Tops / Flops Montpellier-Saint-Étienne: overwhelming Mavididi, the Greens upside down

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Téji Savanier, the heart of the MHSC

The followers of Ligue 1 knew it before his selection with France at the Tokyo Olympics: Téji Savanier is a delicious footballer to watch play. The zoning of the offensive midfielder disoriented the Stéphanois. He caused misery to Yvan Maçon (15th) then Harold Moukoudi (20th) without finding the frame afterwards. He framed a shot that was too soft on a free kick (15th) and flirted with the post on a second (24th). Then unlocked the match with an inspired pass for Mavididi (32nd, 1-0). His skillful right foot brought great danger to the Greens' box. Without Delort and Laborde, he is the new face of Montpellier.

Stephy Mavididi,

Elusive

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On his left side, Stephy Mavididi made Yvan Maçon dizzy, replaced at half-time, and all those who tried to slow him down.

Rewarded by a goal with a beautiful and subtle strike from the right to find the small net of his English compatriot, Étienne Green (32nd, 1-0).

He could have afforded a brace if Sepe Wahi had not hampered him at the far post (45 + 2).

He lost company to Bryan Nokoué then Harold Moukoudi to serve Germain on a plateau (62nd, 2-0).

A goal, an assist.

Man of the match.

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Attack stopped, Bouanga tried

It is not at Denis Bouanga that we will throw the biggest stone by evoking the offensive poverty of Saint-Étienne. The winger often transplanted in the axis from his left side, but either had no striking solution (45th + 1), or unscrewed his shot (6th, 17th, 51st). Wahbi Khazri was ghostly. He immediately apologized after a frustration shot at 30 meters passed very far from goal (37th). Entered on time for his debut, Uruguayan striker Ignacio Ramirez could have given some balm to the hearts of the Greens without a saving tackle from Mamadou Sakho (82nd).

Green fragility at all times

To choose, 3-0 would have made more sense than 2-1 this afternoon. Mavididi was all alone at 16 meters on the opener, and the England winger put two defenders in the wind to bring the goal of the break. On a Montpellier counter, he and Wahi found themselves alone at the far post and, fortunately for Saint-Étienne, were embarrassed (45th + 2). Mickaël Nadé (22 years old) will have bad memories of his third match in the green jersey: he suffered the pressing from Hérault, finding himself forced to commit a fault on Savanier liable to a yellow card (73rd). Symbol of a fragile defense all the more in the absence of its Guinean international Saïdou Sow.