Nîmes Olympique not royal against Versailles but victorious
Après un relais avec Marcel, Ali Abdallah est parti tromper Rénot et délivrer les Crocos. Midi Libre – Mikaël Anisset
National/6e journée. À 11 contre 10 pendant cinquante minutes, les Crocos, laborieux, n’ont pas dominé leur sujet, ont même souffert, mais ils ont renoué avec le succès.
Nîmes Olympique was not regal against Versailles and cannot yet consider life in a castle but its victory, Friday September 20, laborious but deserved, will do it a world of good.
To get the machine going again after two defeats and a draw, Adil Hermach had not innovated. He had stuck to the classics by retaining his key players – except Abdeljelil up front – and launching Labonne into the right lane of the defense.
Les Crocos ont attaqué leur échauffement. La victoire leur est indispensable pour repartir de l’avant. pic.twitter.com/alamoWLDYj
— Midi Libre Sports (@MidiLibreSports) September 20, 2024
This Nîmes machine had trouble finding the right carburetion. Seized up, the engine was grazing for long minutes. Confidence was not inhabiting the Nîmes players, that was obvious. Ngapandouentnbu was the most visible, that was not a good sign. After a shot from Raux Yao was blocked, the goalkeeper on loan from Marseille was doubly decisive on a header from Mbala and a shot from Moussadek (16th).
The results of the 6th day and the National ranking
Not much for twenty minutes
Despite approximations and difficulty in managing second balls, Nîmes did not fall apart in the face of Versailles' direct play and insisted on trying to establish its game. Without much success for a good twenty minutes and this cross from Labonne sent back, almost the first ball in the Yvelines surface…
The technical sheet
Nîmes – Versailles : 1-0.
Stade des Antonins.
Half-time : 0-0.
Referee : Maxime Jamet. Spectators: 1,230.
Goal for Nîmes: Ali Abdallah (52nd).
Warnings at Nîmes: Beneddine (26th), Diouf (77th), Mendy (80th).
Warnings at Versailles: Bangoura (32nd, 40th), Mbala (53rd).
Expulsion at Versailles: Bangoura (40th)
NÎMES: Ngapandouentnbu – Labonne, Diouf, Mendy (cap), Beneddine – Doukansy, Picouleau (Akkal, 36th) – Marcel (El Hamri, 82nd), Mexico, Camara (Abdeljelil, 61st) – Ali Abdullah. Coach: Adil Hermach.
VERSAILLES: Rénot (cap) & ndash; Santini (Tchato, 16th), Diakhaby, Moussadek, Altikulac – Bangoura, C.-A. Raux Yao (Agord, 87th), Basque, Mbemba (F. Guirassy, 72nd) – Renaud (Baghdadi, 72nd), Mbala (Duku, 72nd). Coach: Jean-Luc Vasseur.
Picouleau injured, Bangoura sent off
The rest, in this rather physical match , Versailles being as athletic as announced by Hermach, it was, without them being sovereign, a takeover of the meeting by the Crocos. Ali Abdallah took his shot too far (28th), Mexico and Doukansy's shots were blocked (29th and 37th) and Beneddine's free kick was pushed back by Rénot (41st).
Author of the foul that led to this free kick, Bangoura received his second yellow card, since he had earlier stamped on Picouleau (right knee), who was forced to give way to Akkal (36th).
Ngapandouentnbu was imperial in his goal and at the origin of the crocodile goal
As in Concarneau, the Crocos found themselves with a numerical superiority… This time they took advantage of it thanks to a lightning counter, after a free kick from Versailles: a long pass by hand from Ngapandouentnbu to Ali Abdallah who, after a relay with Marcel, would beat Rénot (1-0, 52nd). One of the rare opportunities at 11 against 10 with this double attempt Akkal-Camara (55th) and this cross from Labonne on the crossbar (58th).
The Crocos did not breathe serenity but they hung on and Ngapandouentnbu relieved them by clearing several aerial balls.
Until the end, the hard-working Nîmes suffered. Not royal but victorious – the essential – and relieved, of course.
Adil Hermach's reaction
"We needed the three points, so this victory feels good. It will allow us to go to Villefranche Beaujolais, next week, with a freer head. This victory is deserved even if, by not managing to make the break, we were not safe from a goal from elsewhere. We played the match we needed to. We responded present in the duels and there was more presence in the opposing surface. À At halftime, I told the players to stay calm and focused.”
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