a tight affaire with seven points separating Red Star from the top spot. Red Star will be hoping to build on the victory when they travel to Toulouse again next Saturday to play Colomiers. Miguel De Pina celebrates. © GT Valck CFA RESULT Yzeure - Colomiers : 1 - 0 Libourne Saint-Seurin - Balma : 2 - 1 Montluçon - Luçon : 2 - 1 Les Herbiers - Pau : 1 - 0 Vendée Fontenay Foot - Anglet : 0 - 0 RED STAR FC 93 - NIORT : 1 - 0 Le Mans B - Aurillac : 6 - 1 Bordeaux B - Albi : 1 - 0 Paris SG B - Toulouse Fontaines : 1 – 1 OTHER RED STAR RESULTS Red Stars' reserves made up for the home defeat last week by winning 2-1 at Créteil; the under 19s drew 1-1 against the same opponents; the under 17s of Jean-Claude Oure played out a goalless draw with Créteil. Retrouvez dès demain, les photos de la DSR et des U 19 ans, réalisées, à Créteil par Rémi Saillant. Enfin, l’équipe trois du Red Star de Fabrice Pamier écrase Sevran 6-1 ! Red Stars' reserves in action against Créteil C © Rémi Saillant Red Stars' under 19s drew 1-1 at Créteil © Rémi Saillant

Updated 8^th September 2009

FIVE OUT OF FIVE Red Star are just ninety minutes away from eqalling last seasons' run of six league games without scoring a goal folowing their 1-0 defeat at the hands of Balma in the Toulouse suburbs on Saturday. Despite dominating large chunks of the encounter Red Star failed to do the necessary and put the ball into the back of the net. However Balma could, on the rare occasion that they broke out of their half, and leading scorer Antony Aversa did the job he is paid to do just before the hour mark. Another depressing defeat, against a team lacking in ambition whose basic aim is not to lose, whether it be home or away. The future of lower level football indeed looks grim if all teams play not to lose, just imagine the specatacle. One hundred and fifty spectators were present to witness this - a figure hardly likely to increase if dull tactics are all that are on view. Next in town are Niort, one of the favourites for the championship. They lie just one point behind leaders Luçon, having conceded three goals in five encounters, but are the leading scorers with nine. Red Star versus Niort was a regular fixture in the second division, but since then both clubs have been through rough patches. Lee Chapman, former Leeds player was once on the books at Niort. As a comparison, After five games in the CFA 2 season 2002-2003 (a relegation season), Red Star had the record of P5 W1 D2 L2 F 5 A 8 10pts; last season the record was P5 W1 D2 L2 F 2 A 4, 10pts. On the other hand, Rouen, last seasons' champions got off to a poor start, even losing to Red Star. Their record was P5 W1 D2 L2 F 6 A 7 10 pts. This included a 4-1 crushing away at Racing. During Red Stars' six match goalless spell last season, the record was P6 W0 D2 L4 F 0 A 8 8 pts, including a 4-0 humiliation at the hands of Rouen at Bauer. After the game at Balma, coach Alain Mboma was still not worried about the state of affairs, would be concentrating on the physical aspects of the game in readiness for the game against Niort, and thinks that a draw would be a good result next Saturday. CFA RESULTS Aurillac - Montluçon : 0-0 Colomiers - Le Mans : 3-2 Niort - Yzeure : 2-0 Toulouse Fontaines - Libourne : 2-1 Luçon - Les Herbiers : 1-0 Pau - Bordeaux : 0-1 Albi - Anglet : 0-0 Paris SG - Fontenay : 1-0 RESERVES OFF TO BAD START Red Stars' second eleven got off to a bad start to their season at Bauer on Sunday afternoon, going down 2-0 to Les Ulis. The goals came either side of half time. Coach David Giguet was disappointed with the results, stating that his players had disregarded his instructions and had paid the price against a team more realistic in font of goal. The score could well have been three had not Harry Vitalien cleared off his line. RED STAR - LES ULIS : 0-2 (0-1) Attendance : 80 – stade Bauer Goals : Zoko (40), Dahmane (48) RED STAR : LO MELE, BUSQUET, CISSE (BOURAIMA 69), VITALIEN (cap.), SARREA, DJEMALI (MENDY 66), KEITA, FERNANDES, OUATTARA (BALDE 56), NANGA, HAGUY. Coach. David GIGUET LES ULIS : NIMIAS, KEBIR, DADOPARD, SYLLA, GAIE, MARTIAL, I. COULIBALY, D. COULIBALY MENEZ (69), ZOKO, YAKHOU (BUHANGA 75), DAHMANE (GENKADDOUS 80). Coach : Aziz BENAADDANE Christophe Haguy in action for the reserves © GT Valck

Updated 1^st September 2009

JUST WHEN WILL WE SCORE ? Red Star made it four out of four at Stade Bauer on Saturday. Yes, four games without scoring a goal... still a couple of games short of the impressive series of last season, but the way things are going that could be under threat. Once again, the visitors highlighted all that is bad about current low-level French football, in coming wit hthe intention NOT to lose. Defending in depth, relying on counter attacks is making this level of the game virtually unwatchable. The dwindling numbers of spectators at Stade Bauer relects this malaise. Red Star huffed, puffed and toiled valiantly against a robust Toulouse Fontaines who never really threatened Red Stars' defence. On the other hand, Red Stars' attackers must really show invenitveness and creativity if they are to break down stubborn defences like this one, and it is more than inevitable that others will come to Bauer with the same game plan. Hamdi Razak, in action against Toulouse Fontaines CFA SCORES RED STAR FC 93 – TOULOUSE FONTAINES : 0 - 0 Libourne Saint-Seurin - Paris SG B : 0 - 0 Montluçon – Colomiers : remis Anglet - Pau : 0 - 1 Vendée Fontenay Foot - Albi : 1 - 1 Yzeure - Balma : 1 - 1 Les Herbiers - Aurillac : 1 - 1 Le Mans B - Niort : 1 - 1 Bordeaux B - Luçon : 0 – 1 Note that the game at Montluçon was called off due the the visitors' currently experiencing the 'flu virus. A total of ten goals in the eight games that took place. Hardly likely to get the masses flooding back to the terraces....

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