Guingamp (2-1): ride youth!
Maéline Mendy, scorer with OL in a friendly (credit: OLAng’Elles)
With a largely reshuffled eleven then a formation made up of young people in the second half, OL held on against Guingamp (2-1). The cadets managed to provide a response to Sonia Bompastor this Wednesday. Find the best and the flop of the editorial team.
The best: a premiere night that will remain
At kick-off, the sporting issue was clearly not the center of attention in Décines. Of course, Sonia Bompastor and his staff wanted the invincibility ofOL lasts until the end of the season and it has been done (2-1). However, the coach was keen to see the face shown by her youngest players. This Wednesday, the average age was not high with 2006 and 2007 present in the eleven and on the bench. After 90 minutes, the young shoots can smile despite their fatigue. A D1 match has nothing to do with D3 or the U19 championship and Maéline Mendy experienced it, having to leave her partners at 10 with five minutes to go. There was no more fuel in the tank, but it must be said that the environment had given itself.
For her first start, she scored her first goal and put OL on the right path. This opening score also started from a cross from Abigail Charpentieranother little news from eleven with Mélissa They said. Everything was not perfect this Wednesday with youthful mistakes, but this match against Guingamp will remain in the memory of all these young people called up. Only Sofia Bekhaled and Féérine Belhadj did not have the honor of tasting their first professional minutes. But it is certainly only a postponement, especially for the goalkeeper.
The flop: another goal conceded
In view of the situation and the lack of sporting interest in the match, now is not the time to target a particular player. There was a bit of nonchalance among some experienced players in the first half, but against an opponent who was not necessarily dangerous, OL always found a way to come out of a match with a goal conceded. Benkarth had nevertheless read the trajectory correctly on a deep call of Traore in the first half, but the German had to lose in the second half. On a free kick in the box, Méaline Mendy released his marking and the head of Peniguel just before the hour mark prevented the young Lyonnaises from having a quiet last half hour. In 13 matches since the start of February, OL have only kept a clean sheet three times. At the time of pivotal matches, this could be expensive.
