The French championship continues its journey. This Saturday, October 5, AS Saint-Étienne faced AJ Auxerre for the seventh day of Ligue 1. At the end of an exciting encounter, the Forez club logically won (3 -1) thanks to a hat-trick from Zuriko Davitashvili (15th, 54th, 86th) against a goal from Thelonius Bair (74th). On the one hand, the Greens temporarily occupy twelfth place in the ranking (7 pts). On the other hand, the Burgundian club (14th, 6 pts) is only two points ahead of the red zone.
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The start of the ASSE match rewarded
AS Saint-Étienne, who had an excellent start to the match, logically took the lead. The triangle play on the left side with Pétrot and Amougou allows Davitashvili to rush freely towards the zone of truth. The Georgian dodges Osho and hits powerfully from the right to the penalty spot to open the score (1-0, 15th). Shortly before the half-hour mark, the Forez club was close to making the break. After a rush from Sissoko who got the corner on the left for ASSE, Davitashvili offers a returning cross which catches Batubinsika at six meters. His header was neutralized in two stages by Léon on his line (26th). Behind, the Greens pushed to widen the gap. Davitashvili, again, spreads to the right towards Old who shoots left into the area. Léon diverts with the right hand, Moueffek recovers at the far post and strikes in a pivot with the right, Osho intervenes on the line! Mensah then tackles Old who was still lurking (41st).
Davitashvili scores hat-trick
Returning from the locker room, AJ Auxerre thought to reduce the gap but Sinayoko’s goal was refused for offside on Owusu’s deep pass on the counter-attack. The number 17 went to the right into the ASSE area to avoid tackles from Batubinsika and Pétrot before hitting the target at the near post (51st). Shortly before the hour mark, AS Saint-Étienne will take the break. Davitashvili is served in transition on the left by Sissoko and has room to get closer to the corner of the area. The Georgian moves towards the axis, bypassing Diomandé and avoiding Osho’s tackle, his right shot from the center ends in the back (2-0, 54th). Fifteen minutes from the end of regulation time, the visitors were rewarded with a goal. Canadian number 9 Thelonius Bair revives Auxerre’s hopes, opening his right foot six meters from Saint-Étienne to benefit from a cross from his right (2-1, 74th). At the end of the match, the flagship recruit of the Saint-Etienne summer transfer window scored a hat-trick. Cafaro battles in his right lane and steals the ball from Mensah at the halfway line. Stassin is immediately alerted in depth, the Belgian shifts in the axis towards Davitashvili who lobs Léon with finesse (3-1, 86th). Behind, nothing more will happen and the referee ended the match after six minutes of added time (90′ +6).
To summarize
This Saturday, October 5, AS Saint-Étienne faced AJ Auxerre for the seventh day of the French championship. At the end of an exciting meeting, the Forez club logically won (3-1).
