ChristopheVAFC

Hello everyone. Match day for Valenciennes, who welcome Pau to the Stade du Hainaut this evening at 7pm French time. If my team loses, we will be mathematically relegated to the 3rd division. I wanted to share with you a video from an interview yesterday with Ben Chorley, the club's sporting director, who looks back over the season and takes stock, where you can understand how Sport Republic realised all the work that needed to be done here. Don't hesitate to let me know what you think, folks.

Match day for you my friend It's the final straight for you, and we hope the team will give it everything they've got, so don't think too much about winning as many games as possible.

A good match to all! Go Saint's!

The owner of this flag told me about its significance, but there's no link with Sport Republic on this flag. Initially, he wanted to make a big red and white flag and he just thought it would be nice to put other things on it.

Thank you very much! I've loved my club for 20 years and I'm ready to do a lot for it!

The French Cup came to an end for my team last night... There were 1,200 of us Valenciennes supporters on the 20-hour round trip bus journey last night. Facing Olympique Lyonnais, a Ligue 1 Uber Eat club, it wasn't easy... We'll be back next year!

Hello everyone. Back in France after 3 days in your city. I left with lots of memories, photos and good times. You really do have a city steeped in history and I admire the fact that you've managed to keep your traditional identity. I'll probably be back before the end of 2024. Thank you to everyone I met!

Match day for Southampton's women's team! I'll be in the Kingsland stand before my return to France! Enjoy the game.

Good game everyone!

Hello Southampton ! 🇬🇧🤝🇲🇫

I'm really looking forward to coming to see you, I'm going to have a great time and I can't wait!

It's not difficult to adapt, here in the north of France we have almost the same weather as you haha

The night before the match, the night before my departure for your beautiful city of Southampton! See you tomorrow!

Local presse before 1 week: https://le11hdf.fr/vafc-je-ne-menflamme-pas-je-reste-comme-je-suis-affirme-joachim-kayi-sanda/

Joachim is a good player who can go far in his football career. He has a great mentality, is serious and hard-working on a daily basis. Honestly, I'd 1,000 times rather have him with you, in good hands, than somewhere else. Even if he's happy with us, I understand that he'll find it hard to stay this summer following our probable descent into the 3rd division. As for you, we'd love to have some of your players

I'm coming with a French friend who's been to your place several times before, and he knows the place really well, so it's going to go really well!

Hello ! No disappointment for me, very happy to come and see you and watch a good football match. Looking forward to Friday!

Let me reassure you, I'm a real person and I've been preparing for this trip for several months. I'm really pleased that it's coming up and I can't wait to get to know your club, your stadium, your city and maybe a few of you.

I don't know which stand I'll be in as I collect the tickets on the day of the match. However, I will be around Saint Mary's Stadium very early to welcome your players as they arrive by car at the Stadium. I look forward to sharing a friendly moment with you all.

Hello everyone! It is with great honour and pleasure that I announce my presence at Saint Mary's Stadium for next Friday's match against Middelbrough! It will be a first for me to travel to England, and not to London, but to Southampton! I'll be there for 3 days until Sunday! I hope I'll get the chance to meet some of you around Saint Mary's. I'd be delighted to exchange a few words with you (in imperfect English haha)!

He's not my president haha!

I'll be happy to take your prediction for next season! It's the destiny of all Sport Républic teams to have a complicated 1st season, but things will get better next season! A major clean-up this summer and a coherent and intelligent recruitment drive will hopefully enable us to get back up the table quickly! If you ever come to Valenciennes in France, you'll be very welcome! As for me, I'm off to Southampton very soon!

Resume of my local press this morning:

I'd like to thank you for doing everything you could to watch the match. Thank you too for cheering me up. It's a pleasure to read.

Hello, hello, hello! It was a difficult evening yesterday with a 3-0 defeat in the final. Clearly, it was a botched game on our part. We have exactly 9 matcha left before the end of the season and we are 16 points behind the 1st non-relegated team. The official relegation announcement shouldn't be long in coming. But hey. As far as the fans are concerned, we're already aware that we'll be playing in the 3rd division next season. Next year will be better, I have no doubt.