AS Saint-Etienne recorded their first victory of the season by beating LOSC (1-0) at Geoffroy-Guichard in the opening match of the fourth day of Ligue 1.
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A well-deserved breath of fresh air for the Greens
An unexpected victory. After a good performance in the opening of Ligue 1 against Monaco despite the defeat (1-0), at Louis II, it was necessary to find a big player from the French championship to see the Greens excel… and win against Lille this Friday evening (1-0). Dall’Oglio’s men had the perfect plan, by pressing the Lille players who were already looking towards the Champions League. After the opening goal, the Greens showed solidarity to avoid equalizing while remaining dangerous on the counterattack. The perfect plan for three first points in Ligue 1 for the promoted team, who can dream of a less gloomy season by repeating this kind of performance.
Cafaro and Davitashvili carried ASSE
We left the two Saint-Etienne wingers with a very pale face after the rout in Brest (4-0), before the international break, we found two football players. Unstoppable, the two wide players of the green attack have not stopped causing problems for LOSC. The former Reims player Mathieu Cafaro first got Geoffroy-Guichard up by announcing the color of a beautiful curling shot, from the 6th minute of play, to open the score. Before seeing his teammate Davitashvili try, in vain, to double the lead, even hitting the post at the end of the match (90th + 1).
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Lille and Génésio never knew how to respond
Stunned by the opening goal, Bruno Genesio’s players lacked everything on Friday evening on the Geoffroy-Guichard pitch. Aggression, character, efficiency and technique were absent, Lille also gave the impression of wanting to try combinations in a forest of legs while they were chasing the score. However, Genesio decided to make changes quite early in the match by launching David, Sahraoui and Angel Gomes. The three substitutes showed up, but were having an off day, like all of their teammates, except Lucas Chevalier. The Lille goalkeeper held his own in the northern goal.
A defensive animation from Lille to be reviewed
The shortcomings were obvious on Friday night. The Dogues’ three-man defensive system helped the Greens to project themselves behind Santos and Gudmundsson several times. That’s how the locals were able to build their offensives. The Dogues’ defenders also lacked bite, too often letting the Stéphanois get close to the goal and try their luck. Lille must find their aggression again very soon or risk seeing another team in green take advantage of their defensive largesse in the Champions League.
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