Last in the championship at the kickoff of the 12th day of Ligue 1 and quickly led to the lawn of Metz, which preceded it by a place in the standings in the relegation zone, AS Saint-Etienne had started very badly. afternoon. Until an absolutely luminous inspiration from Wahbi Khazri.
In the 16th minute of play, the Saint-Etienne striker recovers the ball in his own area like a central defender. He then initiates the recovery, looks up, sees the opposing goalkeeper far from his cage and tries his luck from afar. From very far away. Starting 68 meters from Alexandre Oukidja’s goal, the powerful shot rises in the Saint-Symphorien stadium and ends its race at the back of the net, after having bounced off the line!
The goal of the weekend was scored at the Stade Saint Symphorien ? Author: Wahbi Khazri ?? #FCMASSE https://t.co/AWk8pZ5smW
Wahbi Khazri was not his first attempt with this lob. “I tried it a lot, sometimes people laughed at me, but when it succeeds, it’s good”, rejoiced the Tunisian international at the microphone of Prime Video at the end of the first period of the meeting. In Ligue 1, the specialist site Opta had never measured such a distant goal since collecting the data (2006-2007).
Thanks to this seventh achievement since the start of the season, which is reminiscent of that of Saber Khalifa with Evian Thonon Gaillard in 2013, the stéphanois striker became the second best scorer in the championship behind Jonathan David and his eight goals.
But his team remains stuck at the bottom of the standings. Because this duel between the 19th and the 20th gave birth to a 1-1 draw. It was Farid Boulaya who opened the scoring for Metz in the 9th minute with a direct free kick. The Lorrainers could even have snatched the victory at the end of the match if Etienne Green had not made a decisive save in front of Opa Nguette.