Match Report


FC LorientFC Lorient     Le MansLe Mans
Computer Player Computer Player Computer Player Computer Player
Cedric Le LanC. Le Lan68
G
1
G
68Jean-Guy FernandesJ. Fernandes
Mamar LeroyM. Leroy64
D
2
D
61Demetrius GrégoriniD. Grégorini
Fabrice OulmersF. Oulmers64
D
3
D
60Nigel FormonN. Formon
Christian RamboC. Rambo54
D
4
D
59Sherif ThetisS. Thetis
Pierre EggimannP. Eggimann52
D
captain5
D
57Ferdinand MalickiF. Malicki
Sophiane SamsonS. Samson72
M
6
M
72Jose MartinJ. Martin
James PearceJ. Pearce70
M
7
M
58Thibault ManeT. Mane
Tomas MoutinhoT. Moutinho59
M
8
M
51Oliver RöhligO. Röhlig
Domenico PignolD. Pignol65
A
9captain
A
61Paolo TarozziP. Tarozzi
Moussa PichotM. Pichot51
A
10
A
56Francisco VicenteF. Vicente
Jean-No‘l BrunoJ. Bruno51
A
11
A
54Jerome PanovJ. Panov
 
Samba SankhareS. Sankhare65
G
12
G
66Malte SchellM. Schell
Zinedine AvenetZ. Avenet62
G
13
D
57Camille BolivardC. Bolivard
Ghislain FidaniG. Fidani58
M
14
G
54Bernard CarnotB. Carnot

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Match Report
The air is cold and hail stones bounce off the ground here at Stade du Moustoir where FC Lorient play host to Le Mans. A crowd of 8,295 fill this 10,000 capacity stadium.
The pitch is in poor condition.
Both FC Lorient and Le Mans are lined up in a 4-3-3 formation.
Today's match is refereed by Bernard Ramé.


0.00
Le Mans kick off!
4.55
Christian Rambo catches Jose Martin on the ankles. Christian Rambo is warned by the referee! Jose Martin runs off the knock.
6.30
Thibault Mane advances with the ball. Thibault Mane knocks in a cross ball towards Francisco Vicente. Francisco Vicente powers a header at goal but he gets too far under it and it goes high into the crowd!
8.13
Sophiane Samson hacks Oliver Röhlig from behind! The referee brings Sophiane Samson to one side and gives him a warning! Oliver Röhlig runs off the knock.
9.20
Jean-No‘l Bruno threads the ball through to Moussa Pichot. Moussa Pichot knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Demetrius Grégorini.
14.57
Jose Martin hits a low pass to Jerome Panov. Jerome Panov shoots from distance. Cedric Le Lan gathers the ball up comfortably. Superb keeping!
18.23
Sherif Thetis kicks a strong pass forward to Jose Martin. Jose Martin makes a simple pass to Oliver Röhlig. Oliver Röhlig knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Pierre Eggimann.
20.55
Thibault Mane takes it forward alone. Thibault Mane plays a quick one-two with Paolo Tarozzi and rushes in on goal... Thibault Mane shows great control and tries a shot on goal but he balloons it over the crossbar!
21.38
Thibault Mane makes a probing pass to Paolo Tarozzi. Paolo Tarozzi whips in a cross ball towards Jose Martin. Jose Martin is unmarked! He powers a header at goal. Pierre Eggimann clears it off the line with his head!
28.31
Ferdinand Malicki knocks the ball forward to Jose Martin. Jose Martin deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Thibault Mane. Thibault Mane controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal. It's there!! Cedric Le Lan has to pick the ball from the back of the net!
34.27
Fabrice Oulmers knocks the ball forward to Tomas Moutinho. Tomas Moutinho kicks a strong pass forward to Domenico Pignol. Domenico Pignol lofts in a cross ball towards Jean-No‘l Bruno. Jean-No‘l Bruno heads the ball goalwards but it flies well off target!
39.31
Oliver Röhlig makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Francisco Vicente. Francisco Vicente shoots from outside the area. It smacks hard against the advertising boards behind the goal. Just wide!
40.42
Ferdinand Malicki flicks a high pass forward to Sherif Thetis who brings the ball under control. Sherif Thetis deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Jerome Panov. Without breaking stride, Jerome Panov plays the ball forward to Paolo Tarozzi who has made a great run into the box. Paolo Tarozzi cuts inside the defence and shoots at goal but it is tipped over by Cedric Le Lan.
45.00
The whistle blows and the first half comes to an end!

Both teams emerge for the second half. FC Lorient appear unchanged since the first half. Le Mans also appear unchanged since the first half.

45.00
The whistle blows and FC Lorient get the second half underway!
49.14
Sophiane Samson flicks a high pass forward. Jean-No‘l Bruno holds off his marker to collect the ball on his thigh. Jean-No‘l Bruno knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
51.06
Sophiane Samson darts forward. Sophiane Samson finds some space and shoots from distance. The ball clips the outside of the post and goes out!
53.07
Fabrice Oulmers makes a simple pass to Pierre Eggimann. Pierre Eggimann flicks a high pass forward. Domenico Pignol holds off his marker to collect the ball on his thigh. Domenico Pignol knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Sherif Thetis.
57.42
Christian Rambo chips the ball to his team mate, Tomas Moutinho. Tomas Moutinho makes an attacking run forward. Tomas Moutinho knocks in a cross ball towards Jean-No‘l Bruno. Jean-No‘l Bruno makes a convincing header but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
60.25
Le Mans have made 2 substitutions with Bernard Carnot replacing Paolo Tarozzi and Camille Bolivard replacing Ferdinand Malicki and appear to have rearranged themselves into a 5-3-2 formation.
61.26
Tomas Moutinho passes the ball forward to Sophiane Samson. Sophiane Samson flicks a high pass forward. Domenico Pignol collects the pass. Domenico Pignol whips in a cross ball towards Moussa Pichot. Moussa Pichot beats his man to it with a header but it flies well off target!
69.42
James Pearce flicks a high pass forward to Domenico Pignol who brings the ball under control. Domenico Pignol shoots from long range but it's drastically wayward!
87.20
James Pearce flicks a high ball forward to Tomas Moutinho who takes it down. Tomas Moutinho advances with the ball. Tomas Moutinho shoots from 20 yards but he gets too far under it and it goes high into the crowd!
90.00
The referee blows the final whistle

Match Statistics
 

FC Lorient

Le Mans
Goals
0
1
Shots on Target
0
4
Shots off Target
6
3
Offsides
0
0
Fouls
2
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0

Possession
47.7%
52.3%
Play Area
32.3%
44.6%
23.1%

Scorers
Thibault Mane 28

Man of the Match
The man of the match was awarded to Thibault Mane of Le Mans

Match Ratings