We will have to be patient (again) to see a victory at La Source this season. The supporters who came on Monday, October 24 to encourage the Yellow and Reds left with their heads bowed, after this new 0-0 draw against Red Star. Beyond the result, the content is once again far from sufficient. Dominated in the first period, the Orléanais did not even know how to take advantage of the expulsion of Noah Cadiou just before the breakafter a very nasty tackle on Loïc Goujon synonymous with a second yellow card.
The USO did have some hot actions in the second half, like these headers from Solvet (61st) and Goujon (81st). But at no time did Xavier Collin’s men know how to pack the game in front of their audience. Worse: without the few big parades of Vincent Viot, the match could have tipped in favor of the Ile-de-France residents. At the end of the match, the expulsion of Steve Solvet (who was experiencing his first tenure in the championship) came to complete a very gloomy evening. After this 10th day of National, the USO is 11th in the standings, 8 points behind leader Concarneau
man of the match
Difficult to come up with a name as the collective performance was very average. We must salute Vincent Viot’s match, with two very big parades to his credit, including this stoppage at the hour of play on a point-blank header from Ile-de-France captain Loïc Kouagba. “From my bench, I saw her in the background, confided Red Star coach Habib Beye after the match_. He’s an excellent keeper. If he keeps this up, you’re not going to enjoy it for very long_” he told USO followers.
sentence of the day
“There is nothing simple about these moments. You ask yourself a lot of questions. There are very difficult nights. The objective when you are a coach is to find the words, the strategy, the tactics to win matches. So far, that’s not the case…“explained Xavier Collin, very marked in a press conference after this draw.
The number of the day
Six. The USO is now at six red cards received this seasonafter the expulsion of Steve Solvet at the end of the match.