Habib Beye and Cris give each other a hug.
But it is the former Brazilian central defender of Lyon, who has a smile after winning, with Le Mans, the duel of the former L1 who are starting their new coaching career.
After his two successes in a row against Cholet (4-2) and Avranches (6-0), the Red Star suffered another setback.
Confirmed last Wednesday as coach number 1, Habib Beye undoubtedly hoped much better from his team weighed down by his catastrophic start.
In five games, Beye's record is now 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses.
The Red Star should not be missed Thursday during the derby in Créteil, very badly in point (17th).
What you must remember
The momentum stopped ... The Red Star was surprised at the outset on a counter concluded (0-1, 12th) by Donisa (passed by the Saint-Ouen club in 2018 in L2) then a sumptuous strike from Macalou (0-2 , 16th). A big cold snap on Bauer. But the Red Star did not think about it after this catastrophic start. Damien Durand quickly reduced the score (1-2, 24th). Guel after a good series of dribbling in the defense (28th) then Stéphane Sparagna on a corner (33rd) are very close to equalizing. Even being rather attractive in the game, the Red Star is led to the break. Habib Beye decides to quickly operate a tactical reorganization with the return of El Hriti then by changing two of his attackers (Meissa Ba and Vialla). If Durand sees his recovery saved on the line (75th), the Red Star who shot 22 times on goal,failed to equalize in this very intense game. Le Mans won its first away victory of the season.
The player: Damien Durand
The former host in a leisure center in Morangis (Essonne), passed through Les Ulis (N3) and Sainte-Geneviève (N2) was again the most dangerous attacker of the Red Star.
After reducing the score, a rescue on the line of a defender from Le Mans prevented him from equalizing (75th).
In 11 league games this season, Damien Durand is involved in 11 of the 18 goals scored by his team with 5 goals and 6 assists.
The number: 13
The number of points behind the Red Star, now 12th, on the leader Annecy.
Bourg-en-Bresse (2nd) and Concarneau (3rd) are respectively 12 and 8 points.
Even though the season is still long, it is starting to do a lot.
Match sheet
RED STAR - LE MANS: 1-2 (1-2).
Goals
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Red Star: Durand (24th);
Le Mans: Donisa (12th), Macalou (16th),
Red Star
: Charruau -Daillet (cap.), Sparagna, Homawoo (El Hriti, 46th) - M. Ndoye, Guel (Benali, 73rd), C. Ndoye (cap.), Bosca - Vialla (Maës, 59th), Meissa Ba (Tokpa, 59th), Durand.
Entr.
: Beye.