On the move to Reims (15th), Saint-Étienne (14th) fell heavily (3/1). The Greens do not give themselves air in the standings.
This Saturday evening again, the first two shots from Reims ended at the bottom of the Stéphanois nets. Boulaye Dia transforms a penalty (10th) and offers himself a double (37th). As a symbol, the goal of the 3/0 is a csc from Mahdi Camara (58th). Charles Abi will symbolically reduce the mark to a quarter of an hour from the end (3/1, 72nd). The seven-game unbeaten streak comes to an abrupt end.
So yes, the penalty awarded to Reims is strange (we do not really understand which fault is sanctioned). Yes the Rémois can (must?) Find themselves reduced to 10 after a big fault on Denis Bouanga (15th). But still … How can we go from a successful performance against Paris to this football porridge?
ASSE confirms in any case that it has a hard time overcoming the “poorly classified”. Concerning since it is against these teams that we will have to fight for the maintenance … Saint-Étienne ends the first leg with 19 small points. Unnatural.
The top
Romain Hamouma. It brings danger after its return, at the break. As in the 65th where he played all the defense of Reims before running up against the keeper. Maybe he should have started? But could he physically?
Charles Abi opens his goal counter in Ligue 1 this evening. A click for the young striker?
The flop
Panos Retsos. Lots of players could have flopped tonight. The choice unfortunately falls on the Greek defender. Good against Paris, he only played half time against Reims. Like last October (he started in the green jersey against Nice and was injured in Metz in the following match), his body let go in the meeting following his first tenure. It’s annoying. The player seems far too fragile.
Claude Puel is also not exempt from all reproach. So interesting in his approach to major meetings, the general manager changes a good part of his team tonight (Romain Hamouma and Lucas Gourna, two of the three best against PSG start on the bench). The end result proves him wrong.
The fact of the match
Mathieu Debuchy’s big failure at 1/0. We are approaching half an hour of play, the Greens are led by a small goal and will have a golden opportunity to equalize. On a wonderful ball from Adil Aouchiche in the back of the Reims defense, Mathieu Debuchy finds himself alone against Predrag Rajkovic, near the six meters. But he completely unscrews his strike. Ten minutes later, Reims will make the break (2/0, 37th).
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