Rodez and Bordeaux left back to back, Saturday night, on the lawn of Paul-Lignon. At the end of this important meeting in the race for maintenance, the Aveyronnaises remain in ninth place in the standings with always three points ahead of the Girondines, their first pursuers.

If the protected Sebastien Joseph missed a great opportunity to distance themselves from the red zone, it is especially Bordeaux who can feed regrets at the end of the meeting. The teammates of Félicité Hamidouche have indeed procured the best opportunities, without succeeding in converting one.

Emelyne Laurent makes debut with Bordeaux
With a little less clumsiness against the goal, the players of Jerome Dauba could have made a big blow against the direct competitors for the maintenance. And at the same time sign their third away win of the season, after the successes in Metz and Albi (1-0 each time). Even if they remain on a series of six games without a win in the league, plus an elimination against a Division 2 French Cup team (La Roche-sur-Yon, 2-0), the Girondines have made a good impression on the turf of Rodez. Domineering in the first period, they had the opportunity to quickly take the lead. But Emelyne Laurent, alone against Julie Niphon, could not find the frame (7 ').

The Aquitaine strikers have posed problems in the rear Aveyron, including Emelyne Laurent, who joined the Haillan this week from Montpellier. For his first under the scapular jersey, the U19 international is credited with a good performance on his left side, where his speed and dribbling gave torment to defenders blood and gold. Its finish was, on the other hand, not enough to allow him to open his goal counter in his new colors. In addition to her initial opportunity, she once again found herself in an excellent position after taking speed from Cathy Couturier (74 '), but again lacked precision.

His teammate Sarah Cambot has not been more successful. The best scorer of her team saw her head twice (44 'and 54') pass over the cross, while she was well placed.

The Rafettes out of inspiration
On the Ruthenian side, the opportunities were much fewer. In the absence of their strategist Solène Barbance, victim of a sprained ankle, the Rafettes cruelly lacked accuracy and inspiration. So much so that they can almost consider themselves happy with the parity score. For there was only one real alert on the Bordeaux cage in ninety minutes, when Flavie Lemaitre, launched by Clara Noiran, missed his duel against the guardian Elisa Daunay (24 ').

Audrey Cugat and her teammates were overall disappointing, during a major meeting, that their coach Sebastien Joseph called a "final" for the maintenance. And although they were more threatening in the last twenty minutes, thanks to the good entry of Laurie Cance, back from injury, the delivery of the Aveyronnaises was far too insufficient to win. The few minutes played in numerical superiority, after the bad gesture of Maëva Salomon on Manon Guitard (87 '), they were not enough to make the difference. As the Bordelaises, they will have to continue to fight for the maintenance in the coming weeks.

Guillaume Verdu

Match sheet
Paul-Lignon Stadium. About 200 spectators.

Warnings: Bonnet (58 ') for Rodez; Sumo (76 ') for Bordeaux

Expulsion: Salomon (87 ') for Bordeaux.

teams
Rodez: Niphon - Guitard, Couturier, Daniel, Hoarau - Cugat (Cape), Bonnet (Cance, 69 ') - Banuta (Bornes, 51'), Farrugia, Lemaitre (Saunier, 84 ') - Noiran.

Bordeaux: Launay - Hamidouche (cape) (Ouinek, 88 '), Elicèche, Billaud, Chatelin - Karchouni, Istillart, Sumo - Lardez, Cambot, Laurent (Salomon, 77').