Marie Schepers left the FCF Hénin-Beaumont team (above with the captain's armband) to evolve from January 1st to Gantoise (Belgium). Currently laid off by the northern club, she confides in Hearts football to take stock of his situation. The 25-year-old midfielder wants to find pleasure in the field and the situation of his heart club is managed, not without some internal changes. Selected excerpts.

To begin with Marie, what is your current situation?
"I am now a player from Ghent, and laid off at the FCF Hénin-Beaumont as an educator, I continued to work for the club, to train the young but I did not play anymore. of all this situation with the leaders that reverberated on the ground, I took my business and I left.I made the decision to stop playing during the trip to Vendenheim, returning from Korea where we Before the match I learned from the parents of my players that one of the members of the management was planning to kick me out of my job because I had forgotten pairs of socks in the jersey bag of my young when I had just returned from Korea for 2 days and there were no more socks at the club.It was the drop of water too much especially that I always have given to my young people, it was constantly looking for trouble, I I was exhausted and suddenly I did not take pleasure to play. I had to dissociate my work from the field to play liberated, serenely and can also avoid injuries. "

What is the starting point of your different?
"At the beginning there was a president who was very good (Stéphane Pérrot), he was there to advance the club, and especially there for his players.He benefited from a professional transfer in June and since it is the members of His office took over, and the different started before the recovery because a large majority of the team and I did not agree with their decision, which had repercussions on the group and on our future. As captain I took my responsibilities to club leaders by going back what we thought because with the six runs, it was not this year that we had to remove everything, it is this year that I had to fight for this club for 10 years and I did not want everything to collapse during this pivotal year.The preparation course at the beginning of the season was removed, they don't have not renewed the they contracts for the future that the former president had validated, we found ourselves without attackers with no means of recruitment (the four being gone this summer: Branquart, Julian, Lewandowski, Banner). After we learn that they want to fire the coach during the transfer window 15 days of recovery and they had not renewed the physical trainer who brought us a lot. Apparently there was no money for all this: OK no problem but in this case it was necessary to warn us at the end of the season, be transparent from the beginning and not to do all this two weeks of recovery. We had to allow ourselves to make our decision in the choice of our club and avoid all these spontaneous changes. We wondered where we were going when we learned all this before even the championship, I was afraid for the future of my heart club, the team, for me it was the beginning of the end. I took my responsibilities but since then it's the war ... "

What do you think of the current situation of the team?
"Honestly we have not had a bowl since the beginning of the season, we never have the whole team on this first part, not always our guardian, the U17 who was not allowed to play at the beginning, a lot of injured, suspended and selected in the teams of France.You play with this fact with a team that changes constantly according to absentees with youngsters thrown into the bath.We really had a lot of bad luck. could not or did not want to put the means to fill the departures so as soon as there was a wounded, there was a big repercussion on the team.I wish them to stay.They will stay if the team returns to the It will also depend on the results of the teams above her, but I believe in them. "

"To take pleasure in the field
and win my place in Gent "
Hénin lived some great years in the elite, what was missing to stay and keep this regional leadership?
"A lack of maturity, but we've always had a fairly young squad, so it's not surprising for us, for the second season when we go down, we're not once in the red zone. must be a draw from the sky for Saint-Etienne against Montpellier on the last day (1-1). No need to go back on that ... As much in the first year we had a very bad start, we made seven consecutive defeats after a draw against Yzeure on the first day. Subsequently we only took suitcases for six games. From there we won 6-1 against Guingamp "out of I do not know where" and we get up by making a superb second part of the championship. We go down with 44 points including six wins and four draws, the record for a relegated ... After, in recent years, the other clubs grow up, have more resources and come to look for our best players and often young promising that the club has launched but who does not have the means to hold back. "

Today Hénin is no longer a regional top club, overtaken by Arras or Lille
"No, there is no more leadership, clubs like Lille are going to grow up and when you have this brand, these means and these structures, you are moving faster." In Hénin, we had good infrastructure and it worked really good sporting level. in all categories but no means.With the lack of administrative and financial structures it can not work as well as before with a women's football that is structured more and more.If Hénin goes down it may die. is my opinion, and it would be a shame with all the work that has been done in sports structuring. "
Do you see yourself remaining a salaried employee of the club under the current conditions?
"I would like to stay there even if I still have to take on myself, at least until the end of the season to continue with my young people (contract until August 2016, ed.) They cried and went on a training strike when they knew that I might be fired, it hurts my heart, and it's very difficult for me, who has not seen them for five years. "

How was this rapprochement with Ghent?
"We did a warm-up match against Team B this summer and I already thought it was a great team, they also lost a midfielder (on injury), and I wanted to keep my job by continuing to play at a good level so I had to stay in the area but could not play in D2 (the rules prevent it, ed), I made contact with them and we had lunch together. 'was gone !"

The goals of the club?
"The main objective is to play the Playoffs.1 In Belgium it is a SuperLeague closed with POs at the end for the first four.They make a mini-championship to four of which the first two are qualified for the league champions and the first is champion.
The goal is to be fourth and in the long run in the two best. Compared to France it has nothing to do, there is much more intensity and rhythm, it is very athletic and very powerful: you never stop!
The hardest for me is the language barrier, no one speaks French except a little player. The coach too but he gives his instructions in Dutch so from time to time I am a little lost. It takes time for me to adapt but it is a nice group and it has welcomed me very well. "

"If Henin goes down
it may die "
Level structures?
"Already everyone is in their place there, compared to what I have been living lately is already something different.There are many people working around and there is a real follow-up. I had to go to the hospital to pass a battery of exams, according to that the cardiologist made me a special program according to the results.Before signing I had also already a whole package of club business without nothing to ask me while Henin we had always had nothing.Everything is done for the good of the players.Level physical structures there is a synthetic training ground last generation with all it needs, simple but it does not There is no need for more and then a very good stadium for matches, very welcoming.In any case it is very professional and there is a real follow-up in each area (physical, technical, mental, care). "

What (s) big difference (s) with France?
"There are five good teams, the rest is average, for me it's stronger than the D2 according to what I know, but after that it's midfielder / maintain D1, teams like Anderlecht or the Standard is clearly middle of the table. "

Do you feel that you have additional experience with the France team?
"It's always something important, a more interesting experience, but nothing special ... In addition there are only internationals, a dozen are young Belgian internationals and A."

Do you still see a future for you in the France team?
"I do not know, already what matters to me at the moment is to take pleasure in the field and win my place in Gent I will obviously be less visible but this is not the goal. honestly admit I do not know if I will return ... "

Photo Credit: LLDLM.

Interviewed by Adrien Bray