On the synthetic pitch at Fontenette, Stade Nyonnais’ first victory was being able to choose the goal. Generally, this phase of play is anecdotal, but not Friday evening. It allowed the Vaudois to score 0-1 after only 43 seconds of play. During this time, only one Carougeois had touched the ball. The visitors already had their first little revenge, since they had been largely dominated by the Stellians on September 20 on their lawn (2-4).
Dominated, they were again… in the game during the first period. But without consequence. Christophe Caschili’s players, having endured (only 30% possession of the ball), ended up giving in in the 69th minute. Bruno Caslei managed to deceive Melvin Mastil with a missile in the middle of the goal. At first, the Nyon goalkeeper had no choice but to push the ball back in front of him.
While we were moving towards a sharing of points, the Carougeois managed to pass the shoulder in stoppage time: Bonota Traore (91st) and Matheus Vieira (93rd) gave the three points to their team. Infuriating for visitors.
After being stopped in their momentum, beaten 1-0 last Friday on the pitch of FC Thun, the Neuchâtelois left no room for doubt against Schaffhausen. They opened the scoring in the 6th minute through Francesco Lentini, then doubled the lead in the 14th minute through Shkelqim Demhasaj. Enough to give visitors a big blow on the head. However, it was they who put their foot on the ball, but without finding the opening. They only had two shots on target throughout the game, including the 2-1 that fell in the 86th minute thanks to Felipe Pasadore. Too late to bring back something from their trip to French-speaking Switzerland.
After this tenth match, a trio shares the Challenge League lead with 19 points: Thun, Etoile Carouge and Neuchâtel Xamax.
