In a delicate position this season, Nantais, Lorientais and Clermontois missed the boat this Sunday.
How cruel it is. All in their own way, Nantais, Lorientais and Clermontois can harbor enormous regrets this Sunday at the end of their match of the 19e day of Ligue 1, respectively against Reims, Le Havre and Strasbourg.
In Champagne, the Canaries signed a goalless draw while Kadewere had the opportunity to offer victory to his new club from the penalty spot (73e). With all the more disappointment as the FCN remains 13e in the standings with only three points ahead of the red zone. Reims for its part is in sixth position, just ahead of OM, four units from the Top 4.
Ayew back in the forefront
The scenario is even more infuriating for Lorient, who joined the score at the end of the match and thought they made the difference in added time through Bamba (90e+1). This is without taking into account the exceptional self-sacrifice of Ayew, who scored in the wake of a daring acrobatic gesture (90e+4) to snatch the sharing of points (3-3). The Ghanaian, freshly returned from the CAN, had already struck for the first late equalizer for Le Havre (85e). A response then to Kari (51e) and Louza (33e), rookie already decisive for the Bretons, who had turned things around after Sabbi’s opening score from the penalty spot (15e).
Thus thwarted, Lorient remains bottom of the elite, three lengths from the waterline. Clermont, also in the red, could have regained the surface but Strasbourg, although dominated in Auvergne, held on until the end (1-1). The essential Nicholson, out injured, allowed the Clermontois to avoid the worst however (52e) while Dion had struck first for the RCSA in this game (34e). What remains is the unvalidated double – rightly so – from Caufriez to leave many regrets for the locals this Sunday.
