Emmanuel LANGELLIER, Media365, published on Saturday November 9, 2024 at 4:02 p.m.
After its defeat at Clermont, Lorient returned to victory by winning the Breton derby against Guingamp (3-1) and closed its gap on Paris FC, hanging on to Pau (0-0).
The Moustoir stadium observed the return of Sylvain Ripoll on Saturday afternoon. Former historic figure of Merlus as a player (from 1995 to 2003) and coach (2003 to 2016), the 53-year-old technician returned to the Lorient den for the first time, in the shoes of the Guingamp coach. 8 years after his departure, Ripoll has left only good memories with the Merlus. The pretty thoughts aren't likely to fade away any time soon because as an adversary, he didn't make life difficult at his ex-house with his EAG troop and didn't upset her. Author of a solid start to the season with the help of a daring game, the Guingamp club left Moustoir with nothing. Boasting two consecutive successes (3-0 against Grenoble and 1-0 against AC Ajaccio), the Ripoll team logically lost during the 13th day of Ligue 2.
Lorient returns to one point behind PFC
To stay in the running for the climb, Lorient had to win to get back in front of Grenoble, 2nd and winner in Grenoble (1-0) on Friday evening. The Merlus did it by adding the right ingredients, Saturday at nap time. Panos Katseris was wide awake and awake to open the scoring in the 8th minute and send his right-footed shot into Enzo Basilio's small net. Unfortunately, the 30-year-old goalkeeper once again went to get the ball in the back of his net in the 42nd minute. The bar repelled Aiyegun Tosin's head then the ball hit Basilio's hand and rushed to the back of the Breton cage. More impactful upon returning from the locker room, Guingamp reduced the gap in the 57th minute with a Dylan Louiserre penalty (57th) but the hope did not last long. 9 minutes later, Mr. Leleu awarded a new penalty, this time in favor of Lorient, which Sambou Soumano took great pleasure in transforming by hitting the center (68th).
Victorious again after their setback last Friday in Clermont (1-2), the Merlus – who scored a nice 6/6 at home this season – won the Breton derby and took advantage of it to come back a short distance behind the Paris FC, held in check at the same time in a surprise manner by Pau (0-0), 13th at 11 units before kick-off. Each team had its amount. Mboup hit Nkambadio's crossbar on the hour mark, Krasso imitated him in the 79th minute following a deflection from the hand of Kamara, the Pau goalkeeper. Dominant but silent, the Parisian club, somewhat worrying, conceded a third draw in a row.
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