A whirlwind start, an intense and spectacular first half, with game, opportunities, hope, then misses in front, punishing errors behind, and ultimately, survival nonetheless, simply because the others did not do better to catch up in the standings. Defeating Rouen this Friday (3-1), Aubagne-Air Bel offered a condensed summary in 90 minutes of their season of two faces, with, in conclusion, a promise and questions: they will indeed be in Ligue 3 next season as Châteauroux can no longer surpass them, but they will need to find the means to build around Karim Masmoudi a project that holds up in the long run. This Friday, Scaab had started on almost perfect footing with Mayilla’s header goal (18), which should have been the breakthrough after a missed one-on-one by the top scorer for Aubagne, Mokrane Bentoumi (7 goals), and a series of gifts from Normandy. But the winger with rapid progression was off his game and decided to give one back to Rouen (41), while a risky exit by Nouichi, usually decisive, had already cost them the equalizer. Ba Sy had tried everything…
