Quang Hai did not score in the 18th match in a row
*Score: Degert 23', Paviot 62'.
Quang Hai was the main kick in the attacking position in Pau B's 3-4-1-2 system in the match against the away team Niort on April 23, at the Nouste Camp artificial turf in the rain. He did not score or assist in this match. Paul won thanks to goals from 22-year-old striker Sonny Degert and 20-year-old midfielder Dagui Paviot.
This is the fifth match Quang Hai has played for Pau B in the French fifth division this season, but has not scored or assisted. The 26-year-old midfielder raised his streak of not scoring to 18 matches, at club and national level. The last time Quang Hai scored was to set the score 2-2 for Pau FC against the away team Rodez in the 11th round of Ligue 2 on October 8, 2022.
The Vietnamese player also equals the longest streak of no goals in his career, with 18 matches between October 2019 and October 2020. In the last 18 matches, Quang Hai started 10 matches, but either for Vietnam or Pau B. In the first team of Pau FC, he only played 11 minutes in the last 13 matches, after returning from the AFF Cup 2022. In addition, there were six games he was not registered, and five games on the bench did not come on.
Quang Hai has played 428 minutes for Pau B this season, and 254 minutes for the first team. French experts think that the opportunity for Quang Hai to play for the first team this season is not much, when they are racing for relegation. Pau FC has just won two consecutive matches to climb to 13th place in the Second Division (Ligue 2), with 40 points. They are six points ahead of the group holding the red light, when the tournament has six rounds left.
And Pau B has just won against Niort's B team - the opponent is also playing in Ligue 2 - to secure the relegation spot. Degert opened the scoring with a back-kick, after Pape Djitte's shot was deflected by goalkeeper Yanis Maronne. It was also Degert who set up Paviot's goal to make it 2-0 in the 62nd minute. This was Pau B's third consecutive win in the French fifth division, to stay in fourth place. They have almost no chance of promotion, but they also don't have to worry about relegation.
Pau B: N' Diaye; Poppies, Yatera, Sow; Djitte, Meliande, Quang Hai, Delpech, Ros; Degert, Bouchlarhem.
Niort B: Maronne; Sako, Bonalair, Bilias, Durivaux; El Hassani, Cassubie, Tafni; El Kaddouri, Cisse, Abessolo.
