And to say that none of the last three applicants at the top 5 won this Friday evening. Neither Guingamp, nor Laval and therefore not even Annecy, the only one to be lost after four matches without defeat (2v, 2n). The Haut-Savoyards now point to four points from the Bretons and will not return.
A backward departure
At kick -off, it’s been 302 minutes and three complete matches (Red Star, Lorient, Ajaccio) that the Annecians had no longer taken the slightest goal but the quest for 17e Clean-Sheet of the season stopped after 58 tiny seconds this Friday in Gabriel-Montpied.
16e Central defense (Kouadio, Bane, Delphis) aligned this season this season by coach Laurent Guyot did not have time to organize that a movement composed by customs, Bassouamina with Diedhiou at the finish already found the fault (1-0, 1st). It was a very ugly way of getting lost to the heart of the battle for fifth place with a clear plan, that of winning the last two games of the season and hoping for mesters from Guingamp and Laval.
Very bad taste also in the face of Clermontois who had not won since 14 games and early January. But as confidence does not change camps like that, the FCA quickly resumed the reins of the meeting despite a new alert with the attempt of well felt lob of Bamba (3e).
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Annecy ended up installing his intensity, recovered from the balloons to play with the Auvergne but without managing to put danger to it. The outdoor head of Paris, on a Démoncy corner, was very little (14e). Clermont aimed at the game in the back of the Annecian defense and, with the good memory of their Palois years, Saivet remote a ball between Bane and Kouadio for Bassouamina who was ahead of the end of a clever lob (2-0, 26e).
It could even have been worse a little later but Kouadio managed to prevent the shot from Diedhiou after far too much freedom left to Clermontois in the area (39e).
-Guyot changes everything at the break
The FCA was not in a good evening so Guyot did not hang out to make strong decisions. He sent four players to the break in the break and launched three (Yahi, Tiendrébéogo, Lajugie) as soon as the recovery. And it paid very quickly when the center of Tiendrébéogo pushed Konaté to the fault under the pressure of Yahi (2-1, 54e).
As Guingamp lost at the same time, the hope of overthrowing everything again. He was quieter when customs gave two goals in advance to Clermont (3-1, 64e) Before going to hear at the start of the last quarter of an hour when Demoncy took advantage of an unthinkable blunder of Da Silva (3-2, 76e).
But the FCA had gone too far this Friday. The play-offs are over. Stay the derby on Saturday (5 p.m.) against Grenoble. For nothing except to complete the season.
Reactions
Laurent Guyot (Annecy coach): “I am obviously disappointed. We lacked a little bit of everything in too many areas. Not much but a little against a team from Clermont who had the efficiency and the offensive success that has often missed this season. It would have been necessary to put more danger as between the first and the second goal. But every time we came back in the match, a blow fell on us. We did not give in, we fought until the end. Clermont had a certain excitement at times but we could not take advantage of it. It doesn’t change anything that the season is beautiful. We will prepare well for the last match and do everything to finish in style against Grenoble. »»
Sébastien Mazeyrat (Clermont coach): “It was the roller coaster. We have mastered certain moments, others less. We used a more direct game, that’s what we wanted to do even if it is not the DNA of the club. We were very effective but we could have displayed more mastery. »»
Clément Billemaz (Annecy left piston): “There is frustration and disappointment but we do not make the match it takes. Our first half is not good. We cannot create situations and they quickly put us in danger. We have a good start to the second period, we come back to 2-1 but we take the third goal that puts us a blow. We knew we needed two victories to end the season so we blame ourselves from our match. The three changes at halftime? I think the coach could have come out more than three, we’re not going to lie. He sought to cause an electro-shock and it worked rather. No one has won ahead, it shows that it is not easy to end the season. It is up to us to finish the season well, we must not neglect this derby against Grenoble and win it to finish the season well in front of our audience. »»
