The two best teams of the return phase of the championship were opposed on behalf of the 29th day of National. Stade Lavallois traveling to Saint-Brieuc.
The evening starts badly for the Mayenne club which has to face the last minute withdrawal from its goalkeeper Alexis Sauvage. In full warm-up, he is the victim of a malaise. Quickly taken care of by the emergency services, he was able to regain his senses. Maxim Oboe only had a few minutes to warm up and he found himself starting for the second time this season after the match against Sète at Le Basser.
The start of the match is clearly to the advantage of the Briochins, but the Laval residents have this ability to let the storm pass and even to surprise their opponent afterwards. With a magnificent plunging head, Kevin Perrot opens the score. The Laval-born defender had not scored in the league since the 2012/2013 season (J28 against Guingamp).
Same scenario in the second half. After a period of Briochin domination, Laval doubled the lead through its top scorer, Geoffray Durbant (68′), header. Ten minutes from the end, Stade Lavallois still leads 2-0 but everything will change in the space of a few minutes.
The Griffons reduce the gap eight minutes from the end. From that moment on, the Costa Rican players push and it ends up paying off. A free kick generously awarded to Saint-Brieuc allows the team to equalize at the start of additional time. Infuriating. Laval had already experienced this type of scenario at Châteauroux and had also lost points at the end of the match at Bastia-Borgo.
In the standings, Stade Lavallois retains both its first place and its five-point lead over Annecy (held in check at Le Mans). The Tango will play a very important match on Monday April 18 in Concarneau, 3rd in the National.
The reaction
The Laval coach, Olivier Frapolli is inevitably a little disappointed with the result given the scenario: “it’s always infuriating to be joined in the last moments.“
The game sheet
Saint-Brieuc – Laval : 2-2 (0-1). Referee: Azzedine Souifi. approximately 3000 spectators.
Goals for Laval: Perrot (38′), Durbant (68′); for Saint-Brieuc: Le Marer (82′), Alley (90′)
Warnings for Laval: Baldé (85′), Goncalvès (88′). Expulsion for Saint-Brieuc: Benhaïm (90’+3)
Laval: Hautbois – Baldé, Baudry, Goncalves – Perrot (Etcheverria 86′), Maggiotti (Adéoti 83′), Roye, Ferhaoui, Duterte – Durbant (Gboho 75′), N’Chobi (Da Silva 75′).
The results and the classification
