[J28] Amiens SC – Nancy: the tops and flops

Without being flamboyant and even very close to being caught by the red lantern, Amiens SC finally provided the essential against Nancy (1-0) thanks to a goal from Chadrac Akolo at the end of the game. Discover our tops/flops of this 28th day of Ligue 2.

The tops

Chadrac Akolo, the perfect rebound

A week after missing a golden opportunity 2-0 in Pau, Chadrac Akolo this time was the savior of Amiens SC against Nancy. In a padlocked match that seemed to be heading towards a split in points, the Congolese made the difference with a curled shot at the entrance to the penalty area, less than ten minutes after entering the game. “He was very unhappy to have missed the 2-0 last week and even apologized for it at the end of the match, which is rare, notes Philippe Hinschberger. I never blamed him and he gave the best answer. The rest is literature. “Already a scorer coming off the bench against Dunkirk and Guingamp, the number 19 of the ASC confirms his status as a super sub.

Amiens finally in the top 10!

We had to wait until the 28th day and the month of March to see Amiens SC finally appear in the first part of the table! After tripping over the carpet away from home, conceding a draw at Rodez (1-1) then losing to Pau (2-1), the Picards took advantage of Guingamp’s draw (1 -1) and the new defeat of Niort (2-0) to climb to ninth place after their eighth success of the season against Nancy. “It concretizes a good course at home, especially since October when we are effective, welcomes the coach of Amiens SC. It is the fruit of our work and our results for three months, but if, at the end of September, I had been told that we would have thirty-six points in mid-March, I would have signed with both hands. “There are now half a dozen left to glean to have the assurance of still being in Ligue 2 next year and perhaps finally being able to play in the top 5.

Matthieu Dossevi, a promising return

Almost six months after his last and so far only match with Amiens SC in Ligue 2, Matthieu Dossevi made his comeback in the victory against Nancy (1-0). Established in a role of right piston, the former Messin did not quite play the same role as Owen Gene, being much more offensive and returning regularly inside to leave the corridor to Formose Mendy. Anyway, he showed good things especially in the first period with this strike on the top of the crossbar of Baptiste Valette. Still “at 40 or 50% of its capacity” according to Philippe Hinschberger, Matthieu Dossevi logically dropped off in the second half until his replacement at the start of the last quarter of an hour. Either way, he has undoubtedly laid the foundations for an interesting end to the season.

The flops

Pre-match excesses

If the kick-off of the meeting was delayed by seventeen minutes, it was due to incidents involving several dozen Lorraine supporters at the foot of the south stand and its visitor parking lot. Eager to disrupt the smooth running of the meeting, the ASNL ultras challenged the police, forced to use tear gas in the tunnel leading to the parking lot. What disrupt the holding of the Amiens warm-up and disturb a good number of spectators already seated in the stands. In addition to this temporary inconvenience, the people of Lorraine also damaged equipment (burnt lawn, torn fence) on the facilities of the training grounds juxtaposing the Unicorn stadium. Two supporters were arrested, a complaint filed and the management of Amiens SC has already indicated that it will send the note of the incidents to the Lorraine club.

Nancy supporters freaking out on the grounds behind the south stand… 😶 @asnlofficiel @AmiensSC … #ASCASNL pic.twitter.com/L6BIRjd8CX

– Antoine (@_Cerwyn) March 12, 2022

An unspectacular game

Far from the shower of goals from their last home matches, Amiens SC had to wait until the last ten minutes to shake the net against Nancy. Blame it on a lack of change of pace for most of the first period, then on a lack of realism on returning from the locker room. All this against a brave but extremely limited and terribly imprecise Nancy team on a technical level. As proof, the Amiens goal came from a fairly rough ball loss by Rosario Latouchent forty meters from his goals. Enough to lead to a liberating goal for the supporters of Amiens SC who will have had to take their troubles patiently.

Romain PECHON with Benjamin HERMEL