Dominating does not mean winning… such is the moral of the reunion with Ligue 2 FC Annecy. If this Saturday evening the Reds showed an attractive face, they paid for their lack of experience at this level by conceding, on two errors, their first defeat of the season. On his lawn at the Sports Park, the promoted was beaten 2 goals to 1 by a Niort team not necessarily above but much more realistic.
2 goals in 10 minutes
From the 9th minute of play, Laurent Guyot’s players got the first chance. Well served by Alexandre Phliponeau, Kevin Farade missed (unfortunately) his duel with the doorman Niortais. Dominant in the game, the Annecyans would then crack twice between the 25th and the 40th. It was first Merdji (29th), after a number from Boutobba, who opened the scoring (0-1). Ten minutes later (39th), Niort doubled the bet on a penalty for a foul by the Haut-Savoyard goalkeeper on Vallier. Boutobba, again, transformed him (0-2).
Temanfo scorer for FCA
During the second period, the Reds pushed and made Niort tremble. In the 63rd, after a combination between Rocchi and Farade, Arnold Temanfo reduced the gap (1-2). The end of the match was going to be stressful and breathtaking for the 5,288 spectators at the Sports Park. But the score will no longer move. “We are in a professional world where we take zero points. So it’s a feeling of disappointment”, confided Laurent Guyot at the end of the meeting. The FCA coach remembers that facing an experienced opponent, his “the team got a lot of favorable situations”. But it was not enough. “Welcome to Ligue 2. We will have to learn quickly”he concluded.
- During the 2nd day of Ligue 2 (06/08), FC Annecy will travel to Amiens