After a promising start to the game, the Racing disintegrated this Saturday against AC Ajaccio
granting a defeat 4 goals to 2 on behalf of this 14th day of Ligue 1. This downside pushes the Strasbourg residents a little further into the depths of the championship classification. Julien Stéphan’s men point this Sunday at the 18th place in the provisional classification.
4 goals conceded in 15 minutes
The evening had started off so well. Racing opened the scoring thanks to two nuggets signed Jean-Ricner Bellegarde (free kick, 6th) and Kevin Gameiro (17th). But in the 33rd minute, the illusion dissipates.
Ajaccio had only scored eight goals in thirteen Ligue 1 games … the Corsicans are slamming it four in fifteen minutes in front of haggard and confused Strasbourg residents. A double from Youcef Belaïli on two penalties conceded by Thomas Delaine (33rd, 40th) and two other goals from Mounaïm El-Idrissy (34th) and Riad Nouri (45th +3′) complete to atomize the people of Strasbourg.
Racing dazed in the 2nd half
Even though the tone rises in the locker room at the break, Julien Stéphan’s men were unable to react. “It’s difficult to explain the inexplicable, we completely liquefied”, laments coach Julien Stéphan.
‘It’s professional misconduct’ – Lucas Perrin, Racing defender
“For me, it’s unacceptable. We all have a smoking brain. You have to take it upon yourself, shut up and keep working. I don’t have the words. […] It is professional misconduct to concede four goals in fifteen minutes.” loose defender Lucas Perrin at the end of the meeting, thirty-sixth below.
The nightmare after the final whistle
The cataclysmic evening then continues outside the field. The 200 Strasbourg supporters who performed travel by private plane
were victims of throwing projectiles
out of the stadium. At least two of them were injured in the face.