FOOTBALL (Regional 3): Only the mist won between Saint-Sernin-du-Bois (b) and Sud Nivernaise

The match was especially marked by the weather conditions and in particular this fog to cut with a knife. The Violets opened the scoring in the first period, the Nivernais equalized at the very start of the second with a lucky goal. A minute of silence was observed in memory of Roland Arias, former manager of the club.

It's part of the game, a heavy pitch, the first cold weather and this mist, you would have thought it was November… The Saint-Sernin reserve had to take advantage of this match, against an opponent who had only won one match since the start of the championship, to stop its downward spiral, in fact, Ludovic Houchard's men were left with three defeats. Mission almost accomplished, if we want to find something positive in this sad Sunday, but one problem remains and is obvious: with barely 7 goals scored, Saint-Sernin remains one of the worst attacks in the championship.

The match had difficulty finding its rhythm, it was necessary to wait until the 21st minute to see Antoine Grandjean, the Dorne goalkeeper, capture the ball in two steps taken by Jonathan Bijard, taking advantage of a cross from Alexis Lecou. The Nivernais would respond immediately, on a beautiful free kick from Clément Millerot, Bertin Nguini, the Sansernin goalkeeper, was saved by his crossbar. The rebound is judged, by the referee, outside (28th).
Saint-Sernin was going to force the decision, which took a long time to come, in fact, with his youth: a nice surge from Jules Monin who found Soan Mostefaoui alone who slipped to Jonathan Bijard, the latter shooting, at the entrance to the area, an Antoine Grandjean not helped by his teammates. 1-0 (34th). Just before the break, Léandre Da Silva went alone, on the edge of offside, but shot at the goalkeeper who deflected. At the break, Saint-Sernin led, precisely, 1 to 0.
The Dornes had taken advantage of half-time to get back on track. Clément Millerot, one of the most prominent on the South Nivernaise side, by crossing hard at the far post, placed, quite unintentionally, the ball under Bertin Nguini's crossbar. 47th, Sud Nivernaise had just equalized.
The visitors, energized by the goal, happy, believed in victory, with a great action from midfield. Beautiful body feint from this devil Clément Millerot who freed himself from his escort to launch Christopher Thomas, found alone in front of Bertin Nguini, his shot, on the wrong foot, narrowly missed (50th).
The Nivernais' luck had passed, it was the locals who had the opportunity to pocket the three points, from a free kick, Anthony Riggi's magnificent recovery deserved better than the crossbar (73rd). The match will remain there, finished in time before we see nothing at all. Saint-Sernin has stopped his negative spiral, but is still looking for an offensive solution.

In Saint-Sernin-du-Bois, Saint-Sernin (b) and Sud Nivernaise draw, 1 to 1 (1-0)

Referee, Michael Lefol (Dijon)
Saint-Sernin: Nguini, Guere Koyazandé, Lecou, ​​Riggi, Marchal©, Jury, Monin, Bijard, Da Silva, Bonin, Mostefaoui, Labille, Lacour et Szewczyk
South Nivernaise: Grandjean, Rivière, Biron, Dubois, Giraudet, Dubuisson, Grimpet, Millerot©, Cotet, Rainat, Thomas, Augendre, Menager and Gebhardt
Gaetan Asselineau, coach of Sud Nivernaise : “This draw is satisfactory for us, it was our objective, it is good for the rest of our championship. »
Ludovic Houchart, coacg of Saint-Sernin : “It could have been a trap match, it wasn't that easy, we still had three consecutive losses, we absolutely had to get back on track with points, we took one. Overall, I think we have the clearest opportunities, but we still have this offensive problem, we are missing something, we are not killing matches, at the end we could even have been punished. We will be satisfied with that, wondering if we won a point or lost two points, I think we won a point, for the rest, it was important, in particular to approach the match against Montceau next Sunday. »

Vincent Brucci