If it is indeed official mathematically, it would be indecent to speak of maintenance this Sunday at the end of the trip from Reims to Lorient. More than that, the protégés ofOscar Garcia above all went to Brittany to provide themselves with a positive dynamic capable of grabbing a place in the standings and imagining a dynamic on which the club intends to surf to launch the next season. The mission is accomplished. Faced with Lorient residents who still play to scare themselves, the Rémois had decided to put the entry pressure on their host of the day. But the concentration swings offered a technical waste that prevented any action from developing for fifteen minutes.
The first action is the right one. Clear. On a recovery in defense, a long ball, deflected by Azor Matusiwa allows El Bilal Touré to go deep. Altruistic, the Rémois yet in search of goals and confidence, finds perfectly Arber Zeneli in the surface. The Kosovar does not need to be asked to convert the offering. At the top of the scoreboard, Stade de Reims suffered the reaction from Lorient. If the activity of Armand Laurienté was not effective, a flash of Terence Moffi, piercing the entire defense after half an hour of play, brought the two teams equal.
Faes boss, Touré in sight
The Lorient equalizer reinvigorated the Bretons in search of points for the maintenance. In difficulty, the Rémois then lost many avoidable balls. But the solidity and aggressiveness of Wout Faeswell accompanied by yunis abdelhamid, dampened local enthusiasm. Above all, it needed a very large Predrag Rajkovic, so that on several occasions, the Morbihan offensives are repelled. As often this season, the coaching of Oscar Garcia is then decisive. Barely entered the game, the young Kamory Doumbia took the depth on the right side. His speed allowed him to center for Touré whose recovery was a hit. From then on, the people of Lorient became more nervous. Serious and disciplined, they resisted the last attempts from Lorient around a decidedly decisive Rajkovic. Here is a tenth success nicely acquired, to be confirmed next Sunday, during the reception of Lens.
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In Lorient (Moustoir stadium), Stade de Reims beats Lorient 2-1
- Arbitrator : Mr Pierre Gaillouste
- Goals – Zeneli (17th), Touré (59th) for Reims; Moffi (32nd)
- Warnings – Lorient residents Thomas Monconduit (22nd) and Laurent Abergel (74th); at Rémois Kamory Doumbia (57th)
- Lorient : Dreyer – Le Goff, Petrot (Morel, 84th), Laporte, Mendes – Abergel (Lemoine, 83rd), Innocent (68th), Monconduit (Diarra, 68th) – Laurienté, Le Fée, Moffi (Soumano, 84th). Entr. : Christophe Pelissier
- Reims : Rajkovic – Locko (Busi, 64th), Abdelhamid (cap), Faes, Gravillon, Foket – Matusiwa, Lopy – Kebbal (K. Doumbia, 54th), Zeneli (Mbuku, 64th), Touré (Koeberlé, 90th). Entr. :Oscar Garcia
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