Cis in the midst of a crisis of results and having seen the red zone come closer to a small unit on Friday evening, on the occasion of the 13th day of Ligue 2, that Pau FC hosted the leader, Paris FC, this Saturday after -noon, at Nouste Camp. By holding on to the Ile-de-France residents, Nicolas Usaï's men used this match to reassure themselves, particularly in defense.
This precious point, the Béarnais owe it in part to their goalkeeper and captain, Bingourou Kamara, author of a large part, to the great satisfaction of his coach: “Bingourou was very good, decisive even, and that is important to have a player at this level for this type of match. » And the least we can say is that the Yellow and Blue goalkeeper did not have much time to warm up since, after 30 seconds of play, he was already pulling out all the stops to put Gory in check (1e). His Parisian counterpart, Nkambadio, would also stand out by repelling Boutaïb's volley a few minutes later (6e).
If the Ile-de-France leader quickly got his foot on the ball, the Pau block resisted rather well at the start of the match. Nicolas Usaï's men even managed to plan a counterattack. Clumsy in his handling of the ball, Diawara wasted a great Béarnaise opportunity to take the lead (11e). Nkambadio was forced to pull off a class reflex parade to defeat Mboup (20e).
The guards are there
Pushed by the Nouste Camp, aware that its team needs support in the negative spiral it is going through, Pau FC showed itself more and more enterprising but, as in recent weeks, was still too imprecise as the goal approached. opponent. When they managed to put the Pau block in difficulty, Stéphane Gilli's men fell on a great goalkeeper as illustrated by this exceptional save to prevent Krasso from converting his rebound at close range (29e). In the process, Camara's curled shot escaped the target (34e) and, just before the break, it was Pau who got a great opportunity through Mboup but Mbow saved on his line (43e).
If Kanté was forced to throw himself to deflect a dangerous strike from Marchetti (52e) at the start of the second act, it was Pau who was pushing at that moment. Boutaïb came close to finding the opening on a good cross from Diawara (54e). Pau FC would also have bad luck when Mboup saw the leather crash into Nkambadio's bar on his pivotal shot (60e). Paris responded but Kamara once again proved decisive a quarter of an hour from the end of the match, slamming Kebbal's curling shot which seemed to be heading for the top corner (75e). Gaspar's intervention to save in front of his line and prevent the Parisians, once again dominating, from taking the advantage (78e) perfectly illustrated the Béarnaise motivation to maintain this point, as precious as it is reassuring. A mission that Pau FC finally accomplished with values that have been rarely seen in recent weeks. This is probably the main lesson from this meeting.
Pau FC 0 – Paris FC 0
Lieu Pau (Nouste Camp) Half Time 0-0. Arbitrator Mr. Lesage
Yellow cards Mohamed (65th) in Pau; Doucet (44th), Marchetti (50th), Kolodziejczak (90th + 4) in Paris
PAU Kamara (Cap.) – Gaspar, Ahoussou, O. Kanté, Koudou – Bobichon (Ngom, 80th), Mohamed – Mboup, Mille (Beusnard, 72nd), Diawara (Arconte, 64th) – Boutaïb
PARIS Nkambadio – Ollila (Gaudin, 62e), Kolodziejczak (Cap.), Mbow, Tourraine – Doucet (Dicko, 62e), Marchetti, Kebbal, Camara – Gory (Sissoko, 87e), Krasso
