Mathieu Warnier, Media365, published on Saturday November 9, 2024 at 10:00 p.m.
Thanks to a goal from Gauthier Hein, Metz won against Caen (1-0) and signed a second victory in a row for the first time this season.
Metz has finally found the solution. Unable to string together two victories in a row in Ligue 2 since the start of the season, Stéphane Le Mignan's players took advantage of the reception of Caen at the end of the 13th day to confirm the success in Ajaccio on the 4th. last November. Facing a Caen team that has rarely succeeded, the Metz team trembled from the first minutes. Indeed, Alexandre Mendy found the right post of Alexandre Oukidja's goal after only six minutes. In the process, left back Maxime Colin had to give way to Kevin Van Den Kerkhof due to a left knee injury. FC Metz's complicated start to the match was confirmed after a quarter of an hour of play when, on a visibly innocuous cross, Alexandre Oukidja had to try twice to get hold of the ball. It was halfway through the first act that Stéphane Le Mignan's players began to raise their heads.
Hein frees Metz
While Cheikh Sabaly did not obtain a penalty while Brahim Traoré had hung his jersey in the penalty area, Gauthier Hein recalled that he was an outstanding scorer. On an action initiated by Morgan Bokele, Ablie Jallow found his striker whose first intention strike left Yannis Clementia no chance. An opening score which did not slow down the Caennais, with Alexandre Mendy who once again had bad luck with the right post which repelled his attempt at point blank range. Dominated, the Messins played the counter card but Cheikh Sabaly preferred the individual solution with a shot 20 meters from the goal… which went wide of the target. A lack of precision which once again cost him dearly six minutes before the break when he had been ideally served by Gauthier Hein. It was then Morgan Bokele who failed against the Norman goal, Brahim Traoré intervening on his line to take the ball out.
Caen missed the mark
As soon as the restart, Ablie Jallow tried to get the crowd at the Stade Saint-Symphorien to stand up but without succeeding in making the decision. While the pace has dropped a little, Alexandre Mendy once again stood out as the last 20 minutes approached with a shot that missed the target on a cross to the near post from Bilal Brahimi. It was then Godson Kyeremeh, who entered the game around ten minutes earlier, who lost his duel against Alexandre Oukidja, who trembled at the start of the last ten minutes against Alexandre Mendy. The end of the match saw the Caennais hold the ball but without managing to really endanger the Metz defense. The Moselle team won by the smallest of margins (1-0) so as not to let the leading trio leave, and even reduce the gap to three points vis-à-vis Paris FC, still leader. Caen, for its part, sees its series of two consecutive victories come to an end and the Norman club is in 14th place in the ranking, tied on points with the play-off Troyes and the Red Star, first relegation.
