Dunkirk, logical winner (1-0) of an overwhelmed Ajaccio team, rose to 2nd place in the Ligue 2 standings on Monday at the end of the 14th day.
With this short but precious success, Luis Castro’s men now have 28 points, like Paris FC who conceded a draw against Annecy (0-0) and who remain leader on goal difference (+11 against +5) . Lorient, who went for a draw (0-0) in Bastia, are third one length away.
The ACA remains 16th and is slipping dangerously towards the National-L2 play-offs.
The Maritimes built their success thanks to their technical superiority with total control over the first act against the islanders, deprived of most of the match of the ball being forced to play the role of foil. But by putting up with it, they ended up breaking down shortly after the half-hour mark by conceding a penalty, transformed into force by Yacine Bammou (34th), his fourth goal of the season.
Also read
Takeover of Paris FC, rivalry with PSG, stadium, financial resources… Antoine Arnault reveals his ambitions to Le Figaro
On the Ajaccian side, Christopher Ibayi could have changed the match. Launched on the edge of offside, he missed the equalizer, alone in front of the goalkeeper, by crossing his shot too far (68th). The Corsicans finished at 10 after the exclusion of Matthieu Huard, guilty of an uncontrolled tackle on Finnish midfielder Naatan Skyttä (72nd).
In numerical superiority, the USLD laid siege to the Corsican goal but its attackers were disgusted by François-Joseph Sollacaro, very inspired in the cage. 10 minutes from the end, Courtet thought he doubled the lead with a splendid back scissors, but he again came up against Sollacaro, happy to be on the trajectory, who made another classy save with a close range shot from Sekongo two minutes later.
Senegal
