Ligue 1 McDonald’s, Spherical 23, 23/02/25
OGC Good registered their third win on the bounce as they dispatched relegation-threatened Montpellier HSC at a canter (2-0) to retake their place on the rostrum.
The Match
Good’s nearly full domination of the match was not mirrored within the scoreline on the finish of the primary half. There was a wastefulness, which started with an early effort from Evann Guessand being saved by Benjamin Lecomte and continued even after Jonathan Clauss opened the scoring on the half-hour mark, latching onto a ball excessive from Guessand, earlier than ending from a good angle into the underside nook, through the within of the put up.
Gaëtan Laborde, so prolific of late, scuffed a golden probability from a Guessand cutback, seeing his unpressured effort from close to the penalty spot dribble harmlessly extensive. Guessand too, so environment friendly of late, was out of types too, blasting an effort over. It was a harder effort than those that preceded it however the Ivorian ought to have examined Lecomte.
There was no revolt from Montpellier within the second half, who did little to attempt to restore parity, completely satisfied to cede possession and authority with out ever really trying to punish Le Health club on the break. After a mix of a Guessand air kick and a poor Cho effort on the rebound noticed one other probability go begging, Good did double their lead simply after the hour mark.
As soon as once more, it was Guessand on the coronary heart of issues within the build-up because it was his burst of tempo that allowed him to get in behind and play the ball throughout to Cho. While his effort was blocked, the ball fell to Laborde, who had the composure to put it again to Boudaoui for a easy side-footed end.
There have been probabilities for Good so as to add to their benefit additional, with Cho curling simply over, however the residence facet didn’t must overly exert themselves, and so didn’t. Ndiaye Junior supplied a late scare, the MHSC substitute putting the bar from shut vary, however the two objectives had been sufficient to see them retake their place on the rostrum and hold them in a robust place to make sure qualification for subsequent season’s UEFA Champions League.
Good participant rankings
Marcin Bulka – 4
Dante – 5
Moïse Bombito – 5
Youssouf Ndayishimiye – 5
Ali Abdi – 5
Baptiste Santamaria – 3
Definitely Santamaria’s worst sport since arriving at Good over the winter. He’s at his finest when he retains the sport easy and he didn’t do this, opting all too usually for an excessively formidable possibility and dropping the ball when there have been easier and nonetheless harmful choices accessible to him. He additionally misplaced the ball too usually in duels, together with one harmful turnover that noticed Tanguy Coulibaly shoot simply extensive in what was one in every of Montpellier’s finest probabilities of the sport.
Hicham Boudaoui – 7
Jonathan Clauss – 7
Mohamed-Ali Cho – 4
Gaëtan Laborde – 5
Evann Guessand – 6
Not at his environment friendly finest, lacking a few good probabilities that we’ve got develop into accustomed to seeing him slot away however nonetheless on the coronary heart of each objectives, getting the help for the primary and exhibiting a burst of tempo to get in behind and put the ball throughout for Cho for the second.
Montpellier chosen participant rankings
Théo Sainte Luce – 2
Completely all the things got here down his facet and – as a unit – there was an incapacity to interrupt up the combos between Clauss, Boudaoui and Guessand. Sainte Luce, fully at sea all through, has a justifiable share of accountability to shoulder for that.
Yaël Mouanga – 2
Tanguy Coulibaly – 5
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