Winners of Metz (1-0) at Michel-d’Ornano, the Caennais sign a second victory in two days of the championship.
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Caen keeps pace. Stade Malherbe won its second victory of the season by dominating Metz at Michel-d’Ornano, Monday August 8, at the end of the second day of Ligue 2. More opportunistic and efficient, the Caennais emerged victorious from this duel of contenders for the climb and climb on the second step of the classification behind the leader from Guingamp.
⏹ IT’S OVER!
The Caennais won their second game of the season, the first at home! #SMCaen #TeamSMC #SMCFCM pic.twitter.com/KUl5voj61m
– Malherbe Caen Stadium (@SMCaen) August 8, 2022
After a closed start to the match, the Caennais took the physical advantage. They put pressure on the Metz defense and managed to open the scoring shortly before the break, from a corner, thanks to a header from Djibril Diani catapulted into the back of the net from Alexandre Oukidja (38th). The Messins did not miss any chances (9), but stumbled on the last Norman rampart.
The game got a little more excited after the break, and the people of Lorraine multiplied their chances to try to get back into the game, but they wasted too much (17 shots, 5 on target). The Garnets also had bad luck, and hit the post on an excellent strike from Georges Mikautadze (65th). They tumble to seventh place before receiving Valenciennes next weekend. The Caennais will move to Dijon.