AS Saint-Etienne : [J6] The complete analysis of Saint-Etienne / Bordeaux (Tops, Flops, scores, scoresheet) | ASSE News

A founding victory?

Beware of rave comments after a victory, “Bordeaux is launching its season”, “a founding victory”… all Girondins lovers have too often hoped after the encouraging beginnings of a summer or two consecutive victories, the end of the famine, the start of a new state of mind, the establishment of a real style of play …

As indicated by our coach, let’s move forward “step by step”, this victory will do good for the heads and the goal is to capitalize on each good production and victory. Otávio was already looking towards Montpellier on Wednesday because around 9 p.m., the feeling of renewal will continue or fade somewhat.

A cohesive team, a cohesive result

No Remi Oudin in piston, from Fransergio on the left of a triangle in the middle where it seems lost, from Sekou Mara at a point where it is not necessarily highlighted and which shifts Hwang Ui-Jo on a side where it sometimes lacks quality in the percussion.

Even the replacement ofEdson Mexer (in the place of Laurent Koscielny) in the center was judicious (see below).

In the middle of the field, two warriors recovering (Otávio and Jean Onana), a playmaker with a wand ( Yacine Adli) and two attackers including one (Javairô Dilrosun) in free spirit around the South Korean (see the explanation of the tactical disposition of “In the head of …” before the meeting).

A consistency that can be found immediately in the field, even if the lack of automation could have been expensive (Ricardo Mangas-Stian Gregersen, Javairô Dilrosun with his partners), each player was comfortable in a position that suited his qualities. When you are used to a position, you have a better understanding of the tasks, missions and thus the team unit, the transition to each floor is immediately smoother. From this match, Vladimir Petkovic will have to correct, but more certainly by small touches always in mind the wish to put a player in a position where he is fulfilled.

Edson Mexer, Rémi Oudin, Timothée Pembélé … are the perfect examples of this analysis. The match ofEdson Mexer is paradoxical. For more than an hour, he was the boss of the defense, calm in the recovery, always well placed, he made a saving comeback in the second half in the middle of 3 Stéphanois. Without his catastrophic error on the Greens’ goal, he would have been in the top. This position in the center suits him better than this position on the right, we were able to see it from the start of the game. The body and the attitudes do not lie, the upright chest, we have found the Rennes player and his position is no stranger to his overall performance.

If we look Remi Oudin, as in Marseille, he had a good comeback with a narrow strike and a decisive pass (he had equalized at the Véodrome). But this is not the only reason, when he enters 3-5-2 or 3-4-1-2, he is positioned in front as a free electron and as if by “magic”, he is no longer hampered by his lack of percussion on one side or by the obligation to defend on a winger, when he becomes piston.

For Timothée Pembélé, the diagram is essential (see Tops and Flops), in 4-4-2 the question even arises of its positioning in central defense rather than on the right.

The fragility still visible even if the reaction after the goal is to be noted

In the first half, after the goal of Hwang Ui-Jo, the team too easily agreed to back down, and without the clumsiness of the Stéphanois the match could have become a real nightmare. Scoring a goal cannot be an end in itself, while at the same time getting down to defending well, the players should have gone up the block and be able to bring out the balls better to place banderillas and force the team to Claude Puel to be more wary.

The second half is difficult to analyze as the condition of the pitch quickly made it impossible to offer football. What we liked then in this second half was the fight of 11 from Bordeaux to bring back the victory. It felt like we were in Scotland and seeing the soul of the “Fighting Spirit” in our players. In this esprit de corps, we can perhaps see a glimmer of hope for a bright future.

And then often after a goal conceded, the team would have crumbled, especially after this goal gag, in dire conditions and with increasingly heavy legs. They may have had a little luck but it also often turns to the daring.

Tops

Hwang Ui-Jo (7.5 / 10) – The hoped-for scorer

With his 2 goals and his dedication throughout the match, he is one of the great architects of this first victory for the Bordeaux residents. He offered a lot and above all he stalled less than usual, thus maintaining his lucidity in front of the goal throughout the game (or almost). Small flat, his head missed 3 meters from the goal in the first half and two more badly negotiated opportunities in the second half, still on crosses. Timothée Pembélé. They show that he does not yet have the killer instinct of the scorer.

