Strasbourg (AFP)

Leaded to the break, Strasbourg snatched his first win of the season in the league (2-1) against Nantes, who missed the opportunity to grab the head of the L1 Friday opening the 6th day.

The Canaries, who opened the scoring by Kalifa Coulibaly shortly before the half-hour mark (28th), failed to maintain this advantage against Alsatians who woke up in the second half.

The players of Thierry Laurey first logically equalized by Dimitri Liénard (65th), before overthrowing the Canaries at the very end of the match on a penalty scored by Ludovic Ajorque (89th).

Nantes, who remained on three wins and a draw, conceded his second setback of the season after that recorded in Lille on the first day. The + Gourcuff Boys + are in fourth place (10 points), waiting for the other matches of the weekend.

The RCSA leaves, he, the place of barrage to go up to 13th rank by doubling its capital, which now amounts to six points.

The beginning of the match is not lively, if not boring, between two teams anxious not to discover themselves and lock the spaces.

The Canaries show a formidable efficiency and also success by opening the scoring on their first real dangerous situation: Moses Simon lets pass a center unscrewed of Charles Traore, and instead of clearing, Kenny Lala lowers, offering the possibility to Coulibaly put a powerful shot under the bar (0-1, 28th).

Stunned, the Alsatians try to react but fail to worry Alban Lafont until half-time.

- Liénard changes everything -

From the start, the Racing shows a completely different face and imposes an all-terrain pressing in Nantes, under the impetus of Liénard, launched by Laurey at the break to replace the defender Alexander Djiku.

This tactical repositioning radically changes the face of the Strasbourg formation, much more present offensively, while the Nantais struggling to set foot on the ball and proceed only against.

After two spills punctuated by centers Ludovic Ajorque without consequences for the Canaries, the RCSA ends up getting a deserved equalization: on a center Adrien Thomasson for Nuno Da Costa, Andrei Girotto misses his clearance and Liénard takes the opportunity to shoot a powerful shot at ground level which delivers the Meinau (1-1, 65e).

The Canaries multiply the long balls for Coulibaly, but without success, while Strasbourg continues the offensives without further success.

Up to a corner played two between Liénard and Jean-Ricner Bellegarde, who plays Imran Louza and is unbalanced in the area. Ajorque does not flinch and converts the penalty, igniting an Alsatian public once again exemplary (2-1, 89th).

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