The first part of the “return home” plan went off without a hitch. After thirty-five days spent without setting foot on the pitch at the Sports Park, the FC Annecy players took advantage of this Friday at home to treat themselves the scalp of a former League resident 1. And yet it was the victim of the evening who started the strongest. During the first five minutes of the match, Clermont created the best chances. Fears in the Annecy public until the cannon fired by Anthony Bermont (10'). His right-footed shot from outside the penalty area left the Clermont goalkeeper with no chance.
Bermont scores, Escales avoids a penalty
For the twelfth time in fifteen days, Annecy opened the scoring. Seventh goal scored this season in the first quarter of an hour of play. FCA has a habit of starting its matches well. Touched by the realism of the premisesthe Puy-de-Dôme team tried to react but without succeeding in being really dangerous until stoppage time when they obtained a penalty following a foul by Julien Kouadio. Nothing to stress the Annecien goalkeeper who pushed the ball away. At the break, FCA took the lead.
Returning from the locker room, Antoine Larose and Anthony Bermont made the Clermont defense dizzy but without succeeding in deceiving Ndiaye's vigilance. If the 4,395 spectators gave their voices to warm up, on the field the pace dropped and Laurent Guyot's men purred and wasted by a bit of smugness several opportunities to take a break, enough to annoy the Annecy staff. Fortunately at the end of stoppage time (90'+7), Karim Cissé converted a penalty and sealed the score.
6th consecutive victory at the Sports Park
With this new success at the Sports Park, FC Annecy continues its impressive unbeaten run at home. That's now six wins in a row and without conceding a single goal. The next phase of the “return home” mission is scheduled for December 14 with the arrival of the other former Ligue 1 resident, FC Metz. In the meantime, the Haut-Savoyards are comfortably seated in 4th place (26 points) in this Ligue 2 championship.
