OYes, the women of Bergerac Périgord FC lost heavily 0-9 against FC Nantes, Saturday January 10. But is losing against third in D1 Arkema a surprise? Serge Pialat’s players played with their weapons, but fell against a superior team. They have nothing to be ashamed of.
From the start, Nantes took control of the ball and set the tempo. But on its first possession, BPFC manages to project itself: Gueï uses his speed, hits and throws Mahile into the area. The latter’s shot is off target (4th). In the action that follows, Mossard overflows into the right lane, returns and serves on a plate to Toloba, who pushes the ball into the empty goal (0-1, 5th).
The match is one-sided. The locals’ 5-4-1 makes it possible to close the axis, where the experience of captain Sophie Cerdan is valuable, but the Nantes full-backs provide solutions. Cerdan saves on his line (16th), Tahri relaxes well (20th)… But before the break, Nantes places a fatal acceleration. Toloba scored a double on an action similar to his first goal, then Calba volleyed a ball lying around in the area (0-3, 42nd).
Nantes in management
At the break, BPFC switched to 4-2-3-1, repositioning Cindy Mahile in No. 10 behind Chaïma El Hocine. The automatisms are there and, twice, the first named sows danger. In this configuration, the defense leaves more space behind its back. Saoud quickly takes advantage, like Toloba, omnipresent, who delivers a cross on the head of Robillard (0-5, 56th). Nantes plays simple and is superior in all areas.
Bergerac tries to hang on, Tahri shines in her goals with multiple well-felt interventions in depth and in the air, and some high-level reflex saves on her line, but she can’t stop everything. When she wins her duel in front of Eloissaint, the ball returns to the feet of Paljevic, who concludes in the empty goal (0-6, 67th). In the process, Eloissaint takes his revenge and wins another face-to-face (0-7, 70th).
Bergerac’s legs seem to be heavy, while the FCN continues to develop its game made of movements and variety, between short play and search for depth. Two new goals increased the score, even if at the end of the match, a long shot from El Hocine, who went just over, could have saved the honor.
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