“Pau defender Esteban Salles turned the ball into his own net to gift Annecy the opener, setting a nightmare tone for the visitors.”
Pivotal“Moïse Sahi Dion doubled Annecy's advantage to make it 2-0, capitalising on a Pau backline already rattled by the own goal.”
Pivotal“Sahi Dion struck again to complete a first-half double and make it 3-0, effectively ending Pau's hopes of any kind of comeback before the interval.”
Pivotal“Substitute Alejandro Gomes Rodríguez scored within two minutes of coming on to make it 5-0, completing a devastating team performance.”
“Tom Pouilly grabbed a late consolation for Pau to make it 5-1, but it was a hollow moment with the match long decided.”
Annecy
Pau
Outstanding performance
Annecy•MidfielderAnnecy were ruthless from the first whistle, and Pau's own misfortune handed them the perfect platform when Esteban Salles turned the ball into his own net on 15 minutes. Moïse Sahi Dion then took over, adding goals in the 23rd and 36th minutes to give Annecy a commanding 3-0 lead at the break — all this despite Pau enjoying the greater share of possession, finishing with 55 percent to Annecy's 45. The second half was more of the same: Ahmed Kashi made it four just four minutes after the restart, before substitute Alejandro Gomes Rodríguez — on just two minutes — added a fifth on 64 minutes to complete the humiliation. Tom Pouilly's 88th-minute consolation for Pau was little more than a footnote, doing nothing to disguise the scale of a defeat that will pile further pressure on a side sitting in the relegation zone. For Annecy, 12 shots producing six on target and four big chances created underlines how clinical they were, while their 46 dangerous attacks to Pau's 29 tells the story of a team that dominated the threat-creating phases of play despite conceding the ball.
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