The OGCN, which folded without breaking in a Meinau stadium as always incandescent, confirmed its status as the best defense in the championship (21 goals conceded, 7 away) despite the early exclusion of its central defender and captain Dante (48th).
The Azureans, who contained a direct competitor in European places, can thank their Argentinian goalkeeper who multiplied the decisive parades, in particular at the end of the meeting when he had recovered the armband.
Nice second ahead of OM
After registering their fifth draw of the season, the Aiglons now total 46 points and are ahead of Marseille on goal difference. But OM will have the opportunity to recover their place as runners-up by bringing back a positive result from their trip to Troyes this Sunday (5:05 p.m.).
Strasbourg, who dominated the match (63% possession, 16 shots to 3), may regret their lack of efficiency. A victory would indeed have allowed the Alsatians to climb on the podium, while they finally fell to 5th place (43 points) behind Rennes (43 pts also), winner Friday in Montpellier (4-2).
Pushed by its boiling public, the RCSA started the meeting foot to the floor by imposing enormous pressure on the OGCN. Cornered in their camp, the Niçois, organized in 5-4-1 instead of the usual 4-4-2, had great difficulty getting out of their half of the field.
This very high pressing allowed the Strasbourgeois to create the first opportunity: after recovering the ball, Adrien Thomasson passed on to Anthony Caci, who combined in the box with Kevin Gameiro, whose curled shot from the right flew away above the goal (15th).
Impassable Walter Benitez
On the following action, the Azureans went against and Amine Gouiri, launched deep, penetrated the surface but was tackled superbly by Alexander Djiku before he could shoot (15th). Walter Benitez then pulled out a shot from Sanjin Prcic which took the direction of his top corner (29th).
Badly handled, the Aiglons however had a big chance just before half-time: after a loss of Alsatian ball, Andy Delort served Gouiri who managed to place a shot between two defenders but the ball fled the opposite skylight (45th) .
Upon returning from the locker room, the task of the Niçois was complicated with the exclusion of Dante for a second warning (48th). However, it was not until the last quarter of an hour to see the people of Strasbourg show themselves to be threatening. But Benitez proved intractable on a header from Gameiro (73rd), then against Habib Diallo (79th, 84th, 87th).
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