Dilane Bakwa Shines in RC Strasbourg Victory: Man of the Match Performance

Man of the Match: Dilane Bakwa (7): Isn’t his name George Best or Luis Figo? The French player has really found a place in Vieira’s 11. Not hesitating to cross or shoot, he allowed his team to open the scoring in the 18th minute: Delaine got a ball back on the left wing and Sissoko launched Emegha deep. The attacker struck with his left foot, Bulka pushed back to Bakwa’s legs. The player was in a good position and made a change to the Polish goalkeeper. Bakwa scored in the part of the goal where the expected goal was the highest, 0.83. He could have opened the scoring earlier in the game: unfortunately, in the 3′, the 21-year-old striker’s left-footed shot hit Bulka’s post. At other times in the game, he could have made the break or put both teams back on level terms with his shots but also passes that could have been decisive. Strasbourg’s marksman of the day was replaced by the young Aboubacar Ali. This is the 18-year-old striker’s sixth game in Ligue 1 Uber Eats.

RC Strasbourg (3-4-2-1)

Alaa Bellarouch (4): Like the rest of the team, the Strasbourg keeper had a good first half overall but declined to the point of collapse. The penalty at the end of the first period didn’t help as well as the quick goal after he came back from the locker room.

Frederic Guilbert (5,5): Saïdou Sow was put back on the bench, certainly after his poor performance in Lille. So it was Guilbert who got the place back in the center of defense, a place he only took until the 69th minute, since he moved to the left wing after replacing Delaine. Not being transgender, he had a good match.

Abakar Sylla (5): Like most of his players, he completely fell apart in the second half. Too bad for the former Bruges player who had a good first half. He also received a yellow card on the hour mark for a double foul in the Nice camp.

Lucas Perrin (6): The old Marseilles is one of the rare Alsatians that did not fall. Still as strong as ever, he stopped the ball from making it 3-1 in the 60′: Mohamed Ali Cho tried a small pass towards Guessand in the middle. Perrin got involved and cleared the ball out of danger.

Marvin Senaya (5): Despite a ball of 2 everywhere, it also fell. A positive point is that his crosses are getting better and better, like a cross in the 25th minute that Sissoko took at the edge of the area but was unfortunately caught by Bulka.

Thomas Delaine (3): Certainly on the first goal, it was unfortunate that the balance cost Racing the fall.

Andrey Santos (6): Fighting is the key word in his performance. He received a yellow card in the 49th minute for a foul on Dante. He was important in getting the ball back: for example in the 50′, Mohamed Ali Cho accelerated on the right and sent it back in the middle towards Thuram. Andrey Santos established himself at the feet of the Nice defensive midfielder.

Habib Diarra (4): An off day for the young Senegalese. His best performance this afternoon was falling in a tackle from the referee.

Ibrahima Sissoko (5): A good game for him, with 89% of the passes successful (24/27), his influence will have been positive at least in the first half. In this game, he tried everything (shots, headers, crosses, tools) without ever succeeding.

Dylan Bakwa (7): see above

Emmanuel Emegha (6): At last!! The Dutch international hopeful finally took his chance undaunted. As in the 14th minute: Emegha accelerated down the right and came in to beat him. Bulka won in two stages on this cross. Just 4 minutes later, he opened the scoring (see above). Unfortunately, it gradually faded until it was invisible. So it is logical that Kevin Gameiro was replaced in the 78th minute which was not sensational either.

OGC Nice (4-3-3)

Marcin Bulka (3): Not very confident, too little confidence this afternoon for the Côte d’Azur club. He didn’t get a shot from Emegha (see above), repeating the opening score. His clearances were not very effective, for example in the 82′: Ali Abdallah blocked a pass from Bulka, but the Polish goalkeeper finally recovered the ball.

Pablo Rosario (5): A fairly neutral game for the Dutch midfielder reset as a right back.

Jean-Clair Todibo (3): The former Barcelona player did not deliver the game of his life.

Dante (5,5): A complex game to analyze for the defender who has experienced everything in his career, both the Champions League with Bayern and the World Cup with Brazil, including the 7 -1 against Germany. Defensively and offensively, he was not special, but there is only one thing: he was decisive for Nice immediately after returning from the locker room. At 52′, Dante gave the Aiglons the advantage on a corner taken by Boga. The player found Dante at the penalty spot. The Gym captain sent a powerful header that Bellaarouch was unable to stop. For your information, he only had 0.06 expected goals.

Bard Melvin (5): The Lyon-trained full-back also delivered a rather neutral performance. Melvin Bard was booked for cheating on Senaya in the 75′.

Hachim Boudaoui (4): With only 26 balls touched, it was reasonable that Morgan Sanson was replaced in the 62nd minute. A profitable choice for Francesco Farioli since his midfielder arrived to end the suspense. Looking at his former club, the midfielder was found in the center at the entrance of the area. His kick found the right little netting at Bellaarouch.

Youssouf Ndayishimie (5): Taken over in midfield by Santos, Antoine Mendy was replaced in the 62nd minute.

Kephren Thuram (5,5): The son of Lilian Thuram, the 1998 world champion, is the player with the most chances created in the game. In the 34 ‘: The midfielder eliminated two players in front of the area before moving Guessand, alone in the middle. The centre-forward’s shot was off target.

Mohamed Ali Cho (5): Former Angevins were very mischievous. He still got the action that changed everything in the game, that is the penalty in the 41′. It was replaced in the 70s by Moffi.

Jeremy Boga (5.5): If we had to sum up his game with one word, it would be “mean”. In fact, throughout the game, he kept trying to cross. A technique that paid off as he delivered a decisive pass from a corner just after the players had returned to the pitch (see above). Jérémie Boga came out in the 81st minute in favor of Romain Perraud. Overall, a rather defensive change.

Evann Guessand (4): A keeper despite the presence of good Ligue 1 strikers on the bench, namely Moffi and Laborde. Invisible for a large part of the game, he still scored the equalizing goal from the penalty spot. In the 44th minute, the Niçois stopped his run and found the left corner of Bellaarouch who tried everything to destabilize him. Gaëtan Laborde was replaced in the 81st minute.