RC Strasbourg corrected Nîmes at La Meinau during the 16 The Ligue 1 day this Wednesday.
Ludovic Ajorque scored twice and… missed a penalty.
At the Meinau stadium, The Strasbourg have the meaning of the law. The prefectural decree which prohibited the use of firecrackers ended on January 4, they were able to fire a real fireworks display at the Meinau against Nîmes . Five goals, a dozen clear chances, almost total control of the match … And a nice spanking on arrival, with a score worthy of CFA 2. When the Racing was able to stick three beatings in Saint- Dié (5-0), Neuves-Maisons (5-0) and Belfort Sud (6-0) in just over a month. A very sweet evening for Alsatians . It was even time for a joke for Thierry Laurey, not always pleasant in front of the press. “It’s funny, in my talk, I had just told the players that we rarely win a first game of the year 5-0. I should have kept quiet, ”smiled the technician, obviously very satisfied with the performance of his group. “What matters to me is that the team went forward, didn’t care about the opponent and were efficient Everything is positive tonight but I’m going to lose the evening a bit, it only brings three points and we play again on Saturday in Lens. » Racing will be there with newfound confidence, after a match that it flew over. The only fear may have come when Koné presented himself alone against Kawashima (38 e). The Japanese goalkeeper came out perfectly and avoided… the reduction of the score. His people were already leading 2-0, thanks to two goals in two minutes from Ajorque (20 e) then Diallo (38 e). Then 3-0 just before the break, on the first penalty of the evening transformed by Lala (43 e). For RC Strasbourg, the lower division moved away a bit on Wednesday. Here it is now e of Ligue 1 , with above all five points ahead of the last two, Lorient and… Nîmes. 
Ten years later, the era is not really the same but a victory too large always causes so much pleasure. Adrien Thomasson’s partners showed it in their own way at the final whistle. In a Meinau behind closed doors, they symbolically went to greet and celebrate their success in front of their kop, Alexander Djiku taking the opportunity to throw his jersey to a ghost supporter! The general hilarity continued all the way to the locker room, from where you could easily hear the victory chants ringing out from the outside. ” All is positive tonight ”
” I remember that Nicolas Rainville had whistled 4 penalties last year ”
Rare in a match, two others followed in the second half, one missed by Ajorque (58 e) – who had doubled before (45 e) – and another successful one by Waris (58 e). “I don’t know if I had ever experienced this in my career. I did not have time to look at my records but I remember that Nicolas Rainville had whistled 4 penalties last year in a Niort-PFC ”, Thierry Laurey recalled. “Yes, because I also watch Ligue 2! »