The Greens regained a taste for victory against SCO Angers (1-0) on Wednesday evening, after having mastered their subject with seriousness in the game as in the intentions. Gérald Baticle’s players did not manage to get out of the constant pressing of the Stéphanois who thwarted their opponents to perfection. The Angevins managed to create danger only in spurts, without being compact and dangerous at the collective level.
Quite the opposite of Greens who finally found their colors on a decisive action by Yvann Maçon just before the break. Seven days after their last victory in the league, on November 21 against Troyes (1-0), Saint-Etienne and Pascal Dupraz won a capital success which allowed them to regain hope in their maintenance operation.
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It was a late game that counted almost double for Saint-Etienne and its second part of the season. An appointment that the eleven of Forez put on the sheet did not miss. More will and commitment, constant pressing against borrowed Angevins: the Dupraz recipe has finally had its first effects on a group from Saint-Etienne so far adrift in the championship. Authors of a solid performance in the game with several chances from Arnaud Nordin, Denis Bouanga and Ryad Boudebouz, the Greens hinted at an offensive potential for a comeback, all in the absence of Wahbi Khazri, still at the CAN with the Tunisia.
Driven by a constant desire, Saint-Etienne was still scared a few times in the first period on the rare incursions from Angevin (2nd, 40th, 41st). But with Paul Bernardoni omnipresent in his penalty area, the Greens took advantage of the passivity in the Angers midfield to shift up a gear in attack.
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On a long shot from Arnaud Nordin (20th) and repelled with difficulty by Danijel Petkovic, the visitors sent a first shiver through the bays of the Raymond-Kopa stadium. And on an acceleration from Mason on the left side, the fault opened on a strong cross at ground level which surprised Danijel Petkovic then the young Batista Mendy in stride. His clearance finally turned into an own-goal (43rd). The high point of a meeting whose rhythm fell in the second period, despite two new opportunities from Bouanga (47th) and Nordin (63rd).
A victory following a twist of fate and a fate that has finally turned on the side of the Greens, accustomed to bad luck since the start of the season. More than two months after his last success in Ligue 1 against Troyes (0-1) already away, on November 21, Saint-Etienne, still the red lantern, gradually climbed the lead in the standings five points behind Bordeaux (17th, 20pts), before continuing with a trip to Bergerac, in the round of 16 of the Coupe de France and confirming in the league with the reception of Montpellier, on February 5.
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