Nîmes was hung on the lawn of Rodez. The Ruthénois opened the scoring on a penalty by former Nîmes Clément Depres in the first period. Rafiki Saïd answered him with a superb curling shot from the left at the start of the second period. After this draw in Aveyron, Les Nîmois become relegated again.
In a very lively game with 18 shots from Nîmes against 13 from Ruthenia, the draw made sense even if Nîmes had great chances by rookies Mousset and Ambri who failed to score. At the very end of the first half, Soumano for Rodez also had a huge chance but fortunately his shot hit the crossbar of Lucas Dias, promoted to holder in place of Axel Maraval. The Nîmes coach Frédéric Bompard was rather satisfied after this point taken: “This point will count at the end of the season. The result is half positive because we didn’t win. I really liked the way we played this game. We played, we didn’t wait. every time we conceded a goal, the team tended to lower their heads morally. There they knew how to react in stride, we had chances after Rodez’s opener, that’s really a positive point. After that it would be nice to stop conceding the opener whether it’s home or away.”
Prestigious match for the next meeting at the Antonins stadium
It front of Greens of Saint-Etienne who are the first not to be relegated and who are one point ahead of Nîmes, the Crocos will play a very important match to get out of the red zone. Nîmes-Saint-Etienne, kick-off on Monday February 20 at 8:45 p.m. Our pre-game will start at 8:30 p.m. The meeting of this 24th day will be to live together and live on France Bleu Gard Lozère.
