Bordeaux (AFP)
Bordeaux, in diesel mode, upheld the hierarchy by taking the best out of a valiant Le Mans team (2-0), at the opening of the 32nd finals of the Coupe de France, Friday evening at Matmut Atlantique.
Only the qualification is good for the Girondins who remained on four losses in December and once again showed a lot of deficiencies, rising crescendo in this match of recovery balanced in goal actions in the first half.
It took a generous penalty obtained and transformed by Jimmy Briand (53) to unlock the counter, which a meteoric counter from Toma Basic in added time made fruit (90 + 5).
The Manceaux, on the upward slope in L2 in December, played their luck skilfully, obtaining several unsuccessful corners in the first act, by soliciting four times Gaëtan Poussin, trained in Sarthe, and who concludes his fifth match in professional without the slightest goal conceded.
Facing them, the men of Paulo Sousa were very approximate technically and in construction, which did not allow them to establish their grip.
Like Briand (8), Toma Basic (12) or Nicolas De Préville (21), they collided with an Imperial Patron Pierre and very happy to see a Briand head flee from its frame (34).
After the break, the Girondin domination was even more significant and rewarded by Briand, illegally retained by Aloïs Confais in the visiting area according to referee François Letexier.
The advantage taken did not open up spaces for Bordeaux residents who only managed to take shelter permanently after a rush of Basic, one of the best actors of the evening.
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