Toulouse, the first without an audience
A little months of a year ago, Amiens SC played its very first game behind closed doors in an expected reunion between the two relegated from the season interrupted by the Covid. A match in which Toulouse demonstrated its technical and collective superiority, presaging a difficult season for some and full of promise for others. On the eve of the reunion between the two clubs, Ie 11 Amiens you go back to this meeting. Go back.
The game
In search of a third consecutive victory, the Amiens SC will be awakened too late against a solid and attractive formation of Toulouse (0-1), which will have waited to be in numerical superiority to reach its domination. Before going to Auxerre, Oswald Tanchot’s players missed a great opportunity to hang up the right wagon, stagnating on the thirteenth ring.
AMIENS SC – TOULOUSE: 0-1 (0-0)
9th day of Ligue 2 BKT
Unicorn stadium, Amiens
Referee: M. Perreau Niel
But: Spierings (55th)
Expulsion: Blin (47th)
Warnings: Gomis (34th), Sy (67th), Lusamba (89th) for Amiens; Dejaegere (60th), Gabrielsen (90th + 2) for Toulouse
AMIENS SC: Gurtner – Alphonse (Papeau, 89th), Opoku, Wagué, Sy (Lewis, 81st) – Gomis (Bianchini, 81st), Blin (c.) Lusamba – Mendoza, Otero (Timité, 64th), Ciss
Substitutes: Thuram (left), Lewis, Assogba, Bianchini, Papeau, Traoré, Timité
Coach: Oswald Tanchot
TOULOUSE: Dupé – Amian, Gabrielsen (c.), Rouault – Moreira, Dejaegere (Sanna, 90th + 4), Spierings, Koné (Van den Boomen, 80th), Machado – Adli (Healey, 89th), Koulouris
Substitutes: Goicoechea (left), Rogel, Diarra, Sidibé, Sanna, Healey, Van den Boomen
Coach: Patrice Garande
The reaction
“It’s a stopping blow against a great team which was superior to us in the first half in the collective control. They were much more relaxed in what they generate. We were able to rebalance the debates at the end of the first period, but we did not have the pleasure of playing the second eleven against eleven to know what it could have given. My players were very courageous and finally, until the end, the feeling of being able to come back to the score. I had said before the match that it was the kind of meeting that could be played on a set piece, it was the case against us. . We had a too shy first half, where we suffered too much, but there was a match until the end and the players were in what we have been proposing for a while in self-sacrifice and solidarity. In the game, we know that we need to progress. When we have chances like these, against a team like Toulouse, we have to score. This is insufficient in terms of efficiency. “
Oswald Tanchot (Amiens SC coach)
The entirety of his reaction
Player of the match: Régis Gurtner
A first acrobatic parade, a ball which grazes its post. Regis had the Gods with him during the first half. After the break, he could not do anything on the corner in two stages which goes towards his nets but has overall with his team in the meeting.
The match notes from the editorial staff
The top
If Amiens suffered in the construction of the game, in the first period, the rare flashes came from Arnaud Lusamba. With a beautiful technique of ease, the former player of Nancy could well be the missing link between the midfielder and an attack lacking inspiration. Like Gaël Kakuta in the 2017/2018 season, he has the right profile to be this transition player, able to speed up the game with a pass or make a difference with a dribble. To be confirmed on a match where Amiens will have more control of the ball. From Saturday in Auxerre?
The highs of the renontre
The flop
During the first period, the difference in level between Amiens and his opponent was obvious. With efficient pressing, good use of the ball and a quick forward projection, the Toulousains completely suffocated their Amiens counterparts. Without a Régis Gurtner of great evenings, the bill could have been heavier. Completely caught in midfield, the Picards suffered during the entire first act of defense: Paradoxically, the Amiens held the 0-0 until half-time.
The flops of the meeting