Football – SM Caen. No goal in nine games: the cursed start of the season by Alexandre Mendy

Suspended against Dunkirk

Alexandre Mendy received a suspension match for having received three yellow cards in less than ten games. He will miss the trip to Dunkirk on Friday December 18, 2020.

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A bad series

The old Bordeaux is a rock in point of fixation. His 12 duels won against Troyes (against seven lost) testify to his impact in this sector of play. In addition to the power that we know him, his quality in delivery and his sense of the game are precious. “I am satisfied with his match,” said Pascal Dupraz by analyzing the performance delivered against the former leader of Ligue 2. The four out of play conceded are not the only points that “pollute his performance”. Alexandre Mendy again missed a huge scoring opportunity, alone within six meters. Gauthier Gallon, the opposing goalkeeper, managed to deflect his head on the post. The number 19 of Stade Malherbe was no more successful in the second period on a good cross from Kélian Nsona that he failed to cut.

There are series like that. This series will stop, that’s for sure. He must continue to work and remember that: I have more confidence in Alexandre today than I had when he arrived.

One goal in 2020

Holder six times in the nine games he played this season, Alexandre Mendy is 531 minutes without shaking the nets. It is not for lack of having had the opportunities to do so, starting with the unfortunate penalty missed at Paris FC on October 31, 2020. Yacine Bammou, generous, had let his comrade shoot to allow him to unlock his counter. But Alexandre Mendy, whose last goal dates back to January 2020, had not converted the offering. Worst scenario for the confidence so important in a goalscorer? “I don’t think he doubts,” says his teammate Jessy Pi. He’s someone who has enormous self-confidence. ”

The example of Habib Diallo

Nevertheless, “the more we talk about it, the more it will question him”, underlines Pascal Dupraz. In the absence of Yacine Bammou, Caen’s top scorer (five goals including three penalties) and with a one-point system, it is however difficult to escape the silence of the best-referenced Caen striker. “We must not forget that his preparation was truncated. He arrived late with us. All this put end to end that the post comes to prevent him from opening his meter. It’s like that. “

However, there is no question of falling into fatalism. Jessy Pi remembers‘Habib Diallo, crossed in Brest in 2017-2018. ” With us, he had scored ten goals but he missed a lot, he blamed himself… The following year, he scored 26 with Metz. These are people who manage to create chances in every game. The day it comes in, it doesn’t stop afterwards. It can do us a lot of good. “Twelfth attack in Ligue 2, Caen can only claim the climb with more prolific scorers.

The action of the first half in photos

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