All points are worth taking.
These are the words that Patrick Olive, the Saumur coach, summed up the meeting. » All the points that there are to take, we take them knowing that we can improve and do better. Led two by one at ten minutes this point I take it. Our first half was weird, I felt like we hadn’t started the match. We opened the score at the end of the first period which was good for morale. We start again with five very good minutes and then we get pushed around by long balls and quick counterattacks. Plus, we make mistakes that put them back in the game. We take a second goal again due to an error on our part. Fortunately, afterwards, we were morally strong and did not stop believing in it to return to the brand even if it was laborious and far-fetched. Chateaubriant is a tough team to play against and defends well. We knew it. No offense to any of my guys, but we made too many mistakes on the goals we took. They were well organized and we were perhaps too fearful. » These comments from the Olympians coach alone sum up the progress of the meeting.
A match without any real appeal.
The really impactful actions in the first half were not legion and did not allow the Saumur supporters to get excited. Only Pambou’s goal (44th) for Saumur can be credited to this first part of the match. The rest was sad, if not sad. back on the pitch, the Saumurois seemed more conquering. But for a very short time. They fell into the trap set by the visitors who thwarted them and obtained the equalizer on the hour mark (59th). The visitors began to believe in their luck, helped by a risky recovery from the local goalkeeper literally offering the visitors the second goal (71st). The Olympians tried to take back the game on their own with varying fortunes while believing in it despite everything. It was Bouhenni who completed excellent work from Epagna on his wing to snatch the point from the draw. (77th). A match which will not go down in the annals of Rives du Thouet but which allows the Saumurois to maintain their place in the standings (4th) tied with Bourges and Les Herbiers.
The technical sheet.
aumur – Chateaubriant. 2-2. MT. 1-0. Goals. Saumur. Pambou (44th), Bouhenni (77th). Chateaubriant. (59th, 72nd). Yellow cards. Saumur. Guédé (19th), Buni Jorge (35th).
Saumur. Cointard, Kipré (Koutsimouka 84th), Bouhoutt, Epagna, Itoua, Buni Jorge, Fokam, Pambou, Bourgaud, Manceau, Bouhenni (Blanchard 85th).
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