Zapping Foot National Interview – The underside of amateur football, with Romain Molina
A shock that gives birth to a mouse. This Saturday, January 11, FC Lorient and FC Metz actually parted back to back at the end of the poster for the 18th day of Ligue 2. At Moustoir, the two competitors for the rise in Ligue 1 did not not much spectacle for the spectators. During a closed first act, the Grenats however had the opportunity to take the advantage after half an hour of play when, on a corner taken by Hein, Udol took the ball with a left-footed volley . His attempt passed very close to the Lorient skylight (34th).
A frozen top of the table
On the Merlus side, we had to wait until the match resumed, after the break, to see some offensive activity. Kroupi, with a cross strike, sent a first thrill through the Metz ranks (47th). In the process, it was Kalulu, who managed to get on his left foot at the entrance to the area, who saw his shot escape the frame of the goal guarded by Arnaud Bodart, the Belgian goalkeeper who had just arrived at FC Metz ( 48th). For his first with the Moselle club, the former bulwark of Standard de Liège finished with a clean sheet. With this result, Lorient takes control of the championship, tied on points with Paris FC (34), winner of Amiens a little earlier (1-0). Metz, for its part, remains fourth, three lengths behind first place.
Ligue 2: the ranking
To summarize
A shock that gives birth to a mouse. This Saturday, January 11, FC Lorient and FC Metz actually parted back to back at the end of the poster for the 18th day of Ligue 2. At Moustoir, the two competitors for the rise in Ligue 1 did not not much spectacle for the spectators.