Two teams at the start of comparable seasons were opposed at the Liberation stadium at the start of the evening. Defensive largesse provided opportunities for both sides from the opening minutes of the game.
Jimmy Nirlo’s brilliant inspiration
In the middle of the first half, the match changed in two minutes. First with the expulsion of Anthony Oyono for a dangerous gesture during air contact with Rémi Bonenfant. Then for a foul by Moltenis in his penalty area (27 ‘). But Simon Pontdemé played the providential men on the Boulonnais side, starting on the right side to stop Guillaume Khous’s penalty. Five minutes later, the Boulogne goalkeeper signed a new high-class parade by pushing back at close range a Caladoise header from a corner. On the other hand, he could not do anything on the superb inspiration of Jimmy Nirlo – a lobbed strike that came to lodge in the opposite window – at the conclusion of a superb collective movement of the Caladois Tigers (43 ‘, 0-1).
The Caladois got scared
Over the course of a second act in which Eric Chelle’s players tried to exploit the meager counter opportunities as best they could, it was the visitors who took advantage of their numerical superiority to establish their grip on the meeting. Without managing to register the goal of the break which would have put them permanently in the shelter. The Boulonnais entrants almost changed the situation 15 minutes from the end, but the powerful strike of the top scorer of the red and black this season, Malhory Noc, crashed on the bar of Jean-Christophe Bouet. Villefranche wins by the smallest of margins and will be satisfied with it. Hervé Della Maggiore’s men remain unbeaten after five days. Boulogne concedes a second consecutive setback and will have to get back on track in Bastia next Friday.
US Boulogne ratings
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Simon Pontdeme (7)
- Anthony Oyono (not rated)
- Boris Moltenis (4)
- Rayan Frikeche (5) (c)
- Leroy Abanda (5) : replaced by Pierret (65th)
- Guillaume Beghin (5)
- Teddy Okou (6): replaced by Mawungu (78th)
- Junior Senneville (4)
- Antoine Hainaut (6)
- Herman Moussaki (4) : replaced by Nsikulu (65th)
- Ibrahim Fofana (3) : replaced by Noc (63rd)
- Eric Chelle (6)
FC Villefranche-Beaujolais ratings
- Jean-Christophe Bouet (5)
- Jérémy Romany (4) : replaced by Frédéric Injai (79th)
- Kevin Renault (7)
- Nicolas Flégeau (6)
- Jimmy Nirlo (8)
- Guillaume Khous (6)
- Thimotée Taufflieb (7) : replaced by Antunes (90th)
- Remi Bonenfant (5)
- Adrien Pagerie (5)
- Adrian Dabasse (6): replaced by Guilavogui (79th)
- Simon Elisor (4)
- Hervé Della Major (6)
Tops
Simon Pontdeme (7): The Boulogne wall could not prevent his team from losing tonight, but what a match! By making at least four exceptional saves, he allowed his people to stay in the match until the end.
Thimotée Taufflieb (7) : He shone in the midfield Caladois in the absence of the playing master Rémi Sergio. Omnipresent, precise in transmissions, his niac was contagious and allowed his family to leave Pas-de-Calais with three points.
Jimmy Nirlo (8): Author of an average start to the season in central hinge, the ex-Burgien excelled in the middle tonight. His majestic performance was rewarded with a marvel of goal at the end of the first half. And he almost put it back in the second half on a sudden strike that came to die a few inches from Pontdeme’s skylight.
Malhory Noc (not rated): Special mention at the start of the 63rd minute. Striking, enterprising, he could have become the hero of Bolt if his missile had not crushed the bar of JC Bouet.
The flops
Ibrahim Fofana (3): Transparent tonight, he paid the price for the expulsion of his teammate and the defensive withdrawal of his team. He had to become the first defender and seemed lost, alone in attack.
Anthony Oyono (not rated): He leaves his teammates at 10 after his expulsion for a dangerous and unnecessary gesture on Rémi Bonenfant.
Simon Elisor (4): Surely the Caladois the least to his advantage this evening. In lack of success in the zone of truth, he did not know how to make himself sufficiently available for his teammates and showed awkwardness at times.
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