Metz and Reims Battle to attract to the first match of Ligue 1 Departure/Playoff Promotion
Metz extended their invincible home run in six games after winning a 1-1 draw with Stade de Reims at Stade Saint-Symaforien, leaving the second foot of next week perfectly prepared at a knife skirt, with both sides still looking for high flight football next season.
Metz They were entering a second tie of promotion of Ligue 1 Ligue 1 after being lost in Saint-otienne last season. Known settings allowed the hosts to start on the front leg while Kevin van den Krykhof and Jessy Deminguet ceased the wide efforts of the target.
However Recess It went millimeters away from the blocking breaking as the game approached the sign half an hour, when John Patrick saw his goal attempt cleared from the line.
Seeking to make an immediate influence on his return after losing his previous match through suspension, Reimes’ top scorer Keito Nakamura shot a harsh inch with free kicks on the tip of the intersection not long after giving goalkeeper Metz Pape Something to think.
However, his opposite number, Yehvann Diouf, was the one who composed his thoughts seven minutes half of the time while choosing the ball from the back of the net. Reims failed to clean the ball at a sufficient distance safe, and Metz made them pay as Matthieu roar headed home from the near distance.
After not registering a targeted blow in the first half, you can be sure that Reims Samba Diawara’s manager would remind his side that their seven -season stay on the high flight was in discussion.
And his team came out flying out to restart and flattened within seven minutes of the second half while Sergio Akieme wiped a sublime part located straight and above Kedric KipréThe head is equal to the reims equation.
Seeing their advantage removed so soon after resumption, Metz responded convincingly while Diouf was alert to his close post to keep Morgan Boka Mputu out. The remainder of the high stock competition was played at a relatively quiet pace, with no pair ready to take a risk of going forward.
In inseparable in full -time, Reims goes to the second match in nine days with the advantage of being again in Stade Auguste Delaune. However, it would be very wise to count Metz outside the tie after they gather a high point 29 points away in Ligue 2 this season.
FlashScore man of the match: Matthieu roar (Metz))