Ajaccio Beats Estac Troyes in a Thrilling Match
Ajaccio secured an important home victory on Friday, defeating Estac Troyes 3-1 in a match filled with excitement and yellow cards.
The game started with a dynamic pace, and R. Said gave the visitors the lead in the 12th minute with a quality goal. However, Ajaccio reacted strongly and began to dominate the encounter.
The visitors’ discipline was affected in the first half, with M. Hamdi receiving a red card in the 45th minute. Ajaccio took advantage of their numerical superiority and equalized the score in the 51st minute through a penalty converted by C. Ibayi.
The second half continued with the same intensity, and Y. Touzghar scored the second goal for Ajaccio in the 89th minute, securing victory for his team. C. Ibayi completed the rout with a third goal in the final minutes.
Despite the defeat, Troyes had chances to score, but they failed to convert them. Ajaccio’s dominance was reflected in the statistics: 71% possession, 20 shots (4 on target, 9 off target) and 7 corners. Troyes, on the other hand, had 29% possession, 8 shots (4 on target, 1 off target) and 3 corners.
The referee for the match was Aurelien Petit, France, who showed seven yellow cards to Ajaccio players and one red to Troyes.
The victory allows Ajaccio to add three important points at the start of the Ligue 2 2024, while Troyes will look to recover in their next match.
Substitutions ajaccio: at minute 46 M. Barreto came in and A. Bamba went out., at minute 61 Y. Touzghar came in and M. Soumano went out., at minute 86 M. Youssouf came in and T. Strata went out., at minute 86 M. Puch-Herrantz came in and J. Anziani went out.
Substitutions estac troyes: at minute 46 M. Diop came in and J. Assoumou went out., at minute 65 M. Tahrat came in and C. Irie went out., at minute 74 P. I. Ba came in and R. Said went out., at minute 90 I. Traore came in and X. Chavalerin went out., at minute 90 R. Ripart came in and J. M. Diaz went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
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