Grenoble – SC Bastia 3-2 (1-1)
In Grenoble, Stade des Alpes
Referee: Mr. Bollengier. 3,649 spectators.
Buts : Kérouédan (8th), Sylvestre (82nd), Benet (90th + 5 sp) for Grenoble; Boutrah (36th), Diarra (csc, 72nd) for Bastia.
Warnings: Diarra (45th), Benet (54th), Jabbari (85th) in Grenoble; Vincent (16th), Akueson (26th) in Bastia.
GF38: Diop, Paquiez(cap.) (Mendy, 74e), Diarra, Tchaptchet, Mouyokolo, Xantippe (Delos, 74e), Benet, Valls, Bangré (Sylvestre, 65e), Kérouédan (Jabbari, 65e), Meissa Ba. Entraîneur: Frédéric Guéguen.
SCB : Placide, Guidi, Bohnert, Ariss, Akueson, Vincent (cap.) (Roncaglia, 81st), Ducrocq, Janneh (Onana Etoga, 61st), Boutrah, Cissé (Rodrigues, 86th, Tramoni (Tomi, 81st). Coach: Benoît Tavenot .
Pread from the anger of the frustration ''. The Sporting coach had “ a strong bitter taste in the mouth » after a meeting where the defensive animation of his team disappointed for once. “You have to know how to close the shop, show more maturity. We did not respect the game this evening (Friday). Defensively we did some crazy things.”
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In a team of Grenoble in full doubt before the break, with seven games without a victory in the league and a pitiful elimination in French Cupthe Bastiais had nevertheless put in good pressure from the start. Tramoni followed by a shot off target and a slalom in the opposing area for the first two situations of the match.
But by wanting to play high, Sporting were caught too easily in depth. Kérouédan presented himself for the first time alone in front of Placid but made the wrong decision. The second was the right one for the Isère striker who took advantage of a In us Ba to open the score.
To get out of a bad situation, Bastia counted on the talent of Boutrah who eliminated three defenders before deceiving Diop. An equalizer which put a blow on the head of the locals. The Alpins foiled and were close to giving in a second time but Cissé, very well served by Tramoni, came up against Diop.
Between technical blunders and panics on each Bastia offensive, the start of the second half for Grenoblois was worrying. But the players of Tavenot were struggling to get into rhythm.
Sporting benefited from a huge stroke of luck. On a free kick, Diop had a complete hole and Diarra and Paquiez got tangled up for a csc from the first.
The residents of the Stade des Alpes tried to react. Placide could do nothing about Sylvestre's point-blank recovery.
The Grenoblois applied a lot of pressure in the final minutes. And the GF38 ended up obtaining a generous penalty at the end of added time which Benet was responsible for transforming. Cruel for Sporting who had their match in hand and who are starting their big month of January in the worst possible way.
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