Between two rounds of the Coupe de France, the Portuguese traveled to Hazebrouck for the sixth day of the championship. Porto lost 2-1, leading 1-0 at halftime.
Before its sixth round of the Coupe de France in Maroilles (D1) on October 27, the Portuguese from Amiens traveled to Hazebrouck for this sixth day of the championship. And Porto did not start the match in the same way. Indeed, the Picards conceded two big chances during the first quarter of an hour. After that, the FCPPA took over the game. Feeling that his team was missing something, Benoît Sturbois and his staff decided to make a change, replacing Souleymane Touré with Camille Poidevin in the 40th minute. And Picard had a hollow nose, Poidevin scoring on his first ball and allowing Picard to lead in this match. Following this, the Portuguese had several opportunities to double the lead, but they did not succeed.
The Portuguese overthrown
Sturbois’ speech in the locker room is simple: “I told the guys to be careful and that if Hazebrouck scores, it risks galvanizing them and they will push for the second goal. » In the 55th minute, SC Hazebrouck equalized. Following two shifts on the right side, the Hazebrouck winger saw his cross deflected, Abdoul Ba was wrong-footed. Ten minutes later, the locals managed to escape pressure on the right side and finish the action with a shot into the top corner. The Picard coach then decides to change the system, switching from one to two attackers in front. Draman Sissoko comes into play and brings a lot of activity. The Amiens have several chances to equalize, but the match ends with this score.
The coach’s impressions
At the end of the meeting, Benoît Sturbois was rather mixed: “We concede too many chances and we are shaky defensively. Offensively, it’s good because we have a lot of chances, but we’re not killer enough in the box.”. He then draws a parallel with Yohane Moreira, the coach of ESC Longueau: “I read the article and we have the same words. We concede too many chances and concede too many goals to win a match. When you concede two away goals, it’s mission impossible to win a match. Especially since we are not effective up front. If we look at the number of chances, we are the winner. But having more chances than the opponent never resulted in a point. Defensively, it’s a collective problem. We’re going to have to work on this in training. Conversely, offensively, it is an individual problem, where the players are not clinical enough up front. »
Maxence Rico
Photo credit: Théo Bégaler – Gazettesports.fr (archive)
