Valenciennes

[ChristopheVAFC]

4 hours ago, JohnnyShearer2.0 said:

Is Rento Takoaka a decent prospect? He's still quite young but wonder could he step up?

I quite like Rento; he puts in a lot of effort, isn’t afraid to get stuck in despite his small stature, and never shies away from hard work. In my view, he deserves a bit more playing time.

 

So yes, he isn’t very tall and can’t quite compete with traditional players yet, but he’s very deserving.

 

I’d really like the club to keep him on for next season.

[ChristopheVAFC]

Good match everyone ❤️🤍

[ChristopheVAFC]

End game before few minutes.

Non win tonight...

0-0.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

0-0

That was grim. The highlights at the end make all the poor touches, passes and decision in between much better.

VA did get the ball in the net in added time. The ref blew before it got there. Either for a very soft foul on their keeper, or for comedy diving from a VA player to try and get a penalty.

Moments later, their forward heads the ball past the high VA defence. He's got a long run, one on one with Louchet, who blocks it.

Louchet had another decent block in the first half. He gets my VA player of the match. His falling over is on purpose.

VA missed a good chance when a player fell over his own feet rather than cut the ball back into the box. Courtet also tripped himself up trying to get a ball up from midfield.

Aubagne had fallen further and further into their defence in the second half. But VA offered no real coherent attack. The visiting keeper spilled a tame effort on 55 minutes, that VA didn't capitalise on. Other than that, it was snapshots. 

Appuah and Niakate had moments where it looked like they might link up. Passi looked the most likely to do something. He's the central defender, which says a lot about VA's attack.

Diomande was versatile, but was easily snuffed out tonight, and got subbed. Courtet was his usual, lonely frustrated self across the pitch.

VA may look at it as a point gained, ensuring their safety. But it was another disjointed effort from a tired looking side. Those 3 absentees were missed after all.