The Greens were swept away by the Brest storm on Sunday. Unlike Dennis, who crossed the northwest of France during the weekend, it lasted a few minutes in the first period.
They had however started the match much better than their opponents, by owning the ball. Cabaye was on the right pace during the first quarter of an hour and Bouanga was enterprising (10th, 12th, 18th, 35th) sometimes for himself, sometimes for Abi, although not really worrying.
But the good start was showered with the Brest recital. Warned about the ability of the Britons to project forward very quickly after turning behind, the Greens were trapped. After a first school action on the right side after which Belkebla saw his shot fly away, a second recital occurred two minutes later. Perreaud shifts an untenable Grandsir to the left.
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Its center is taken over by Paul Lasne who adjusts Ruffier (20th). A new hot situation comes in stride before a lull. Of short time. Fofana lacks attention after a ball countered by Mason and Perraud takes the opportunity to center for Charbonnier, who takes the best on Kolodziejczak (2-0, 38th).
The Greens are apathetic and a loss of ball from M’Vila leads to the third Brest goal. Cardona scored his 8th goal of the season by playing with Saliba (his only dumpling of the match) and Ruffier (43rd). ASSE is close to conceding a fourth after another loss of ball from Fofana, in difficulty throughout the match, but Charbonnier misses the inevitable (45th). They conceded three goals on the first three shots on target by the Brestois, the only ones in the match for Olivier Dall’Oglio’s men …
The Greens revived by Bouanga
The second period will be a game-changer. Led by a Diony-Bouanga duo, the Greens outperform the Brestrois. The goal denied to Bouanga for an offside by Diony before he centers for the Gabonese (47th) announces the color.
ASSE came back with better intentions and obtains a penalty when Boudebouz, served by the inspired Stéphane n ° 9, sees his strike blocked by his hand by Chardonnet. Bouanga adjusts Larsonneur (54th) and reduces the mark. Above all, he revives his own.
The Stéphanois still panic behind but the offensive face of the team has indeed changed after the entries of Honorat and Diony at the break. Bouanga forgot his attacking friend and stumbled again on Larsonneur (63rd). Diony, superbly served by Cabaye in the middle of a tide of Brest legs, got into the shooting position and cheated the goalkeeper (3-2, 69th).
Brest locks, the businesses of Kolodziejczak and Honorat in centering, or of Benkhedim in striking, are in vain. ASSE bows. With a ninth defeat in eleven games, the Stéphanois are sixteenth in Ligue 1, still blocked at 28 points, at the end of this 25th day, just ahead of Nîmes (17th, 27 points) and Dijon (18th, 26 points).