Yacine Adli (7.5 / 10) – the architect from Bordeaux

What a treat when the former Parisian is also involved in his catch of balls, his passes, his defensive withdrawal. The hub of the Bordeaux game. Higher up on the pitch, he made the Saint Etienne team dizzy to the right, left or center of the pitch. We now expect benefits of this level every week and not once in a while. Well done the artist.

Timothée Pembélé (7/10) – the rising right-back

His first half was complicated defensively but under the deluge of the second half, he seemed not to realize that the downforce was complicated. He kept speeding up and giving caviar to Hwang Ui-Jo (see above). In line with his second period in Marseille. Definitely more comfortable in a role of piston than when the team is playing 4 behind.

Jean Onana (6.5 / 10) – A second Otávio

We needed impact in the midfield and Otávio Seemed to be alone in this role for several years. With the arrival of the former Lille, it will surely be easier to travel. Never stingy with efforts, he imposes it physically and technically; and he’s not afraid to move forward, to play forward. More difficulties in the second half, he seemed to run out of fuel. Despite everything, he continued to fight with his teammates to come home with the 3 points.

Also note the great service of our captain Benoit Costil (7), author of several parades and the good entries of Mehdi Zerkane, Remi Oudin and Fransergio who are in tune with the irreproachable mentality of the holders.

The Flops

Javairo Dilrosun (4/10) – Lack of automation

The Dutchman struggled to find his place on the pitch. His partners also had difficulty finding him. More at ease at the end of the first period, there could be no such thing as the return of the locker room on this impractical ground to showcase his percussive qualities. To review.

Ricardo Mangas (4/10) – A match to forget

Nothing to say about the player’s state of mind. On the other hand, he multiplied the bad passes and the bad choices in the first half. Offensively, he didn’t weigh as usual. A lackluster second half even though he seemed more focused especially on defensive tasks. Afterwards, let’s not forget that he had tonsillitis two more days ago …

The notes

Costil – 7
Pembele – 7
Kwateng – 6
Mexer – 5.5
Gregersen – 5.5
Mangas – 4
Onana – 6.5
Otavio – 5.5
Adli – 7.5
Dilrosun – 4
Hwang – 7.5

The match sheet

ASSE – Bordeaux: 1-2 (0-1 at half-time)
In Saint-Etienne (Geoffroy-Guichard stadium), on September 18, kick-off at 9 p.m.
Bordeaux coach: Vladimir Petkovic
Composition of Bordeaux: Benoît Costil (1), Enock Kwateng (25), Timothée Pembélé (22), Ricardo Luís Chaby Mangas (12), Edson André Sitoe (4), Stian Gregersen (2) [puis Mehdi Zerkane à la 72ème], Javairo Dilrosun (21) [puis Rémi Oudin à la 65ème], Yacine Adli (19) [puis Abdel Jalil Medioub à la 89ème], Jean Onana (8), Otavio Henrique Passos Santos (5) [puis Fransergio Rodrigues Barbosa à la 73ème], Ui-Jo Hwang (18) [puis Sékou Mara à la 89ème]
ASSE Coach: Claude Puel
Composition of ASSE: Etienne Green (40), Mickaël Nadé (33), Thimothée Kolodziejczak (5) [puis Jean-Philippe Krasso à la 67ème], Saidou Sow (4) [puis Mahdi Camara à la 47ème], Harold Moukoudi (2), Yvan Neyou (19), Lucas Gourna-Douath (6), Romain Hamouma (21) [puis Arnaud Nordin à la 67ème], Denis Bouanga (20) [puis Adil Aouchiche à la 83ème], Wahbi Khazri (10), Ignacio Ramírez (9) [puis Miguel Trauco à la 67ème]
Goals: Hwang (7th), Khazri (73rd), Hwang (81st)
Warnings: Hamouma (17th) for ASSE, Onana (32nd), Ricardo Mangas (56th), Dilrosun (64th), Costil (74th) for Bordeaux