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The Strasbourg goalkeeper produced a very good performance with a total of five saves.
Even on the Reims equalizer, he came close to repelling Balogun's attempt, before Mr. Ruddy Buquet's watch vibrated to confirm the goal.
The Belgian was regular and solid, both on the ground (44th against Ito) and in the air (24th again on Ito).
He was quite simply the perfect representation of the Strasbourg defense which, apart from a communication error (13th), was able to be consistent.
Alexandre Djiku, Lucas Perrin and Maxime Le Marchand proved to be important in countering the onslaught of Reims.
The trio have won thirteen of their 22 duels.
Only Djiku ends with a yellow card.
A solid performance.
The offensive animation of Reims
Reims landed in Alsace in search of answers and solutions.
If the victory is not acquired, Oscar Garcia has a good offensive copy on which to work.
The complementarity of the Ito-Balogun duo allowed the Rémois to get many dangerous opportunities, especially in the first period: goal disallowed (4th), penalty canceled by the VAR (40th), four corners, seven strikes... The composed triangle de Lopy, who finished with 90% of successful passes, Doumbia and Munetsi succeeded in his role of keeping the ball while waiting to find the breach.
Reims knows how to play and create frank actions, but they have to be converted...
FLOPS
The Reims sides delay the awakening
If the game displayed by the offensive sector of Oscar Garcia promises a good result, the awakening of Reims remains late.
Dominating is good, concluding is better.
The Rémois struggled to convert their many highlights.
It is important to be more efficient, especially on the sides.
Full-backs Bradley Locko and Maxime Busi chained too many errors and false notes in their respective lanes, losing a combined total of 27 balls, while losing the majority of their duel - Locko having only won two out of his twelve disputed.
Waste and a lack of regularity which hampered offensive production, delaying the awakening until the 82nd minute.
Strasbourg's lack of inspiration
Strasbourg has never seemed comfortable and the point pocketed this Sunday is a semi-miracle.
Sad observation, moreover in La Meinau.
Julien Stéphan's players clearly lacked ambition today, totally blocked by the Haute Rémois pressing.
Certainly they opened the scoring against the run of play at the last second of the first period, but the final copy does not bring any glimmers of hope for the future.
The unpleasant impression of a team with strong individualities which struggles to show a solid attacking collective.
In short, the major assets Gameiro, Liénard, Thomasson or Delaine were not bad, obtaining despite everything some great opportunities, but rarely dangerous.
