7th Consecutive Win for Stade Tunisien, Maintaining Pole Position in Ligue 1
The CAB was no match for the team.
La Presse
In Bir Bouregba, yesterday, the CAB hosted Stade Tunisien, a team returning from a trip to Morocco, where their opponent, OC Safi, benefited from a questionable decision by Egyptian referee Mahmoud El Banna to win the match.
Undeterred, on neutral ground against the Cabistes, the Bardolais had to get back into the Ligue 1 atmosphere, while the Club Athlétique Bizertin, mid-table before yesterday's match, had to validate their position to avoid sinking further.
On the Bardolais side, Chokri Khatoui "corrected" his trajectory compared to the match in Morocco, giving a chance to Brazilian offensive midfielder Alysson Adriano, starting attacker Firas Aifia, and reinstating piston Rayan Smâali and offensive midfielder Amath Ndaw.
Let's get to the point, but nothing notable happened during the warm-up until the 17th minute, when Stadiste Ndiaye took advantage of a precise center from Rayan Smaali to deposit the ball out of Maktouf's reach.
The match was underway, and the Stade took the lead, protecting their "iron curtain" while goalkeeper Farhati had to make a big save to repel the Cabistes' rushes during the first half's money time. That's where we'll leave it for the first period, where the Stade was clinical and the CAB was inactive most of the time.
After the break, Chokri Bejaoui's CAB pushed forward, but the goalkeeper intervened twice to keep the Stade alive. Around the hour mark, the ST was still suffering, but the CAB couldn't force the Bardolais' defense to crack. In the 70th minute, the CAB almost restored balance on a poorly anticipated free kick by Farhati.
The CAB advanced, but exposed themselves. However, the Stade didn't take advantage, until goal-scorer Ndiaye struck again and doubled the lead in the 91st minute. The Stade was in cruise control, and the CAB could only acknowledge. The ST regained control and remains the only undefeated team in Ligue 1.
CAB Lineup:
- Youssef Maktouf
- Mohamed Amine Allala
- Amine Jaballah
- Rayan Rehimi
- Mohamed Aziz Gasmi
- Aymen Amri (Firas Ben Othman)
- Issa Kane (Malek Mhiri)
- Ibrahima Cissokho (Zied Berrima)
- Momar Diop Seydi (Wahid Timi)
- Ahmed Amri
- Madione Mbaye (Youssef Falahi)
ST Lineup:
- Noureddine Farhati
- Hedi Khalfa
- Marouane Sahraoui
- Skander Sghaier
- Aziz Saihi (Rifaa Riahi)
- Amath Ndaw
- Alysson Adriano (Youssef Saafi)
- Rayan Smaali (Amine Khemissi)
- Firas Aifia (Wael Ouerghemi)
- Amanallah Haboubi (Boubakar Camara)
- Amadou Dia Ndiaye
