The large crowd who came to Nouste Camp this Saturday evening despite the weather was rewarded by a spectacular match between Pau FC and SCO d’Angers (4-4). This meeting will also get off to a flying start for Nicolas Usaï’s men since, following a missed clearance from Fofana, recovered by Sylla, Pau FC will open the scoring with a perfect collective movement. At the conclusion, Mons Bassouamina, the striker in form of the moment who marks his…
The large crowd who came to Nouste Camp this Saturday evening despite the weather was rewarded by a spectacular match between Pau FC and SCO d’Angers (4-4). This meeting will also get off to a flying start for Nicolas Usaï’s men since, following a missed clearance from Fofana, recovered by Sylla, Pau FC will open the scoring with a perfect collective movement. At the conclusion, Mons Bassouamina, the striker in form of the moment who scores his fifth goal in the last six days (1-0, 2nd). Boutaïb (7th) and Sylla (8th) could even have added to the score in the following minutes. If the SCO has the ball most of the time at the start of the match, Pau FC quickly plans to recover, often thanks to the speed of Sylla, and manages to endanger Alexandre Dujeux’s team. The counter-attack on which Fofana is forced to work to get out a new attempt from Bassouamina is the perfect illustration of this (15th). The SCO will punish this little lack of realism through Dioni who, after having eliminated D’Almeida and Kouassi too easily, manages to slip the leather under the belly of Kamara (1-1, 20th). Pau will react directly. On a good cross from Obiang, Lefort pushes back with a header on Boutaïb at the edge of the area. The Moroccan attacker did not ask any questions and fired a volley from the right which ended up in the back of the Angevin net (2-1, 30th). The end of the first act will be more balanced and less prolific.
Jostled in the first period by an attractive Pau team, the SCO will rebel as soon as they return from the locker room. On a free kick from Capelle, Hountondji header for Lopy who, alone in the middle, just has to throw himself to push the ball deep (2-2, 48th). Angers will even take the lead a few moments later. While Valery infiltrates the area, the Angevin full-back collapses when he comes into contact with Bassouamina. Mr. Leleu did not hesitate and awarded a penalty which Abdelli transformed to give his team the advantage (2-3, 58th). In a completely crazy match, Pau FC will once again react to a cross from Bassouamina perfectly taken by Sylla (3-3, 62nd). Angers pushes towards the end of the match and thinks they have done the hard part when Bahoya takes a ball pushed back by Kamara to score in turn and give his team the advantage (3-4, 88th). This was without taking into account the strength of character of Nicolas Usaï’s group and a huge hand fault from the Angevin goalkeeper which allowed Boutaïb to score a double by equalizing at the end of stoppage time (90th + 5)
Post-match reactions:
Nicolas Usaï (coach of Pau FC): “There is a double feeling tonight. The frustration of having conceded four goals, especially from set-pieces on which we were too gentle. And then there is the strength of character displayed to come back in stoppage time. We had a very good first half during which we created a lot of chances. What I remember this evening is the strength of character. It’s difficult to win by conceding four goals but we also have the capacity to score four… I think the people who attended this match had a great time and football is also made for that, to make experience emotions. »
Khalid Boutaïb (Pau FC striker): “It’s a good point to win because Angers is a very good team, a top player in the championship. We got through it at the start of the second half and then we had to let go of the horses to try to get back into the score. As I’ve been saying since the start of the season, it’s very good that I scored two goals tonight but the most important thing is the team’s performance. If I score a double and it doesn’t bring any points to the team, I won’t be that satisfied. »
Alexandre Dujeux (coach of SCO Angers): “We take a point against a very good Pau team performing well at home. Afterwards, there was a first half that I didn’t like at all because we used the ball badly and we found ourselves in difficulty each time we lost it. We rectified that at the break and we were better in the second half. We take a point, that’s a good thing. It’s annoying because we conceded a goal in stoppage time but overall in the match, I think this Pau team also deserved to take a point. »
2023-11-11 23:02:28
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