During a match played under unclear conditionsunder mixed rain and snow showersUS Orléans won a third success in a row, on the lawn of Créteil (0-1) this Friday, April 8. Realistic in the first period, the USO was also able to count on High level Franck L’Hostis when stopping a penalty (59th) and repelling the handful of Cristolian attacks. Orléans continues its rise in the standings (8th) but remains far from the podium.
Sangaré serves Lepaul perfectly
The deluge had rather cooled the Orléanais at the start of the game, facing Ile-de-France residents in search of points for maintenance and much more biting. After two dangerous corners, Chergui seriously worried the Orléans rearguard, who were picking up speed, but The Hostis succeeded in his exit at the feet of the attacker of Créteil (19th).
Chergui was again at work ten minutes later but his powerful shot missed the target (32nd). Araujo also went there with his strike in a good situation but did not hit the mark (40th). But Orleans, on his only chance in the first halfhad made the difference thanks to a powerful shot from‘Esteban Lepaul, served perfectly by a delicious pass in a touch of Sangaré (0-1, 39th).
Watch L’Enemy
After the break, both teams were threatening. The Cristolien Taha, after having eliminated a defender, opened his foot too much (55th). On a dangerous center of Mokdad, Riffi Mandanda intervened for the first time to cut the trajectory, then a second to repel the attempt of Sangaré, who wasted a second chance with a header in the same situation (57th).
The match could change at the hour of play, when the referee deemed Keita’s contact with Dabo in the area illegal… More the penalty shot on the ground in the center was stopped by the feet of L’Hostis (60th)! The last bulwark of Orleans watched over the grain at the end of the meeting by closing the angle perfectly against Chergui (82nd). US Orléans, who were proceeding against, could have worsened the score on a counter led by Ismaël Keita but well annihilated by Mandanda, who opposed the shot of Thimothée Nkada (75th). After five minutes of stoppage time, the USO firmly held this 7th success of the year 2022.
The US Orleans training center, opened in 2019, could soon close its doors
Jerome Couton-Coudray
