Amiens SC: The rout of too much?

For the seventh time of the season, Amiens SC bowed by taking the trifle of three goals. If this kind of setback could still be explained against Guingamp, Annecy, Metz or Laval, teams fighting for the Top 5, the humiliation suffered on the lawn of Martigues, the red lantern of the championship, must bring the leaders of the club to Ask yourself the right questions. Discover our flops after this tenth setback of the season, on the occasion of the 20th day of Ligue 2.

Vita, the embodiment of an outdated defense

In a complicated period for several weeks, Rémy Vita literally affected Martigues. A fault on the first Martégal goal, the left side threw itself unnecessarily in front of the decisive passer Oualid Orinel, allowing him to serve his teammate perfectly who opened the scoring. On the third goal, he is far too easily eliminated after Yanis Hadjem, to whom he leaves the leisure to overflow on the right side to serve on a set his teammate Karim Tlili, who even allowed himself to have fun with Régis Gurtner before concluding.

Apart from two good feedback (31 ′, 39 ′), the former Troyes player appeared in difficulty on each of his interventions. Supposed to be a framework, he only made a little more toic the task of a Siaka Bakayoko which already exuded signs of weakness. By his side, Osaze Urhoghide came close to the expulsion. In the right corridor, Sébastien Corchia has hardly supernatched, also being directly involved in Martigues' second goal.

Amiens still took water

Annecy, Metz, Dunkirk, Guingamp, Laval, Troyes and now Martigues. For the seventh time of the season, Amiens SC ended a match with three goals conceded. Since the still uncompected departure of Mamadou Fofana, Régis Gurtner and Alexis Sauvage have even been looking for the ball at the bottom of their nets twelve times in seven games. The fault of an increasingly glaring defensive naivety and an overall feverishness that continues to be confirmed week after week. Proof of this is this inexplicable revival of Nordine Kandil which offers the opening of the score to Martégaux.

And as the midfielder sank, like a Frank Boya who has been following the unworthy performances of a professional player for several weeks, the whole of the Amiens building has once again collapsed in the Provencal city. With already 28 goals conceded in 20 games, Amiens is now the fourteenth defense of the championship. Very few in front of a CAEN in full decay (29), the Red Star (32), Rodez (34) and Martigues (37). Either as many teams that fight to maintain. With 8 points taken on the last 10 games, the ASC seems more and more concerned by it.

The consequence of the acts of Bernard Joannin

The defeat in Martigues is a sinking that speaks volumes about the current state of Amiens SC. While some players are starting to ask questions about their future at the club, tired by the evolution of an increasingly crazy project, management continues its liquidation operation of an already limited workforce, both quantitatively and qualitatively. If Victor Lobrywho took his first steps in Martigues, has just arrived, Owen Gene is preparing to leave for the MLS, a few weeks after the departure of Mamadou Fofana. In this context, the bad results are accumulating for the Picard club since early November (2 victories, 2 draws, 6 defeats, 6 goals scored, 17 collected).

Far from the exploits of the start of the season, reality ended up catching up with a club which is simply not armed enough to hold the shock over time. And while the alert signals are visible to everyone, Bernard Joannin continues to turn a deaf ear, simply animated by his quest for reduction in expenses. With a possible national descent, which is anything but illusory with simply five points ahead of the sixteenth, the businessman may achieve his ends. Without a quick start and above all a collective awareness, the path seems to be drawn.

Romain Pechon with Benjamin Hermel

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