And fifteen… Even if it was slowed down in Nîmes (1-1), Paris FC continued its series of invincibility (10 wins, 5 draws) during this trip which promised to be perilous at the Costières stadium.
The Parisians can thank their goalkeeper Vincent Demarconnay who stopped a penalty in the second half (66th).
While waiting for the evening's matches, Paris FC remains 2nd in L 2 but AC Ajaccio could get closer if they win at Niort.
What you must remember
Deprived of Lamine Gueye, Migouel Alfarela and with an Alamami Gory not 100%, Thierry Laurey had chosen to bring the usual side Florent Hanin up a notch on the left side.
He is replaced in defense by the young Jaouen Hadjam (18 years old).
Ousmane Camara is on the bench to breathe a little.
If Nîmes had been dangerous with a strike from Eliasson on the outside of the post after a good defense from Axel Bamba (17th) and an exit from Vincent Demarconnay on an action from Fomba (20th), Paris FC shows, that despite his absences, he remains very efficient offensively.
After a big miss, all alone in front of goal (23rd), Morgan Guilavogui does a lot of work to alert Julien Lopez who finds the head of Khalid Boutaïb (0-1, 24th).
The native of Bagnols-sur-Cèze, 60 km from Nîmes and who played in front of many relatives, scored his 3rd goal in 4 games since his arrival at Paris FC.
But after a good flight on a strike from Ferhat (30th), Demarconnay had to bow to a header from Eliasson following a free kick from Benrahou (1-1, 38th).
If the Parisians managed a much better first period than in the two previous games against Guingamp and Sochaux, they were penalized for having moved back a little too much and left the ball to the Nîmes after the goal from Boutaïb.
The intensity drops after the break.
Forent Hanin is injured behind the knee on a bad reception (63rd).
A new blow in perspective for Paris FC?
Vincent Demarconnay is still on top at 38.
He masterfully stopped the penalty from the Algerian Ferhat (66th).
As he has become accustomed to, Laurey does not hesitate to bring in young people to finish the match.
The tall (1.92 m) Yoann Beaka, 18, thus made his big debut in L2 by entering (71st) in the company of Yoan Koré (17).
At the last minute, Gory misses the match point against Bratveit (90th).
Player: Vincent Demarconnay
Vincent Demarconnay is certainly the best goalkeeper in L2 on penalties.
He displays impressive stats in this exercise.
His save against Ferhat is the 6th of the last 15 penalties conceded by his team.
In addition to this penalty saved, he produced a solid performance in goal.
The number: 4
Arrived at Paris FC on January 31, Khalid Boutaïb was decisive in the four games he played.
Author of a decisive pass and the pass which brought a penalty against AC Ajaccio, he scored in his next three games, Quevilly, Sochaux and therefore Nîmes.
The Moroccan international therefore brings his counter to 8 goals this season with the five scored with Le Havre.
The reaction
To come up...
Match sheet
NIMES - PARIS FC: 1-1 (1-1).
Spectators: 2000.
Referee: Mr. Vernice.
Goals.
Nimes: Eliasson (38th);
Paris FC: Boutaib (24th).
Warnings
.
Nimes: Martinez (9th);
Paris FC: Kante (42nd).
Nîmes:
Bratveit - Paquiez, Ueda, Martinez (cap.), Sadzoute - Fomba, Cubas - Benrahou (Ponceau, 79th), Ferhat (Delpech, 84th), Eliasson - Omarsson (Kone, 67th).
Entr.
: Laurey.
Paris FC
: Demarconnay - Bamba (Koré, 71st), Chergui, Kanté (cap.), Hadjam - Name, Iglésias - Guilavogui (Bernauer, 86th), Lopez (Beaka, 71st), Hanin (Gory, 63rd) - Boutaïb.
Entr.
: Laurey.
