The editorial team advises you
Just before the start of this 10th day, the team coached by Omar Daf had the worst away record (0 pts, 4 defeats). For this 3rd stage of the marathon of 5 matches in 14 days, the Béarnais seemed without ideas and without juice, even if Nicolas Usaï had made 6 changes compared to the last match. Kante, Kalulu, Kouassi, Beusnard, Bobichon and Njoh entered the starting 11. Unconvincing choices for a disorganized and confused Péf in his game. The timid, disorderly reaction of the second act, despite the tactical changes, did not change the outcome of a meeting to the advantage of the fatal Picards.
Nothingness for 30 minutes
Under curtains of rain, Pau FC's holey defense immediately took on water. In the 10th, the former Nantes player Corchia hits a corner in the middle of the penalty area, the solid Urhoghide pushes aside Kante and slams an unstoppable header for Kamara (0-1, 10th).
Stunned, the Palois tried to react but were unable to line up three passes: Mboup lost the ball at 30 m. Lutin throws Mafouta full axis in depth. With long strides, the Picard top scorer eliminates Kamara on the right, at the entrance to the penalty area, then finds the crossbar of the empty goal.
Just after, Pau continues to have the cup: Mafouta plays with his back to goal and serves Kandil within 10 m, who finds the small net (23rd). A new sigh of relief for the Pau supporters, who then saw Kaïboué release a powerful strike from 30 m: Kamara lay down on the ball (29th).
The transverse then nothing
The Amiens play without complexes, like a team determined to give up their youngest dunce cap on the outside. An airtight defensive block and great aggressiveness in recovery upset the Palois without ideas and on the street in midfield, between the hesitations of Kouassi and an invisible Bobichon.
At the half-hour mark, Njoh misses an easy pass, full axis, and the Amiens beasts launch themselves at full speed in transition, helped by the naivety of Ruiz, too easily eliminated by a big bridge from Lutin. The attacker shifts to the left for Leautey who deceives Kamara with a shot blocked by Gaspar (0-2, 31st).
This 2nd goal serves (finally) as an electric shock to the Yellows and Blues of Njoh, who finds the crossbar at close range, after undermining work by veteran Boutaib in the Amiens area (34th). The Moroccan thirty-year-old, a veritable control tower, still proves to be the number 1 threat: he then unleashes a cross shot at the entrance to the area which brushes Gurtner's post (40th), the last jolt of a period dominated by the 'Amiens SC.
Shy start
Upon returning from the locker room, the Palois reacted timidly, until the entries of Mohamed, Arconte and Ngom, in order to energize a team that was too timid. On the hour mark, the first-named player threw a long pass, opportunistically picked up by Arconte, who came up against Gurtner, before seeing Mboup also miss his one-on-one. Beusnard, not in his mood, sends him a drop well above the cages.
In this second act, the Pau game improves but remains confused in the hope of making the Picardy rearguard doubt. The Maynats compete in intensity and recovery but are too imprecise to create big chances. The off-target strikes from Arconte and Beusnard alone sum up the inability of the Béarnais to instill doubt in this Amiens team.
The editorial team advises you
After this first disappointment at home, Nicolas Usaï's players will try to make up for it away, Tuesday in Troyes then Friday in Annecy. Aspiring to the podium at the start of the week before challenging Bastia, the Palois, once again stuck in the soft underbelly (8th), must now look in the rearview mirror. Just so that this marathon does not turn into torture.
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