At the end of a controlled match (1-0) against very pale Nîmes on Friday evening, during the 17th day of Ligue 2, the Ruthénois chain a second success in the league and climb to seventh place!
After the cagade in Cannes (1-1, 3-2 tab) last Saturday, during the 8th round of the Coupe de France, Rodez was expected at the turn in the league in the false derby against Nîmes, Friday evening in Paul-Lignon, by its supporters and even its president, Pierre-Olivier Murat. ” I expect a big reaction from my players, confided the leader on Tuesday. A victory, nothing more. And that the public pushes hard. »
The least we can say is that on the ground as in the stands, he was heard! ” Reference matches are stupid stuff. On the other hand, there are matches that allow you to switch “, Had also said” POM “. And this success could well be one for blood and gold perhaps launched towards an unexpected epic: that of the race to the barrage of accession to Ligue 1.
Friday night, we immediately felt that they were keen to be forgiven, as the Ruthenian striker Ugo Bonnet had indicated. From the 8th minute, his offensive partner Malaly Dembélé tore himself away to manage to shift Nassim Ouammou, launched in depth in the wake of the top scorer of the Peyrelade era. His cross found the first passer, who missed the target from entering the box. Shortly after, we found the left piston, author of a high recovery full of energy, at the stick for Ugo Bonnet, caught by the shoulder in the area by the Nîmes defender Kelyan Guessoum.
Penalty. Or rather Panenka from Jordan Leborgne to open the scoring (14th, 1-0) and repeat after doing the same in Nancy (0-2) two weeks ago, already following a fault on his teammate from Montpellier, the sworn enemy of the Crocs. The audience of Paul-Lignon had already been standing for a minute, from the 13th, to pay tribute to the defender of Raf Amiran Sanaia, suffering from cancer and carrying the number 13.
Behind, the Aveyronnais continued to dominate, but more timidly: Ouammou’s attempt was easily captured by the goalkeeper of NO Bratveit (25th), Bonnet missed his center when he should have shot (37th) then hit in the instead of centering (39th). Opposite, Nîmes stammered his football to be dangerous, barely, on a direct free kick from Benrahou (42nd).
The second goal was not far away
On the return from the locker room, the Raf tried to make the break, but Dembélé forgot his teammates in a three against two against (50th), then Ouammou and Bonnet saw their shot pushed back in quick succession by the last opposing rampart (54th). The Gardois, they should have equalized, but the right side Burner, alone facing the practically empty goal, missed the inevitable (62nd).
Behind, they pushed, but the blood and gold made the round back until the end. Result: here they are seventh in Ligue 2 this morning, two places in the accession play-offs… in the top flight! Yes, yes, Rodez!
