“Valenciennes Secures Vital Win for Ligue 2 Survival with 1-0 Victory over Grenoble”

Valenciennes had to win to hope to keep its place in Ligue 2 next year, and it’s done, beating Grenoble on the smallest of margins 1-0. The work is not yet finished, they will have to go and fight in Saint-Étienne to hope to hold on next week.

Composition :

VAFC: Mother – Linguet, Poha, Cuffaut, Sheep – Kaba, Masson – Boutoutaou, Haouari, Hammer – Grbic.

Grenoble : Maubleu – Tourraine, Monfray, Tchaptchet, Mendy – Elephant, island, Benet – Sbaï, Tell, Phaeton.

First period :

Start of the match, in a Hainaut stadium which is back in color for the last home game. However, the two teams gauge each other during the first quarter of an hour of play and therefore no opportunity to report. The first situation occurs in the 18th minute, Jordan Tell tries his luck but his shot flies into the stands. Superb opportunity for Valenciennes, Hamache launched on the right side, finds Boutoutaou in the area which gives Grbic and sends a powerful shot but the goalkeeper was on the trajectory, still 0-0. Half an hour into the game, Hamache failed to find the target, well served by Adrian Grbic. Just before the break, Grenoble gets a free kick near the surface, unfortunately the ball goes close and the two teams part back to back.

me-time : A balanced first period, both teams had chances but neither finished deep. The VAFC in great danger for the maintenance, must prevail.

Second period:

The match resumed and Valenciennes returned with good intentions, and immediately put Maubleu in the situation, but he remained vigilant. Big opportunity for the VAFC, Kaba sends Hamache deep and finds himself in 2 against 2 but he manages the counter-attack badly. Then, it was Boutoutaou who missed his shot following a shot repelled by the Grenoble goalkeeper. Many wasted opportunities for the Northerners. Finally, Valenciennes are rewarded for their opportunities, Kaba inadvertently deflects the ball following a repelled strike from a corner which ends up in the back of the net. 1-0. Few opportunities to note after the hour of play. After the last intense minutes, Valenciennes finally wins and offers the right to hope for maintenance.

changes

VAFC: Boutoutaou <> Boudraa (76e), Houari <> Diliberto (82e), Cuffaut <> Debuchy (82e), Hamache <> Ben Seghir (89e), Grbic <> Bonnet.

Grenoble : Phaeton <> Ba (69e), Isola <> Perez (78e), Ngando <> Correa (78e).

Arthur Chanselle

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