By bowing again, facing Montpellier, the Messines are flirting dangerously with relegation ... Back on a match played in advance?
A balanced 1st half
At the kickoff, my watch shows 15:00 and contrary to what the weather forecast, it does not rain on Gramont. Looking in the stands, I realize that many supporters messin have made the trip to come support their women.
Jean-Louis Saez has chosen to give playing time to the young attackers, Valérie Gauvin and Lindsey Thomas, aligning them in the starting 11.
On the side of Metz, Andréa Burtin officiates in the cages instead of Laar Getter. And for 42 minutes, with the help of her defense, she will literally annihilate any pailladine attempts around her cages. As is often the case this season, the Montpellier players are going to have a hard time putting their game in front of goal. It is a balloon rain that falls right, left and sometimes above the cages, and the rare shots are captured. Everything would be possible? When 2 times, Iryna Zvarych is asked to stop shots framed, we say that everything may not be so simple ... At the end of half-time, Valérie Gauvin opens the scoring and it is with a slight advantage that the MHSC returns to the locker room.
Dark Metz in the 2nd half
Back on the pitch, the Montpellier will be more and more pushy and put the defense of Metz to the test.
The tension goes up a notch as the duels, the referee will summon the captains several times to calm the spirits.
On the second goal, Marina Makanza took advantage of an offside position not hissed to crucify the door of the opponent under the gaze dumbfounded supporters. On the Messin bench, the referee is asked to have his sight checked ... The latter does not seem to want to explain, obviously, she did not look in the direction of the action ... All this to tell you that: The victory will be played to the experience! Jostled in their defensive positions by a Marion Torrent very legs, the players of Gerome Henrionnet will free spaces ... And leave the door open to an avalanche of goals. The entries by Laëtitia Tonazzi and Sofia Jakobsson will bring more and more dangerous situations.
Lindsey Thomas, Rumi Utsugi and the Swedish striker will turn in turn during offensives conducted. Even if the goalie is resisting by winning several times, nothing will do, the Lorraines sink on the ground and already have a foot in D2.
Final score: 5 - 0 for the MHSC which clings to its 5th place in the standings. Metz gave in the last 20 minutes, without ever succeeding to build in attack. Too bad, what I could see on the edge of the field, Messines deserved better!