Football: in Regional 1, Le Grau-du-Roi provides the essentials

Without playing the match of its season, Saturday evening, Grau-du-Roi offered enough, against Frontignan, to win (2-1), take the leadership chair – while waiting for the result, this Sunday, from Montpellier Atlas to Saint-Estève – and go on vacation with a light mind.

‘'Honestly, it was a trap matchnoted Gard striker Akram El Mardi, passer and scorer, following this success. Even if the performance was not good, we retain the victory.''

Frontignan reduced to ten in the 38th minute

In this late match of the 7th day, the men of Marion and Peredes therefore managed to escape the trap of the poorly classified Frontignan, a decimated team, which presented itself in the Gard with only four usual starters at kick-off and not U20 pain. The objective, on the Hérault side, quickly seemed quite clear: to scratch a point… or even three over a misunderstanding.

After a first half hour where Grau had the ball and Frontignan had rare situations in transition, not always well exploited, an incident in the game was going to complicate the task, already very complex, for the visitors.

The referee, Mr. Barrier, considered Delport's tackle on Mouzaoui too virulent and sent off the Hérault defender (38th), who left his team with ten men for more than half-time.

El Mardi scores his 9th goal in R1

A few minutes would be enough for the Graulens to take advantage of it. In added time, Abbou, with a header, received a cross from El Mardi, cut down along the goal line (1-0, 45th + 2).

This same El Mardi, at the conclusion of a one-two initiated with Mouazoui, scored his 9th goal in R1 and put Grau out of reach just after the hour mark (2-0, 63rd). At the very end of the match, the well-felt thirty-meter lob from Frontignanais Herry changed nothing (2-1, 90th + 1).