Football: for Olympique d’Alès, once again beaten and relegated, there is urgency

Ben Nasr's penalty for the equalizer was stopped by Gil, the Aubagnais goalkeeper, whose father played in the past at Pont-Saint-Esprit with Stéphane Saurat (ex coach of the OAC) and Philippe Morel, new coaches of 'Uzès. Midi Free – ALEXIS BETHUNE

National 2/15th day. After four draws in a row in the league, the Alésiens lost to leader Aubagne (1-0). With regrets, as always…

Aubagne 1 – Alès 0
Stade de Lattre de Tassigny.
Half time: 1-0. Referee: Alexandre Mercier.
Goal for Aubagne : Vialla (6th).
Warnings in Aubagne: Dahmani (45th+2), Gil (62nd).
Warnings in Alès: Nadifi (8th), Ben Nasr (22nd), Yalaoui (87th).

AUBAGNE : Gil – Khalid, Nehari, Carbonero, Mouton – Pioton (Benhattab 73rd), Amiri (cap), Kaboré, Vialla (El Faqyh 53rd) – Tafni (Djaballah 53rd), Odzoumo (Sylva, 90th).
ALES: Moreau – Yalaoui, Cros, Nadifi, Djabou (cap, Duponchelle 80th) – Dabo (Baptiste 80th), Ben Nasr (Kich 63rd) – Baana Jaba, Franco, I. Balmy – Betra (N’Fa Diaby 63rd).

When it doesn't want to… The OAC found itself trailing again, the OAC again missed a penalty, and the OAC was once again denied a goal that seemed valid in the final moments. It’s hard to take, and it’s hard to get out of the negative spiral.

Not Calimero

"I don't want to sound like a Calimero, but that's the reality: we still dominated at the leader's side, we spent 90% of the time in their camp and pushed a lot , we had the opportunities, but we did not put them to the bottom. And when we score, we are denied the goal,” says coach Hakim Malek, disappointed.

Penalty missed and goal disallowed

After four draws in a row in the league, Alès lost by the minimum to Aubagne, which remained on 7 wins and 4 draws since its last defeat at … Pibarot, September 9 (3-1).

Calimero or not Calimero, the Provençals that we know and who were present at the stadium confirmed it to us: the Oacians did better than compete with the leaders in Pool A. But they were not rewarded. Because Aubagne, who hit the woodwork (83rd), was very solid defensively around a decisive goalkeeper; because the Gardois missed the inevitable (by Franco, 63rd), a penalty (by Ben Nasr, 35th) and a pair of other opportunities; and because the referee M. Mercier saw an undoubtedly imaginary offside by Yalaoui on the equalizer of N’Fa Diaby (88th).

"I think that some people are not aware of the complexity of the situation"

What can we blame the Oacians for, then ? for having been fearful (Provençal opening score by Vialla, 6th) before being conquerors, replies Malek. We didn’play like a team fighting to stay on. I think some people are not aware of the complexity of the situation. Our content is not bad…hellip; but there is no charge.

Will the recruits help reverse the trend ?

In N2, success has eluded the OAC, penultimate, for four months, on October 7 in Hyères (2-1). The defensive Khemais (a promising time at the Nîmes Olympique training center) and the offensive Correa (ex Grenoble, L2), latest recruits of the transfer window, will they make it possible to reverse the trend ? As soon as possible will be the best, because there is an emergency.

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