Axel Allag, Media365, published on Saturday November 2, 2024 at 3:52 p.m.
Without dominating the debates, Caen won and continued against Bastia, this Saturday in Michel-d'Ornano (2-0).
Bastia will undoubtedly regret its many missed situations for a long time (16 shots, one on target). This Saturday afternoon, the opposition between Caen and Bastia resulted in a success for the locals who wanted to confirm the success obtained against Martigues in the middle of the week (0-3). The start of the match, however, leaned largely in favor of the visitors being sharper and not hesitating to evolve with many players in front of the ball.
Caen clinic in front of goal
Dangerous, Bastia nevertheless lacked realism in front of the opposing goal. Following a cross from Boutrah, Ducrocq misjudged the trajectory of the ball and Tramoni saw his rebound hit the post of a beaten Clementia who was happy to recover the ball (13th). A few minutes later, against the run of play and on their first opportunity, the Caennais did not miss their chance and the inevitable Alexandre Mendy – author of his 71st goal with the Norman club – found himself at the right moment and in the right place to score with a volley following a cross from Le Bihan (1-0, 31st).
This goal did not dampen the enthusiasm of the visitors who wanted to recover, but neither the point of Boutrah (33rd) nor the unwhistled hand of Lecoeuche in his area (43rd) were able to put Bastia back up to Caen at the end. of the first 45 minutes. The second half started on the same basis, namely a domination of the visitors but little precision in the last gesture. A precision (and luck) which was not lacking for the locals on a free kick kicked by Brahimi and a ball that no one touched (2-0, 57th).
Clinical with a second goal on its second shot on target of the match, Caen finally won and therefore built on its success obtained in Martigues (0-3). The Caennais are breathing a little easier in 13th place in the standings while Bastia, not very efficient, is stagnating in 10th position in Ligue 2.
