The Strasbourg coach Julien Stephan : “It’s a logical victory, we started the match very well, with very good collective movements. At times, we lacked depth in our attacks, even if the goal came in that way. a logical and controlled victory. Our fourth place doesn’t change much, it validates the very good work of the players. It’s a reward for them, but it’s only a point of passage to the 21st day. I’m watching especially the number of points and the performances that follow one another. This is our third consecutive victory in 2022, with three successful and mastered matches in different contexts. We don’t change our tune, we remain very humble.”
the attacker Ludovic Ajorque : “It’s unbelievable, but fourth place remains anecdotal. We continue to advance in our objective of maintaining. We had a good first 20 minutes, unfortunately we did not materialize our chances. After that it was more difficult against a block low who defended a lot. We managed to score just before half-time. In the second half, we managed, we were mature, we knew how to suffer well together and wait for the right moves for us.”
- THE ANALYSIS OF OUR CONSULTANT JEAN-PHILIPPE SABO:
Lacking realism in the first part of the season, Kevin Gameiro found the net for the second game in a row (6th goal of the season in Ligue 1). Well launched in depth by Jean-Eudes Aholou, he opened the scoring with a small ball stung from the left above the Clermont goalkeeper Oparine Djoco (44th). The player trained at Racing could have scored a double and even a hat-trick, if he had not missed a duel against the goalkeeper at the start of the game and another big chance after returning from the locker room, from close to the head. But he’s been more in sight than one Ludovic Ajorque, back at the Gabriel Montpied stadium, where he made his professional debut.
By winning at Clermont, Racing won the 200th away game in its history in the first division.
- THE SUMMARY OF THE MATCH IN AUDIO: