the Chamois Niortais get the 2-2 draw in Nancy

The Chamois Niortais obtained the draw 2-2 on the lawn of Nancy on the occasion of the 21st day of Ligue 2.

Niort had a perfect start to the game, taking the upper hand from the start in the impact and the throws forward. Domination materialized from the 12th minute: Pape Ibnou Ba, perfectly launched in the depth, lobe Valette, and opens the score.

The rest is more complicated. With first this goal against his camp of Conté at the 28th. During his defensive return from an opponent’s corner, wanting to get the ball out of the head, he slips it under the crossbar. 1-1.

The second blow of the sledgehammer occurs in added time (46th): Doukansy, warned in the 5th minute, takes a second yellow card for a fault in an aerial duel with Scheidler. Hard even if the Nancy rookie plays the shot well to influence the referee.

“I don’t prefer to talk about the red card. These are two yellows that seem severe to me. The opposing team provokes well“summed up coach Sébastien Desabre after the game. The Chamois collected their fifth red of the season, the third resulting from the addition of two yellows.

These Chamois never abdicate

But even reduced to ten this season, the Chamois Niortais have proven that they never abdicate (as in the heroic draw against Grenoble). At the 62nd, Bilal Boutobba, started on the right side, looks up and crosses hard in the box, at the far post.

In a formidable timing, the inevitable Pape Ibnou Ba takes over the defense to put on an angry head and register his 10th goal of the season. Against the course of the game, Niort regains the advantage, temporarily sowing doubt in the minds of Lorraine.

This is without counting once again on a corner of Rocha Santos to the 83rd. Corner taken from … head by Mickaël Biron, who responds tit for tat, leaving Michel helpless on his line. 2-2, final score.

“There are inevitably regrets. For me, those are two points lost because we were able to reorganize well after the expulsion and we had the opportunities to score a third goal. We would have deserved the victory if we had been able to fold the match at 2-1. But I still remember the state of mind, the combativeness of the players and their debauchery of energy, even reduced to ten. Afterwards, we took two goals from a corner, the statistics are there“concluded the technician from Niort.

In the standings, Niort gains a place and is now 11th in Ligue 2.

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