Only one being is missing and everything is depopulated? Amiens SC will try to contradict this adage this evening in Pau during the 27th day of Ligue 2 without of his top scorer Aliou Badji (11 goals) suspended, like midfielder Arnaud Lusamba, for accumulating yellow cards. Formose Mendy and Emmanuel Lomotey are also out.
Benet: “Badji walks on water”
“Aliou is a player who is currently walking on water” admits midfielder Jessy Benet. “When we’re a bit in difficulty, he scores goals that really get us started in matches, like last week against Nîmes (3-0) where he opened the scoring at a time when we weren’t outrageously dominating! Even if we have other players who also know how to score goals, it is certain that Aliou is a player who weighs.“
Hinschberger: “If it can give ideas to Tolu…”
Author of 11 goals this season in Ligue 2, including four doubles since Decemberthe Senegalese striker (24) on loan to ASC from Egyptian club Al Ahly Cairo, freak out the stats. “Without Aliou but also Arnaud Lusamba on this match, you lose people on the offensive aspect, it is obvious. Now Aliou has chained many matches, it is not illogical that he misses one. Now no one is irreplaceable, we will prepare the team without him even if he has been very efficient lately“recognizes theCoach Philippe Hinschberger who will line up tonight at Pau Kader Bamba, Chadrac Akolo, and the Nigerian Tolu in attack. “I really liked Tolu’s game last Saturday against Nîmes, it’s by far his best game, not only for his efficiency and his two goals, but also for what he achieved during the game: keeping the ball, take them from the head, be present in the finish. If it gives him any ideas…“
Seven months without an away win in L2
Hyper effective at home (five wins in his last six matches at the Unicorn), Amiens will seek to reconnect with success on the road, which has not happened since August 14 at Guingamp, only away win in Ligue 2 this season. “I would not say that we are less relaxed outside, the thing is that we do not manage to score the goal which can kill the game when we are often leading in the score” explains Jessy Benet. “Now if we continue to chain victories at home – draws away it’s still not bad! But to reach the first part of the table we would need a series of victories and therefore win away“.
“Objective 42 points” displayed in the locker room
A success could allow Amiens to enter the Top 10 of the championship for the first time of the season. “In any case, on our board in the locker room it is always written “objective 42 points!reveals Jessy Benet.We have nine left to take to ensure maintenance. For now, we’ll stick with that. Even if we have the impression of not advancing too much in the standings, the main thing is to grab points from the teams at the bottom of the table and to move away from a red zone which we were quite close to during a difficult period for we. We’ll see later…“
Pau – Amiens on France Blue Picardy
As usual, live the game Pau – Amiens SC in full tonight on France Bleu Picardie. Kick-off at 7 p.m., pre-match at 6:45 p.m. with Mathieu Dubrulle and François Sauvestre. In the first leg, the two teams had drawn (2-2) at the Unicorn.