A double from the South Korean Ui-Jo Hwang allowed Bordeaux to win their first victory of the season (2-1), Saturday, September 18, 2021 on the ground of Saint-Etienne. This meeting opposed the last two in the Ligue 1 standings.
On Saturday evening, ASSE drowned on its ground against the Girondins de Bordeaux. The classification was at the heart of the issue between Stéphanois and Bordelais, who occupied the last two places before the 6th day.
Under heavy rain, which made playing conditions very difficult, the Girondins did the best, thanks to their striker Hwang Ui-jo. The South Korean struck at the start of the match (6th), then after (80th) the equalizer of Wahbi Khazri (73rd). Thanks to this success, Bordeaux, which could not keep a point at the very end of the match against Lens on September 12 (3-2), has just taken a leap forward and moved to 14th place in the standings (5 points).
The Greens remain stuck at the bottom of the table, in 19th place (3 points) after this meeting of the 6th day of L1. Saint-Etienne remains stuck in the penultimate place, tied on points with the new red lantern Metz. In addition, ASSE is part with Metz (20th and last) and Brest (18th) which plays this Sunday in Clermont, of the only three teams in the championship, separated by goal difference, remaining unsuccessful.
The reaction of Claude Puel, the coach of Saint-Etienne: “Apart from the first quarter of an hour, I found our animation interesting. It’s paradoxical because we take two avoidable goals and we have many situations with actions well carried out and badly finished. It would have done us the greatest good. . We could have gained even more confidence in a difficult moment. We moved this opponent. We are unhappy in certain situations because there was a flagrant penalty in the first half. The storm and the weather conditions prevented us from playing in particular in our penalty area and an opportunity was wasted on a ball that came to rest on the line. After the equalizer we should not have taken that second goal. I regret the headwind we suffered because in the intentions were better than in previous matches “.
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