The draw of the Raf in the North (0-0), Saturday February 18, does not allow the partners of Rémy Boissier to leave the last place.
Rodez does not really help his case. Despite the draw (0-0) won at Valenciennes, a mid-table team, on Saturday February 18, the Ruthénois remain stuck in last place in the standings and see their series without a victory in the league extended to seven games.
In the North, the men of Didier Santini shared the points after a meeting poor in opportunity and rhythm. With a revamped starting lineup, since some usual holders were left on the bench (Serge-Philippe Raux-Yao and Akim Abdallah) or out of the group (Bradley Danger), the blood and gold were the most enterprising in the first period. But without getting many situations on the goal of Stefan Bajic, if not a too crushed strike from Killian Corredor (31st) or a distant recovery from Clément Depres passed slightly above (39th).
After Mpasi, Cibois was injured
Basically, the real highlight of the first act was the exit on injury of Sébastien Cibois. The Ruthenian goalkeeper, back in goal due to the injury of Lionel Mpasi against Nîmes (1-1) a week earlier, was hit in the right shoulder after contact with Jonathan Buatu and could not resume the game.
His substitute, Thomas Secchi, has been in high demand for his second career appearance in Ligue 2, his first this season. After a first horizontal in front of a distant shot from Aymen Boutouaou (54th), he was the author of a decisive reflex save in front of Adrian Grbic (74th).
Rodez held on during the highlight of Valenciennes
Enough to allow the Raf to hold on during the Valenciennes highlight, which continued with a header from Noah Diliberto passed just wide (76th), on a cross from the former Ruthénois Ugo Bonnet, who had just come into play. .
By holding firm at the end of the match, the Aveyronnais managed to preserve the point of a draw, which was however not enough to improve their situation in the standings, with two points behind the first non-relegation player, pending the duel between Nîmes (17th ) and Saint-Etienne (16th), Monday February 20.
