Thierry Laurey was in the mood for fun at a press conference, at the end of the short but precious success of Racing 1 to 0 in Lens (goal of Diallo, his seventh of the season, in the 21st minute). The Strasbourg coach delivered an anecdote that reveals how complicated the playing conditions were by the thick fog, which had engulfed in the enclosure of Bollaert: “I didn’t see the opposite. For the first time, I didn’t take any pleasure in coaching in the first half. You can’t see anything. I know Ludo (Ajorque) shot the post apparently. I Heard it over the noise. After the match, Sébastien Roi showed me the images on the iPad, I said ‘I can’t see anything’, even if I put on my glasses.
The players didn’t have much fun either, even if the fog lifted at the very end of the match. “It was difficult. From the midfield you couldn’t see the goalkeeper, tells the Strasbourg midfielder Jeanricner Bellegarde, back in his training club. It’s the first time I’ve played in such conditions, it’s not pleasant. I hope to never play again under these conditions “.
Racing is also emerging from the fog in the standings
Dominators in the first period, the Strasbourgers suffered more in the second half, but this success in Lens (the first since 1996) allows them to nibble another place in the standings. At the end of the first leg, they are 15th with 20 points and they now have a 6-point lead over 18th Dijon.
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