Axel Allag, Media365, published on Friday October 25, 2024 at 10:03 p.m.
Awaiting the Paris FC – Grenoble clash (Saturday 2 p.m.), Lorient long believed they had achieved the good operation of the evening but with a header at the last second, Rodez goalkeeper Lionel Mpasi disgusted the Merlus (3-3).
Lorient gave up at the worst time and can blame a decisive Lionel Mpasi. On a generally quiet Friday evening for the big teams in the French Ligue 2 championship, Olivier Pantaloni's team believed it would score a fourth consecutive victory, on the Rodez pitch, but it ended badly for the Merlus. As is often the case, it was Merlus' providential scorer, Eli Junior Kroupi, who stood out by again finding the net with an unstoppable flat foot (0-1, 32nd), before Formose Mendy did the break with an acrobatic gesture (0-2, 56th). The reduction in the score came from a free kick from Mohamed Bouchouari (1-2, 78th) while Sambou Soumano (1-3, 85th) relieved the Merlus before Waniss Taïbi in turn scored for the locals ( 2-3, 89th). And on the last corner of the match, Lionel Mpasi went up and propelled the ball into the net with a well-felt header (3-3, 90th +7).
Metz dominates Guingamp, Martigues wins in Clermont
Still at the top of the table, nothing was left to chance by the other leading teams in the championship as they all quite simply imposed themselves, starting with FC Metz, who took more than an hour before finding the opening against Guingamp via the goal of Pape Amadou Diallo (1-0, 71st). Faced with Red Star, who confirmed their great difficulties away from home – only one victory outside Bauer, Dunkerque was able to do the job thanks to a success just given their domination (2-0) with an achievement great by Naatan Skyttä. Annecy and Amiens, too, therefore obtained the 3 points of victory.
Against Laval, Laurent Guyot's players did not miss the opportunity to confirm their rank as a team to follow at the top of the table, and they therefore won thanks to the achievements of Anthony Bermont shortly before the half- hour of play (1-0) and that of Antoine Larose for 2-0 after an individual exploit. For their part, those of Omar Daf gleaned the first success away from their bases, on the Pau pitch (0-2). Dominant, the visitors were able to keep up with the pace of the teams at the top of the table. Further down, Martigues gave itself a little breathing space with a victory on the field of Clermont (0-1) due to the achievement of Oucasse Mendy. Apart from the Paris FC match against Grenoble (Saturday 2 p.m.), this 10th day of Ligue 2 will continue with Caen-Troyes (Saturday 2 p.m.) and will end in the evening of the same Saturday with the Ajaccio-Bastia derby (20 hours).
