Now the red lantern, Bordeaux continued their descent into hell by losing 4-1 on Sunday to Angers, which on the other hand almost ensures its maintenance, during the 36th day of Ligue 1.
It was the worst-case scenario: a victory for Metz against Lyon (3-2) just before kick-off and a goal from Angers in the first minutes… Apparently resigned, the Bordelais, lacking movement and precision, did not get up again. With 6 points behind Stéphanois who must play on Wednesday, the Girondins are on borrowed time.
Relief for Angers
For the Angevins, suffering at the end of the championship, it is however a huge relief: 14th, they have 7 points ahead of the barrage Saint-Etienne, who must however play again on Wednesday. Success quickly took shape when Mathias Pereira Lage, launched in depth, took advantage of a failed exit from Benoît Costil to shift Mohamed-Ali Cho in front of an empty goal (1-0, 5th).
A great moment of loneliness for the Bordeaux goalkeeper, an unfortunate symbol of his team’s failed season, back in the cages for a final stretch that looks like the way of the cross. No teammate came to encourage him after his blunder…
If he then caught up with several spectacular parries, he could not do anything, betrayed by an apathetic defense, facing the header in the top corner of Batista Mendy, who tumbled in force on a free kick from Angelo Fulgini ( 2-0, 36th).
Barely entered the hour mark, the young Sekhou Mara tried to revive his team, also with a header, from a corner (2-1, 61st), but Stéphane Bahoken, who had not scored since October , gave air to his family in stride, with an unusual flick on a cross from Cho (3-1, 62nd). And on a final counter, Pereira Lage, served by his captain Ismaël Traoré, delivered the coup de grace (4-1, 90th).
A member of the elite without stopping since 1992, Bordeaux now needs a succession of miracles – victories against Lorient then in Brest while the Greens lose all their matches – to hope, at best, to hang on to the play-offs.
Source: 20minutes
