RAF: the victory of courage! Or how Rodez gained five places in the rankings

What courage! The Ruthenois certainly beat Troyes to the wire at the time of the photo finish; however, they struggled for more than 60 minutes at 10 against 11 after the rapid exclusion of the defender, Vandenabeele (12^e). But, paradoxically, the RAF opened the scoring 5 minutes after the exit of Vandenabeele by the scorer, Nkada. This attacker is the major player in the Ruthenian eleven who brings his total of goals scored to 10. Never has the RAF had such an effective offensive player in its ranks.

However, before reaching Nkada’s tenth goal, Troyes was going to make the Aveyronnais suffer.

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To resist, the Rouergats went to the end of the sacrifice, conceding a penalty goal signed Ripart (0-1, 49th sp). Despite this poor start to the second half, the Rouergats did not lower their heads in the face of the technical quality of the Trojans.

Troyes also reduced to ten

The match would change when the visitor, Boura, received two yellow cards in two minutes. The player left the match putting the two teams back at 10 against 10. A precious help for the Aveyronnais who had become flamboyant again. Thus, Nkada, on a strike in the Trojan area saw his ball deflected from the hand by a defender. The RAF obtained its first penalty of the season.

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Nkada transformed it, bringing his total goals scored to 10 goals, therefore. With their audience, the players could celebrate their joy with Nkada on the microphone making the Ruthenian kop dance. Now, with 23 points, and before going to play Guingamp, the RAF has moved up five places in the rankings. This victory was essential to forget the defeat against Red Star and restore to a team a confidence that we had felt a bit eroded.