Amiens only left halfway. Three days after a sad defeat (2-0) at home against Le Havre, the ASC obtains only one point (0-0) on the lawn of the penultimate of Ligue 2, Dunkirk. The Picards remain eleventh in the standings, three games from the end of the season.
Philippe Hinschberger made strong choices by doing without his top scorer, Aliou Badji and his best passer, Kader Bamba. It’s the duet Tolu Chadrac Akolo which was aligned from the start. Mathis Lachuer started in midfield alongside Bongani Zungu.
In a first quarter of an hour without a bang, Amiens created the first opportunity. Jessy Benet, playmaker hit a slightly off-center free kick, 25 yards out. The shot from the former Grenoble player was on target but Jeremy Vachouxthe Dunkirk goalkeeper deflected it.
Shortly before the half hour mark, Demba Thiam pierced the Amiens defense before hitting clearly above. The Northerners accelerated the tempo in the last quarter of the first half. The bell-shaped center of Driss Trichard just missed finding Marco Majouga. However, Dunkirk had to make a first forced change. top scorer, Malik Tchokounte went out on injury, replaced by mohamed ouadah.
Amiens insists before the break
Just over five minutes from the break, Tolu jumped much higher than his opponents on a cross from Formosa Mendy. But the head of the Nigerian giant did not catch the frame. The same Formose Mendy could have been a goalscorer a few minutes after. On a corner of Jessy Benet, the Senegalese took the volley ball. A masterfully deflected shot, from a reflex stop by Jeremy Vachoux. Amiens insisted in stoppage time by obtaining two corners which came to nothing. Both teams returned to the locker room without scoring. But the ASC dominated.
At the start of the second half, Dunkirk lit a first fuse. The strike of Marco Majouga went very close to the goals of Regis Gurtner. Tolu replied four minutes later by scoring but he was flagged offside. Dunkerque got the two biggest chances at the start of the second half. mohamed ouadah concluded an express comeback with a shot that grazed the goal of Regis Gurtner.
In the last quarter of an hour, the second half got carried away. First on a lift led by Jessy Benet who centered for Chadrac Akolo. The Congolese narrowly missed the ball. But on the counterattack, the northerners almost opened the scoring with a strike from mohamed ouadahsuperbly diverted by Regis Gurtner. The keeper pulled out another save on a header from Kevin Rocheteau in stoppage time.
Amiens is still eleventh in the standings with 43 points with three games remaining. On Saturday April 30, the ASC will travel to Grenoble before challenging two contenders for the climb, Paris FC then Auxerre.