A DRAW AND A FIRST WIN OF
THE SEASON FOR RACING
2ème Journée
RC Strasbourg 0
Bordeaux 0
RC Strasbourg (4-2-3-1): Cassard - Lacour, Bellaid, Paisley, Dos Santos - Cohade, Rodrigo - Abdessadki, Johansen (Fanchone 79), Mouloungui (Gagarov 79) - Renteria
MOTM: Dos Santos
Racing failed to impress in this day 2 encounter against Bordeaux. The visitors looked more threatening, while Racing couldn't create anything in the way of attempts on goal. Luckily for the home side, Cassard was on good form between the posts and saved several shots on target.
3ème Journée
Paris SG 1 Ngog 82'
RC Strasbourg 2 Mendy og 12' Johansen 23'
RC Strasbourg (4-2-3-1): Cassard - Lacour, Bellaid, Paisley, Abou Mosalem - Cohade, Rodrigo (Othon 74) - Abdessadki, Johansen (Camadini 74), Gagarov - Renteria (Alvaro 74)
MOTM: Johansen
Racing began day 3 brightly and their confidence only grew as they proceeded to dictate play in Paris.
Pascal Johansen proved a handful for the capital side, runnning the show for the visitors, playing neat balls through to Renteria and finding runners in space, continuosly stretching Le Guen's side. On 12 minutes, it was such a ball that enabled
Renteria a shot on goal.
Landreau saved one-handed, but only parried the ball to the effervescent Johansen, who headed goalwards.
Bernard Mendy chased the ball, only to see it rebound back off the upright and then off himself into the net.
A little over ten minutes later, Johansen added a second for the visitors. The midfileder met
Abdessadki's corner with a low diving header from 9 yards out.
Rodrigo almost added a third when the Brazilian stung Landreau's palms from 25 yards with a fierce drive, after a good run.
Sniffing defeat,
Le Guen rang the changes and brought on teenage striker
David Ngog and adopted an offensive 4-3-3 formation. His throw of the dice eventually paid off as
Younousse Sankare's cross found Ngog in the box. The tall striker towered over the diminutive
Quentin Othon and headed the ball past Cassard, to gain a late foothold in the 82nd minute.
It was too little, too late however, as Racing held on until the final whistle. The win saw the Alsace club climb to fifth in the table. Their next match is at home to high flying Monaco, who have won all three of their games so far, scoring eight and conceeding only one goal.