Disappointment in the cauldron. Two weeks after their victory in the derby and incidents that tarnished itthe Greens found their stadium this Saturday. And the objectives were well opposed to Geoffroy-Guichard. On the one hand Monaco, always engaged in the fight for qualification in the Champions League. On the other AS Saint-Étienne, still in the red zone two days from the end of Ligue 1which appears at three points from Angers, in the position of first non-relief.
Little fond of the beginnings of meeting, with thirteen goals conceded in the first quarter of an hour since the start of the season, the Stéphanois have cracked again. In an exceptional atmosphere, the players of Eirik Horneland exercise fierce pressing. Maybe too much. In a nice movement initiated by Takumi Minamino, the greens are cut in half and allow Caio Henrique, lonely on the left side, to serve Maghnes Akliouche. The French striker, all alone in the second post, only has to push the leather into the nets to air-conditioned Geoffroy-Guichard (2nd, 0-1).
But the Stéphanois do not let go and accentuate the impact in duels. So that Mika Biereth is forced to go out on injury in the quarter of an hour after virile contact with Mickaël Nadé. If Akliouche is not far away, on gestures that alone has the secret, to deceive Gautier Larsonneur again, Champagne football is Stéphanois this Saturday evening. Léo Pétot is also very close to equalizing at the end of an exceptional collective action carried out with Zuriko Davitashvili just before the break. But the left side completely lacks its strike at close range in the French Riviera area.
Larsonneur leads his family
Still involved, Davitashvili Part alone on the counter, completely forget its partners Wadji and Cardona, and ships the ball in the air in a situation of 1 against 3 almost unmissable. But the Georgian international has not finished with the Monegasque defense. After a beautiful movement, the former Bordeaux catching up by triggering an overpowered rolled shot of the right foot to turn Geoffroy-Guichard (65th, 1-1).
Pique in their pride, visitors react immediately and Moatasem al-Musrati, just entered, takes advantage of a badly pushed ball to chain a right foot in the 18 m. Author of a big hand, Gautier Larsonneur sees the ball pass under his arm a few moments after being put drops on the eyes (67th, 1-2).
Ten minutes later, Folarin Balogun was launched on the edge of the offside by Akliouche and comes to close the debates by quietly adjusting the Greens of Greens (78th, 1-3). Monaco temporarily recovers its second place, pending the outcome of the shock between Lille and Marseille on Sunday evening, while ASSE will no longer have the right to make mistakes against Reims and Toulouse to still hope for the maintenance.
