Cchampionship or Coupe de France, young people or seasoned holders, Amiens SC is currently suffering from a nasty flaw. That of missing the start of a match. Saturday November 16, in Fleury-Merogis, for its entry into the Cup, the ASC bottle class had already been seriously tossed from the start, before finally qualifying on penalties. The starting eleven logically changed this Friday, November 22 in Guingamp with a classic team, with the exception of Lutin, who ultimately withdrew due to muscular discomfort.
However, Omar Daf's players missed out badly with a clear defeat (3-0). This away season, Amiens has already had poor first halves like at Annecy (3-0) or Metz (3-2). But the one delivered on Friday is likely to be at the top of the pile.
« The best Picard on the pitch is called… Hugo », we rallied in the bays of Roudourou in reference to number 10 Hugo Picard, a pure product of the Guingamp training center as his name does not indicate. Late in all the duels, with no idea of the ball, the Amiens collapsed from the 13the minute. On a cross from Sissoko, Siwé got ahead of Fofana and sent a header not very clear but well placed at the far post, enough to beat Gurtner. The most worrying thing for the captain and his teammates is that Guingamp did not give the impression of pushing his talent.
Picards desperate for passivity
But by dint of circulating the ball without opposition, the Bretons found the fault a second time. On an imprecise cross from the left, Urhoghide clumsily pushed back into the axis. Hémia, not attacked, had plenty of time to send a powerful strike into the back of the net (37e). With a head of Naïr above (43e), the 3-0 was even very close against the Picards desperate for passivity and having to be content with a not strong enough shot from Léautey at the near post as a meager reply.
Upon returning from the locker room, Omar Daf's men benefited from an unexpected boost. Naïr was sent off without warning by the referee for a foot forward on Kaïboue's shin. A blow that was all the harder to absorb for Guingamp, who was already deprived of their titular central hinge and who therefore lost a third central defender! Sylvain Ripoll, the Breton coach, even found himself forced to bring in Demouchy, a novice used to playing with the reserve in National 3, to compensate for this incredible shortage.
An end to the match which turns into humiliation
Was the ASC going to step into this breach? We could think so in this Léautey cross that no one touched and that the Guingamp goalkeeper pushed back as best he could (52e). Except that the twirling Hugo Picard continued to cause misery to the Amiens defense.
After already an almost winning first slalom (53e), the Breton striker again made the difference on the left side and found Siwé, author of a double (64e). In desperation, Omar Daf emptied his bench, far too young to make the difference. Even if Kouassi (79e), for his first minutes in Ligue 2, and Dao (83e) tried to sound the revolt, the end of the game turned into humiliation since Guingamp was even close to adding a fourth with a final post of… Picard (90e+5).
Before coming to Brittany, the ASC did not want to worry despite a series of three matches without a victory in progress. There are now four of them. Given the scale of the defeat and the face displayed, the discourse may perhaps change…
