The race to climb to Ligue 1: Angers puts the pressure on
While waiting for Saturday, with the crucial Auxerre – Paris FC (3 p.m.) and Guingamp – Saint-Étienne (7 p.m.), Angers took second place from the Greens (with one more point) and therefore put pressure on them, in dominating Pau (2-1), also coming back three lengths from the AJA.
For this, the SCO relied on a magnificent curling shot from the right of Himad Abdelli (13th), thus author of his 9th goal of the season in L2, then on a cross shot from the left of Hanin following a bad dismissal Pau (52nd). Despite the reduction in the score, signed by Jean Ruiz with the force of the right on a poorly negotiated corner by Diony (56th), Pau thus almost abandoned all hope of snatching the last play-off place, the fifth, occupied by Paris FC, because there are four points remaining.
The race for the dams: Caen can believe it
Thanks to its late but deserved success against Laval (1-0), thanks to a goal from Brahimi which followed a strike from Gomis repelled by Samassa (86th), Caen, sixth, came within a single point of Paris FC , 5th, who will therefore play at Auxerre on Saturday. The Weeders can therefore still hope to remove the dams. Especially since they also came back to just two lengths behind Rodez, the fourth, who lost quite heavily at home to Annecy (1-3)…
The race to maintain its status: Concarneau and QRM relegated, Troyes in dire straits, Dunkirk almost saved
By losing respectively to Grenoble (1-2, where Benet scored a nice double, 41st sp and 43rd with a left volley at close range, 43rd) and at home against Dunkirk (1-2), Concarneau and QRM have officially been relegated to the National, where they therefore join Valenciennes, already condemned for a long time.
The Dunkirks, who scored at QRM (who had opened the scoring on a header from Coulibaly served by an ideal cross from Yadé, 24th) thanks to a recovery from Maurer from the right (52nd) and an opportunistic goal from Gbamin ( 69e), are almost maintained. Almost, because we have to wait for the decision of the disciplinary committee after the incidents that occurred in Troyes, 17th and first relegation which is seven lengths behind but with a match in hand, since its reception of Valenciennes was definitively stopped at the 89th minute at 1-1.
Bordeaux, for its part, mathematically ensured its survival by crushing AC Ajaccio (4-0), thus finally offering itself its biggest victory of the season, thanks to goals from Pedro Diaz (6th), Davitashvili (28th), Bardet (87th sp) and Nsimba (90th+1). Finally, in a match without stakes, Amiens won (2-1) in Bastia thanks to a very nice express double from the powerful Louis Mafouta (35th, 38th), second best scorer in L2 with 15 goals.
