the Stade Malherbe Caen and theUS Avranches had prepared their meeting in the greatest secrecy. No one had been warned apart from the teams and staff. Neither the supporters nor the press. In short, a real game behind closed doors, far from prying eyes. Finally, prying eyes, there are always, unfortunately for the SMC, who lost heavily in the South Channel, 3-0.
They are our colleagues from Sport in Caen who revealed the existence of this meeting in the early afternoon. With a rather usual usual team, but private of Ibrahim Cissé, Nuno Da Costa and Benjamin Jeannot, Caen lost the first period 1-0, conceding the opening scoring in the 16th minute by Raoul Beligha, striker recently recruited by the Manchese club (1-0, 16th).
Khalil tested, not Teikeu
In the second period, according to Ouest France, Stéphane Moulin made ten changes and tested midfielder Ahmed Khalil, on trial for three days, but not Adolphe Teikeu, announced by several media since the beginning of the week. Modifications which did not allow Malherbe to return to the score, quite the contrary. As soon as the resumption, the new Caen on the lawn were picked cold. Avranches obtained a penalty, transformed Jordan Kassa (2-0, 47 ‘). At the very end of the match, Florian Bianchini sealed the score by scoring a third and final goal (3-0, 90 ‘).
On a bad series of seven games without a win, Caen sought to reassure himself by facing the Manchese club, resident of National, a division lower. This heavy setback will undoubtedly cause the opposite effect … unless there is the electroshock necessary for the rebound. There is one week left at Stephane Moulin and its players to raise their heads and find a formula to create the feat by winning at Auxerre, 3rd in the ranking.