Back on the matches of the 14th day in D2, with a change in the ranking of the two groups in the race to maintain, and the good operations of Le Mans, Ambilly and Nîmes. In group B, Saint-Étienne takes the lead after the defeat of Dijon in Nancy.


Group A - Le Mans at the end of the suspense


The good operation of the weekend in Group A is to put in the credit of Le Mans in the race for maintenance. Opposed FF Issy, the players Le Mans signed their second win of the season, the first since the first day against Angers. Such a long wait that ended in the Hauts-de-Seine. As in the first leg, the match ended with a score of three goals (4-4), this time in favor of Le Mans.

A second win, again on the outside, and a match where Le Mans has often been in the lead. The first goal of the match is scored by Marine Leroy after twenty minutes of play, then Ghofrane Trabelsi who doubles the bet for Le Mans (35th) in a first period where five goals will be scored for a score at the break of 3- 2 in favor of the players of Sarthe. Twenty minutes before the end of regulation time, Nacera Bouchenter brings Issy up, but then Lauren Elwis allows Le Mans to take (definitely) the advantage to score (85th).

A result that allows the players of Claire Germain to leave the last place in the standings and even to no longer be one of two teams directly relegated. Tenth, and in the position of barragiste, Le Mans counts the same number of points as Issy (8) but with a better difference of goals. A match with three to avoid a direct descent, maintaining seeming for the moment a little less accessible for these three teams.

For its part, Lorient lost at home against La Roche-sur-Yon (0-1). The goal of the match was scored by Claire Guillard while Aline Gossart had to leave on injury in the first minutes on the side Yonnais. For Lorient, this loss means that Bretons now occupy the last place in the standings behind Le Mans and Issy.


Status quo on the leaders' side


In contrast, La Roche is replacing and now occupies the fourth place in the standings, tied for points with Saint-Malo, fifth. The Malouin players were hooked at home by the Stade Brestois, despite two goals from Océane Ringenbach who gave the advantage twice to Saint-Malo. Anaïs Ribeyra then Lydia Belkacemi gave the replica and allow each time the Brestoises to return to the score and to chain a sixth match without defeat in D2, after their qualification in the quarter-finals of the Coupe de France.

On the side of the leaders, no change for the top three at the end of the 14th day, still led by FC Metz. The players of Lorraine have imposed themselves on the lawn of the VGA Saint-Maur (0-4) including a double of Melissa Godart, each time corner. Forward messina Valerie Sanderson had opened the scoring in the first period, scoring her tenth goal this season in D2.

Reims also won away, on the pitch of FC Rouen (0-1). The goal Remois was scored by Melissa Gomes in the tenth minute on a service Bénédicte Simon. A 1-0 win also for Arras, this time at home against Angers, with a goal from Mamy N'Diaye for the club nordiste. Arras who is about to meet the duo in the coming days. First with the reception of Metz late match of the 12th day (25 February), before moving to Reims, for another game late, counting for the 1/8 finals of the Coupe de France (4 March).

Group B - Les Vertes climb to the top


A weekend full of upheavals in Group B, at the top and bottom of the rankings, including a new leader. Saint-Étienne takes the lead in favor of his victory against Vendenheim, combined with that of Nancy on the lawn of Dijon.

The Burgundians, leaders before this weekend, were moving on the lawn of Nancy, a feared opponent as we had indicated at the truce the Dijon coach Yannick Chandioux. The players Lorraine have been able to count on the return of Marlyse Ngo Ndoumbouk absent during the trip to Aurillac-Arpajon (1-1 draw).

If she did not score against Dijon, she delivers a decisive pass for her teammate Francine Zouga who scores with the help of the cross (82). A 1-0 win thanks to this goal but also to the strong performance of Céline Deville for her debut in Nancy. She pushes aside the penalty hit by Tatiana Solanet (65th), or the attempts of Allison Blais and Fatoumata Baldé, also in the second half.

And if Dijon stumbles in Nancy, it benefits the Vertes who take the lead on equal points with the DFCO, but a special goal difference favorable to ASSE before the return match between the two teams in mid-March in the Forez . Saint-Étienne, meanwhile, won at home (2-0) against Vendenheim with two goals scored in the second half by Marion Blanc-Gonnet and Candice Gherbi.


Grenoble does not benefit, the good series of Nîmes


Now leader, the ASSE benefits (with Dijon) of the defeat of Grenoble on the lawn of Nîmes (3-1). The players of Nicolas Bach were trapped in the Gard after having opened the scoring in the first period by Julie Piga. The U20 international defender then had to leave her teammates out of injury. In the second half, Nimes returned to the score by Jessica Kouame before Victoria Bissey scored a double at the end of the game.

Despite his late match, Grenoble is six lengths leaders and can not return immediately on both teams of heads. Nancy is provisionally third, one point ahead of the GF38. For Nîmes, this victory extends the good sequence of Gardaine players who have taken seven points out of nine possible in the last three games. A series that allows them to temporarily leave the red zone in ninth place.

Behind, three teams are tied with eight points to close the race in Group B. A group linked to the victory of Ambilly on the lawn of ESAP Metz (0-1), thanks to a goal from Phonetia Browne. A result that allows Ambilly to leave the last provisional place of the ranking. Now tenth, the players Haute-Savoyardes ahead the "relegables", Metz and Aurillac-Arpajon, which has one game less.

The players of Cantal were on the side of Toulouse, with a 4-1 defeat against the TFC. The FC2A had opened the score by Anne-Sophie Maillot, before the equalization of Marine Garcia before the break. At the return of the locker room, Toulouse stands out with three new goals scored by Laurie Leguevaque, Doriane Pau Maeva and Buscaylet seals the victory of Violets.

In the bottom of the table, the late matches now concern three teams, Aurillac-Arpajon and Nimes who have an appointment next weekend, and now Montauban whose trip to Yzeure was postponed due to weather conditions.