Toulouse stalls against Pau, Nancy wakes up against Bastia
Toulouse small arms
For its first match of the year in the Championship, Téfécé could regain leadership in the standings. The Toulousans will not have shown much for more than an hour, entangled in the middle of the Pau organization, but above all for lack of ideas, intensity and speed. The opener for Pau FC by Jovan Nisic, following a cross from Lobrey and a first strike from Zakaria Naidji (54th), was to wake up the best attack in Ligue 2. But against Pau enraged in defense and their goalkeeper, Alexandre Oliero, impeccable in the opposing strong time, the Violets wasted a lot of chances. By dint of pushing, Téfécé found the opening on a small feat from Branco Van den Bommen (78th). A minimum of evil but which should not satisfy anyone in Toulouse, which, if it takes over first place in the standings, will have displayed a lot of shortcomings.
Nancy remains hopeful
With only twelve points on the clock before this day, Nancy no longer had much choice against Bastia. It was necessary to win to maintain a slim hope of maintenance. Despite the absence on the bench of their new coach, Albert Cartier, in solitary confinement due to a Covid-19 infection, the Lorrains had attacked the meeting well, rewarded by the opener of the score of Thomas Basila (25th ) on a corner of rookie Antonin Bobichon. Unable to take shelter afterwards, Nancy was caught by Saadi, an opportunist five minutes from the end of the match (85th). But the Nancy people did not resign themselves, snatching a precious victory, the third of the season, on a header from Jung, well served by the center of Bondo (90th). Nancy returns to six points behind the barrage, Amiens, who have one game less.
Dijon reacts
Patrice Garande, the coach of Dijon, expected a big reaction from his players, especially after their poor performance last Saturday at home and the defeat against Nîmes (1-2). The Burgundian technician had not taken off after the declarations of some of his players (Philippoteaux and Sammaritano) who had spoken of maintenance during the week. The victory on the lawn of Rodez (2-0) will certainly help calm the spirits at the DFCO. Congré, on an instantaneous control-strike sequence (27th) and a counter-flash enhanced by the strike from Dobre (55th), allowed Dijon to achieve a fairly quiet success and to get some air in the red zone.
And also…
It was a very sad match that the spectators of Roudourou attended on Saturday between Guingamp and Grenoble (0-0). If the Isérois missed a few opportunities to come back with a better result, this point obtained in Brittany puts an end to a worrying series of five defeats in a row.