4 – 0 and a red card. The Ajaccian club, in the grip of serious financial difficulties, was certainly not in the best conditions to approach the meeting. But he did not expect to experience such a nightmare on the pitch of his best enemy, Sporting Club de Bastia.
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The Ajaccians, despite the complicated period, financially and sportingly, that the club is going through, entered the field determined to play their luck bravely, imbued with the challenges posed by the island derby. But nothing went as planned.
After a few short minutes of observation, the Blues took possession of the ball, without being particularly dangerous. Until this not really obvious foul by Ayessa on Tomi in the area, whistled by the referee, after a quarter of an hour of play.
Tom Ducrocq takes Sollacaro on the wrong foot and puts his team on the right track (1 – 0).
This is the start of a long ordeal for the ACA. A handful of minutes later, Félix Tomi scored a magnificent goal with a cross shot from the left on a cross from Tramoni (2 – 0).
The ACA struggles to be sharp offensively, and shows a certain defensive naivety, until the 37th minute, with an opportunity from Chegra, who finds Placide in front of him, before Ibayi tries to transform the try, without success.
A missed opportunity that the Ajaccians will bitterly regret.
In the process, Lamine Cissé, on the verge of offside, recovers a ball from Ducroq and worsens the score (3 – 0). We only play the 40th minute…
As if that wasn’t enough, in the process, Everson saw red, after a foul on Meynadier and an altercation with his opponent.
The Ajaccians return to the locker room at 10.
In the second period, Benoït Tavenot’s men managed their lead, until SCB further worsened the score. Tomi and Cissé, decidedly decisive this afternoon, combine in the area, Cissé misses his shot, but recovers the ball and serves Tramoni who pushes it into the back of the net (4 – 0).
The ACA, stung, will try in the last minutes to save honor, but in vain.
The Bastia supporters, who had traveled twice to Furiani in two days, sometimes from very far away, to attend the derby, did not regret their choice.
Sporting, after a first part of the season poor in goals, confirms that it now knows how to finish its actions. In four matches, against Guingamp, Saint-Joseph (in the Coupe de France), Grenoble and Ajaccio, the Blues have scored 14 times. A good omen before the reception of Nice, for the other derby, next Tuesday in the Coupe de France.
Regarding the championship, SCB is now in 8th place, with 25 points.
For the ACA, on the other hand, the horizon has not really cleared up thanks to this derby. The Ajaccians, who have not won in the championship since November 8, against Clermont, remain in the roadblock, with 15 points on the clock.
Before an already crucial home match, against Caen, on the lawn of the Michel-Moretti stadium, Friday January 17. A victory against Caen, which has the same number of points as the Islanders, and precedes them thanks to a better goal average, would allow them to give themselves a little breathing room.
