Ligue 2. A very cruel outcome for AS Nancy-Lorraine

Caen – ASNL

2-1

“Sorry”. Here is the little note sent by Pascal Dupraz to his counterpart Jean-Louis Garcia when they met at the entrance to the press room of the Michel-d’Ornano stadium a few minutes after the final whistle. This was not enough to console the Nancy coach. But that pretty much sums up an evening at the end of which the people of Nancy will have a lot of regrets. Because they should never have come back empty-handed from Calvados.

We wondered about ASNL’s ability to overcome its workforce concerns. Arranged in 4-4-2, she quickly dispelled these doubts during a solid first act where she was largely on par with Stade Malherbe. Better than that, she even planted a goal for him, the first conceded by the Caen from Michel d’Ornano this season.

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A short-lived advantage

It was Rocha who perfectly exploited a free kick obtained by Haag and excellently placed at the entrance to the box. Péan did not have a firm enough hand to take out the enveloped strike from the Nancy midfielder (0-1, 27 ‘).

Unfortunately for the ASNL, it only retained this advantage for two minutes. Time for Court and his left foot to distill a marvel of center at the penalty spot that the unfortunate Coulibaly, in the fight with the solid Mendy, deflected in his own goal, lobbing his forward goalkeeper (1-1, 29th) .

Too bad because the ASNL, almost never endangered, except on a few inspirations from Bammou, had done very well. She even took the upper hand in the recovery. Confiscating the ball and dictating its law to a Norman formation in its little shoes.

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Caen at ten

This domination could have paid off without a superb reflex stop by the young Péan on a pivot shot from Rocha (51 ‘). By dint of insisting, the ASNL pushed the Caennais to the fault. Late on Cissokho, Weber got his second warning and left his friends ten (64 ‘).

ASNL has tried everything to take advantage of this numerical superiority. But the attempts of Philippe, Haag, Rocha and Barka lacked precision, power or landed directly in the pognes of Péan. An inefficiency that the people of Nancy ended up paying at a high price.

Blame it on a succession of failed interventions and missed clearances to ultimately let slip and center Vandermersch at the very last second of added time. A fatal relaxation.

At the reception, the recovery of the Italian-American Geoacchini hit the mark! (2-1, 90 ‘+ 3). One of the rare Caen strikes of the second half. What a cruel outcome!

Update in Ligue 2

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