Second win in a row for AJ Auxerre in the top flight, the first at home this season.
Jean-Marc Furlan's men may have been below on paper, but they played with heart and guts, carried by a packed Abbé-Deschamps stadium.
Birama Toure and Gaëtan Perrin notably stood out, in the good sense of the term.
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Gaëtan Perrin, the rage to win
It took him a few before setting the sights, but the AJ Auxerre striker finally managed to hit the heart of the target.
In the 30th minute, he manages to free an entire stadium, an entire people.
After a hazardous recovery from the Strasbourg defense, Sinayoko stared at 30 meters before shifting Perrin to the left side.
The AJA number 10 opened his right foot and deceived Sels with a low shot.
Birama Toure, the control tower
If AJA won their match today, it was thanks to a collective, of course, especially thanks to Gaëtan Perrin's goal, we grant you that, but also thanks to the tremendous work of Birama Toure.
The Burgundian defensive midfielder left nothing behind and recovered almost everything.
He largely won his duel against the Thomasson-Prcic-Bellegarde triplet.
Alone against you, we're almost in a big fight movie...
The AJA collective
Auxerre is above all a group, and this match will not prove the contrary.
The promoted will fight with his weapons this year to try to stay in the elite, and the maintenance already passes by this kind of success.
FLOPS
The Strasbourg attack does not roar
Neither Ajorque, nor Gameiro, nor Diallo (entered the game in the 72nd minute) managed to shake the net.
However, it is not the opportunities that will have been missed... 14 shots for only 4 on target... Costil had a good match, of course, but it was above all the Strasbourg players who had no eyes in front of the holes this afternoon.
Julien Stephan did not know how to adapt
Faced with a weakened Auxerre team, the Strasbourg coach failed to put in place a sufficiently solid tactic to destabilize the locals.
And even during the meeting, the French technician seemed more helpless than ready to sound the revolt... Second setback of the season for him and his team which has still not won (two defeats and two draws in four games played) .
