Bordeaux (AFP)

A penalty from Denis Bouanga registered in added time allowed Saint-Etienne to win against the course of the game in Bordeaux (1-0) and validate the choice of Claude Puel, Sunday on the occasion of the 10th day of L1.

Can we already talk about Puel effect? A little early to say it but tactically, it is a new stroke of master succeeded by the successor of Ghislain Printant, two weeks after his + triumph + in the derby against Lyon (1-0), with again a goal late Robert Beric.

On the face of this meeting dominated in the possession and opportunities by the men of Paulo Sousa, these are three points that will do good to the Greens, who go back in fact in the first part of the ranking.

The Girondins, who secretly dreamed of a podium tonight, did not deserve this conclusion. Including Pablo who has hung his arm in his Nordin surface, very eccentric, which accentuated his fall to get a penalty confirmed by the VAR.

This Saint-Etienne victory validates the tactical move of his new coach, not very adepte of a defense to three, but who had opted for a symmetrical system to the hybrid of Sousa to block the spaces and the opposing lines.

The start of his family proved him right, Costil saving his camp on a coiled Bouanga (2) and recovering a center Boudebouz who preceded (7).

But, for lack of habit, there was no continuity when the Bordelais improved their transition phases with Kamano, ideally alerted with Briand, but who missed the framework of Ruffier (16), and Adli, precious between the lines, which has twice shone the Saint Etienne porter (31, 33).

The return of Hwang (54) finally brought a little passion in this game until then locked (or tactical, it is according). On his first ball, the South Korean was legally taken over by Fofana in the visiting area (57).

It is him that we found on + his special + by far but his powerful shot found the tap Ruffier (67), watching again on a face to face with the man from Seoul (79).

Bordeaux, arch-dominator in possession and opportunities, pushed to win the kettledrum, like an offensive Pablo on set pieces. And while we were heading towards a tactical void vis-a-vis the opposition of these two homogeneous blocks, it was the Greens and Puel who won.

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