This was one of the objectives and it was achieved. The Grenoblois wanted to concede fewer goals as a priority and they achieved this in Troyes by returning a clean sheet and obtaining the point of the draw. But with a little more nerve and realism, they could have hit harder. In any case, they tried to play football, which remains progress compared to their last outings.
It was necessary to warm up a little in the polar cold of the Aube stadium this Friday. Complicated weather conditions which made the arrival of the Alpine delegation in Troyes difficult after 13 hours spent in a coach due to roads blocked due to snow.
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61% possession
The Dauphinois have gone beyond that and in terms of state of mind as well, they have been able to raise their level to live up to this meeting. There were some nice collective movements in the ranks of the GF with real domination both territorially and in possession of the ball (61%).
The Isérois managed to approach the Trojan goals, only it was when approaching the zone of truth that they narrowly missed. Thus, Joseph escaped on the right and crossed perfectly towards Jabbari. The attacker's recovery, however, lacked conviction and precision allowing Lemaître to be on the trajectory (24e).
Estac did not show much during this first act and it was paradoxically the Aubois who focused on the transition phases. We had to wait until the end of the first period to see an intervention from Allain on a shot from Saïd (43e). In any case, the people of Grenoble were right.
Meïssa Ba’s match point
We had to do a little more to achieve a very good result. With the ball always more in their feet than in those of their opponents, the Isérois nevertheless remained too far from the opposing goals to hope to break through the safe and access the treasure. And as Troyes remained in an astonishing waiting position, the game tended to purr a little.
The GF evolved in too monotonous a tone and lacked variety as well as forward projection. He also had to remain vigilant because the Trojans sometimes pointed the tip of their muzzle like this shot from Mendes grazing Allain's right post (74e). Grenoble was not very far from happiness on a nice pivot shot from Meïssa Ba but Lemaître deflected masterfully (79e). A real match ball. Because the Dauphinois had missed their chance and had to be content with an almost frustrating draw.
Reaction
Oswald Tanchot (Grenoble coach): “We were looking for solidity on the outside so that’s a point that satisfies me. During our last trip, we took three against Guingamp (0-3) so we wanted to be rigorous while still trying to play football against a team that is currently in good shape and is tight. We had situations and even three big chances but we also came across a good goalkeeper opposite. We had a very complicated trip, which lasted 13 hours because of the snow, so I want to congratulate the players. This point will do us good morally before heading back to a Coupe de France match next weekend (in Istres, National 2). »
Stéphane Dumont (Troyes coach): “We were well organized, well structured but we lacked the drive to get things done. We should have been fairer, more creative in the last thirty to be able to make the difference. We should have pushed the match harder to disrupt Grenoble while keeping our balance. We stayed too much in between. But hey, we are solid, we are moving forward even if it is not as quickly as we would like. »
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