For the 32nd day of the Ligue 1 championship, AS Saint-Etienne welcomed Bordeaux this Sunday, April 11, 2021 in its cauldron. Objective for the Greens: keep their distance from the relegation zone. Mission accomplished, thanks in particular to Wahbi Khazri, author of a hat-trick.
Victorious in Nimes the previous week, the Greens hoped to maintain the tempo against Bordeaux this Sunday, April 11, 2021, during the 32nd day of the Ligue 1 championship. In the standings, the two teams both posted 36 points. But the Girondins are not at their best, remaining on eight defeats in their last ten matches.
History of penalties
In the absence of an audience at the Geoffroy-Guichard stadium, it was on social networks that the Saint-Etienne supporters were filled with amazement from the first minutes of this match against Bordeaux. Seven minutes of play, and a penalty, validated by video assistance after long minutes of waiting, is granted to the Girondins. Ui-Jo Hwang transforms, even if Etienne Green starts from the good side. Shameful … Lunar … Critics are raining down on arbitration.
It is lunar this penalty for Bordeaux! Incomprehensible the VAR #ASSEFCGB
– Luka 🇲🇨 (@BezieLucas) April 11, 2021
Ten minutes later, another whistle from the referee after Wahbi Khazri collapsed in the Gironde penalty area. Once again, the penalty is considered severe. Including within the Stéphanois clan. Anyway, the number 10 of the Greens in turn puts the ball in the net. Saint-Etienne returns to the score. A goal everywhere in the 18th minute.
And to be honest, the penalty for the Greens also limits (but a little more valid than that of Bordeaux)! Hats off to the var .. #ASSEFCGB
– 🟢 Alexhihut ⚪️ (@alexhihut) April 11, 2021
Wahbi Khazri, the fit man among the Greens
After having equalized a few minutes earlier, the Stéphanois striker of Tunisian origin gives the advantage to the Greens. Adil Aouchiche takes a corner for ASSE, Wahbi Khazri controls, continues with a low shot and double shot in the first half. This is his 4th double with AS Saint-Etienne.
The end of the first half is more to the advantage of Bordeaux. Etienne Green, the Saint Etienne goalkeeper, must first perform a parry with his foot to prevent them from leveling. Then, it is the post and a signal offside which allows ASSE to always lead in the score at the break.
Third penalty, more obvious this one
At the rest of the locker room, the Greens are determined to stay the course. Wahbi Khazri is on the verge of scoring a hat-trick. Hwang, on the Bordeaux side, is still on the move. But the minutes pass, without the score changing. Then comes this new Saint-Etienne action: corner taken by Pape Abou Cissé, a shot deflected from the arm by Jimmy Briand.
New penalty, the third in this part, and Wahbi Khazri appears again in front of the Girondin goalkeeper. The striker does not tremble, scores the first hat-trick of his career, and allows ASSE to make the break.
After that, the Girondins de Bordeaux will have a hard time rebelling. They even concede a fourth goal, scored this time by Zaydou Youssouf, for Saint-Etienne.
“Take six more points“by the end of the season, that was the goal posted by Claude Puel before this meeting.”Nothing is done, the danger would be to relax “, said the general manager of ASSE this week. Message heard by the Greens. 4 goals to 1, ASSE pockets the three points of the victory, and points to 13th place in the Ligue 1 standings.