Bordeaux - Saint-Etienne (2-2), Troyes - Clermont (0-1) and Lorient - Metz (1-0) ... Three 7 p.m. posters pitted six teams against each other in the race for maintenance.
From this ruthless little game for the nerves, which ended in the last minutes, Lorient and Clermont emerged victorious in extremis.
Bordeaux and Saint-Etienne shared the points.
Troyes and especially Metz, already last, made the wrong move.
Bordeaux saw itself as beautiful but...
Of all the relegated, the Girondins struck first and are the ones who came closest to victory.
And within half an hour, the penultimate thought he already had the three points in his pocket.
From the end of the first quarter of an hour, Mara deceived Bernardoni, taking over from close to the ground a cross from Igntenko (1-0, 16th).
A few minutes, Jean Onana doubled the bet by exploiting with the head an impeccable cross from Dilrosun at the near post (2-0, 23rd).
Abused, Saint-Etienne, well paid, however reduced the mark thanks to Bouanga, at the conclusion of a one-two with Boudebouz (2-1, 33rd).
Back from the locker room after the break, the game changed.
More passive, Bordeaux, retreated and fell back into its defensive mistakes.
Left free to move on the right side, Nordin did not hesitate to equalize (2-2, 65th).
At the end of the game, the Girondins believed they had hit the jackpot when veteran Jimmy Briand cheated on Bernardoni, but the VAR invalidated the 103rd goal from the veteran Bordeaux joker, for an offside (89th).
Equalization of the @ASSEofficiel!
What a match š¤Æ @NordinArnaud scores his 4th goal of the season ā½ļø#FCGBASSE pic.twitter.com/4O7hXZQ1ze
ā Ligue 1 Uber Eats (@Ligue1UberEats) April 20, 2022
Lorient sinks Metz
Red lantern in Ligue 1, Metz, aware of the urgency of the situation, largely dominated the first period at the Moustoir stadium and created many chances, shooting 11 times on goal in the first period;
De PrƩville even shook the nets of Dreyer (16th) but the VAR invalidated the goal after several minutes, because of a preliminary hand in the middle of the field...
At the very end of the match, the Hakes remained masters at home, with a goal from Ouattara, following a messed up ball by a Metz defender.
Sixth game without a win for the Garnets.
Not really a survivor's pace in Ligue 1.
Clermont traps Troyes
In the promoted match, separated by four pre-match points to the advantage of the Trojans, the Aubois were the most enterprising from the start but without being able to concretize their ascendancy.
The dazzling head of Ripart was diverted in a reflex by Djoco, the Clermont goalkeeper (2nd).
At the end of the first period, Ugbo saw his attempt from the outside of the right foot crashing into the Auvergne crossbar (39th).
Just before, Bayo thought he had scored against the run of play, by closely converting a center from Khaoui, but the Clermont striker was flagged offside (36th).
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Oh how good this victory is!
Thanks to a goal from @momobayo27, the CF63 brings back 3 points of paramount importance!
Well done gentlemen!
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ā Clermont Foot 63 (@ClermontFoot) April 20, 2022
Finally, the Guinean won his case and, well launched in depth, scored at the end of the match, sealing the good Clermont operation with his 11th goal this season.
