26th round prospects performances… Top 3/ Flop 3

By: Evilo | March 5th, 2009

Here’s a round up of the U22 performances in this weekend of Ligue 1 action.

Auxerre 1-1 Toulouse
Narry (6) was solid and efficient in the middle for Auxerre.
For Toulouse, Sissoko (5) was underwhelming, missing many easy passes.

Nantes 1-1 Grenoble
Djordjevic (5) missed a very doable opportunity and it cost his team 2 points in the end.
Feghouli (3) was putrid, like often against poor opponents. Grandin (6) had a good solid game offensively and showed his skills without doing too much. Hero of the game was once again Paillot (7) who’s developped a habit of being rock solid defensively (especially in the air) and being a thread on offensive set plays.

Valenciennes 2-0 Lille
No U22 started in this game.

Le Mans 2-0 Le Havre
Finally! Gervinho (7) finally plays a good game, or rather a good half since he didn’t start. He scores a nice goal. Corchia (5) is showing good signs offensively. We’ll see how that evolves. Lamah (3) was shaky to say the least.

Sochaux 1-0 Nice
Erding (6) assisted Sverkos after a nice play by Sochaux and its former U22 favourite of mine Maurice-Belay, who was simply exceptionnal in this game.
For nice Ospina (6) had a good game and made some good saves, but couldn’t do anything on the lone goal. Rémy (5) was once again invisible. Concerning.

Lyon 1-1 Rennes
Benzema (6) injured himself after a very under-average game. Pjanic came up late in the game and assisted on Kallstrom’s goal.
Lemoine (5) was still lacking some impact. The guy runs a lot but at some point he has to do more with the ball. M’Bia (6) hurt his opponents physically, that’s for sure.

PSG 4-1 Nancy
Sakho (5) was solid before being injured. He should miss some key games.
N’Diaye (4) did what he could, but this was not Nancy’s game.
It should be noted that Guillaume Hoarau earned a 9 in L’Equipe with his superb performance.

Caen 0-1 Marseille
Always useful to have a guy with this Ben Arfa’s (5) technique but really he should do more with what he has. He didn’t try hard, that’s for sure.

Bordeaux 1-0 Lorient
Traoré (7) played a nice game with lots of offensive tries and some success in his dribbling.

Monaco 2-2 St Etienne
Mongongu played CB with ease, very nice game for him. Nkoulou (3) played in the middle and seemed out of place. Gakpé (3) was horrible. How can he waste his (tremendous) talent like that? Nimani (5) scored a nice goal (though a tad lucky) before being replaced by Mollo who scored one of his own in the extra-time.
For Les Verts, Matuidi (6) had a good tiring game and Payet scored (6) again on a lucky shot. He has things going his way right now and has been decisive.

Top 3
1- Paillot : another good game, another goal, another point. Lyon have a great prospect there.
2- Traoré : great game for him, makes him a legitimate option on the right side.
3- Erding : decisive once again, he helps his team get away with 3 points.

Flop 3
1- Gakpé : I’m losing patience with him.
2- Feghouli : same here. I’m angry that he only shows up when he plays a big opponent.
3- Ben Arfa : same here, enough with the underachievers !