This Saturday afternoon, the ASSE players traveled to Nantes. On the program, a new consecutive trip counting for the second day of Arkema Premier League. After their first success against Reims last week, the Vertes aimed to start a series.
The Greens were traveling to one of the new champions of this championship. Last weekend, Manon Uffren’s teammates won 1-0 against Le Havre. It was precisely the former Saint-Etienne player who scored a superb goal several dozen meters from the opposing goal. Before this meeting, Laurent Mortel spoke on the club’s official website.
»As long as we are warned, I do not consider this match against Nantes as a trap. We know that this team which has just come up started with a victory. We also know that she will want to celebrate this first match of the season at home. This promises to be a complicated match but we will have to respond. There are 3 points at stake against a competitor for maintenance. “
First half
Composition
The match starts in a very good way for ASSE! From the first minute of play, Nantes lost the ball 25 meters from their goal. Cindy Caputo grabs it and doesn’t ask any questions. The Saint-Etienne striker unleashes a superb powerful strike which lobs the Nantes goalkeeper, 1-0 and what a goal!!!
The Nantes women have taken a big blow to the head and are experiencing difficulties in the Saint-Etienne camp. The Greens, however, struggled to create chances, but still won several duels in the middle of the field. After twenty minutes, the Nantes players began to find the fault and became more and more pressing. But, for the moment, the Saint-Etienne defense is doing well. Goalkeeper Maryne Gignoux is also vigilant, but things are getting hot! Despite several local attempts, the score remained 1-0 at the break in favor of ASSE.
Second half
At home, the people of Nantes know that they must react. This time, they are not surprised at the start of the match. The Stéphanoises perfectly respect the instructions given by their coach and are well in place and try to proceed against. The commitment made by Nantes meant that the match was cut short as several mistakes were made.
Overall in the Nantes ranks, there is a lot of clumsiness in the last pass or on the defensive actions. But, the ASSE attack has so far failed to take cover. Shortly after the hour mark, Amandine Pierre-Louis came close to scoring a double, but her shot went over the goal. The Saint-Etienne defense remains as solid as ever and has intervened perfectly since the start of the match. But that doesn’t stop Maryne Gignoux from pulling out all the stops with some great saves. The only downside of this meeting is that for the moment, the Stéphanoises are unable to materialize their counter balls to take cover. We can also talk about yellow cards. The Greens took five in total.
Laurent Mortel made a series of changes including the entry of Faustine Bataillard in place of Nadjma Ali Nadjim who was injured. Adèle Connesson and Sarah Stratigakis. Meanwhile, Saint-Etienne’s opportunities multiplied, like a header from Alexandria Lamontagne which went just wide. We won’t have to regret these opportunities
In additional time, Marine Perea replaces scorer Cindy Caputo. The end of the match was whistled after more than seven minutes of added time. The Greens achieve a second consecutive success! ASSE now has six points out of six possible. After playing their first two away matches, the Vertes will host Paris FC next week (Saturday October 5 at 5 p.m.).
