Sissoko’s match against Auxerre praised by ODO and Pélissier

Author of a double last week against Nantes (2-2), from Sisso was expected at the turn on Saturday in the Cauldron with a second start in a row. Although he did not score against Auxerre, his involvement on the pitch was crucial to the success of the Greens, with a decisive pass on Davitashvili’s second goal in a style specific to the Malian, a deflection on a long ball.

Rated 4 in The Teamthe player won over the local press (7 in Progress and 6 on Evect) but especially the two coaches of the meeting, Olivier Dall’Oglio et Christophe Pélissier who both mentioned the 28-year-old striker in a post-match press conference.

For the Auxerre technician, Sissoko was the cornerstone of the Greens’ victory, winning numerous balls within the Icaunaise defense: “The problem against teams like Saint-Étienne with a fairly readable game is that we cannot adapt. They avoid pressure by playing long on Sissoko, we have never won the duels on Sissoko neither on the second ball behind, from there, the match is hard to read. It’s up to us to adapt, it’s a quality of Sainté to have an axis player who monopolizes the attention, perhaps Jubal would have performed well in this area.

Same thing for Olivier Dall’Oglio who wanted to congratulate the collective work of his attacking trio with a from Sisso at the heart of the game to create space for Old and Davitashvili: “Zuriko was great tonight, he was strong, he could have been even stronger since he had a lot of chances. I saw attackers who struck with Old on the wings and then Sissoko who was able to allow everyone to have space. They moved, they were solid, Zuriko was rewarded for his work, we can say that he had a solid match.

In this meeting, if he missed his face to face with Leon in the second half, the player will not have missed much in the 78 minutes he played. A decisive pass on the clock on the second goal of the match, four duels on the ground won, three in the air, he however lacked a little precision in passing (59%) but his activity in the middle of the opposing defense will have facilitated the task of a fiery Davitashvili and a convincing Ben Old on the wings.

For his first season in Ligue 1, Abraham Sissoko comes up against the demands of this level head-on, but the Malian has provided answers for two matches and a little certainty in a Stéphanoise attack certainly on fire against Auxerre but overall very sad since the start of the season with five goals scored in seven days.