The Greens smell good deal – Sports.fr

In a long indecisive meeting, St. Stephen was able to wait without getting impatient to overcome the LOSC (2-0). Thanks to a brace from Gradel, author of six goals in his last five matches of L1, the Greens doubled provisoiement Monaco and return to two points of OM.

Before the meeting, Mevlut Erding Saint-Etienne announced the intentions to nine games remaining in the season: “consolidate fifth place, while trying to retrieve the fourth” he admitted in The Team on Sunday. Meanwhile the movement of AS Monaco in Reims (at 17h on Sunday), it’s done. And the Greens can even look up, since OM is only two points with a game in course, also on Sunday (21h). Still, the game did not seem to turn in favor of the ASSE in the first period, including an arbitration award against him that could have its importance on the final result of the match. Fortunately this was not the case.

On the half-hour mark on a great ball given in depth by Lemoine, Gradel overtakes everyone, ahead of the release of a Enyeama good external hook. Off-center on the right, the Ivorian forward but Corchia, income defend voluntarily elbow deflects the ball to avert the danger … a mistake that should have led to a penalty, and therefore a red card, but do not whistle Said Enjimi for lack of seeing it. At the break, told Al Jazeera Sport , the culprit deny the facts, but it is hard to believe. “ It is not voluntary and I throw myself I have the feel I touch the elbow, but it is not absolutely voluntary. “

After the break, Mr. Enjimi although the red card out of his back pocket, but for Rony Lopes, author of a true striker tackle, both awkward and violent, the ankle Tabanou, which will hopefully soon take its place. At 11 against 10, the Greens are gaining ascendancy and settled in the Yankee camp. This will end soon paid off. Lemoine, good in midfield on Sunday, shifts Clerc right side. The Etienne side a cross fleeing back to Gradel, who, after a perfect control oriented to eliminate Corchia, catapult leather under the crossbar of Enyeama (1-0, 64th).

will Losc then offer his guest the break of day. Empowered by a pass withdrawal Basa, Enyeama has to catch the ball in hand to prevent the csc but logically concedes a free kick just six meters. Although offset Tabanou, Gradel drives the point a deflected shot through a forest of legs (2-0, 73). A sixth goal in five games for the Ivorian, that one stops more since his return from the CAN. To the delight of the Greens, who continue to climb in the standings in Ligue 1.