Match Report
| AS Saint-Étienne | AS Saint-Étienne |  |  | FC Nantes | FC Nantes | ||||||||||||||||
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| Danijel Bastien | D. Bastien |  | 70 | G |  | 1 | | G | 74 |  | Alain Kroupi-Zahi | A. Kroupi-Zahi | |||||||||
| Rafael Barros | R. Barros |  | 64 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 75 |  | Yurtcan Özalan | Y. Özalan | |||||||||
| Mickael Gope-Fenepej | M. Gope-Fenepej | | 64 | D | | 3 | | D | 73 |  | Adolfo Peiro | A. Peiro | |||||||||
| Billy Naysmith | B. Naysmith |  | 64 | D | | 4 | | D | 72 |  | Diego González | D. González | |||||||||
| Thomas Linke | T. Linke |  | 55 | D | | 5 | | D | 70 | | Carlos Moreira | C. Moreira | |||||||||
| Lucio Acosta | L. Acosta |  | 71 | M | | 6 | | M | 77 | | Matt Glass | M. Glass | |||||||||
| Youssouf Papin | Y. Papin | | 71 | M | | 7 | | M | 75 |  | Michael Bosnich | M. Bosnich | |||||||||
| Matthieu Ferron | M. Ferron | | 64 | M | | 8 | | M | 74 |  | Pascal Claessens | P. Claessens | |||||||||
| Patrick Rémy | P. Rémy | | 71 | A | | 9 | | A | 80 |  | Jes Høgh | J. Høgh | |||||||||
| Alberto Ferreira | A. Ferreira | | 70 | A | | 10 | | A | 71 | | Gerard Capron | G. Capron | |||||||||
| Domenico Le Lan | D. Le Lan | | 63 | A | | 11 | | A | 71 |  | Marcos Taffarel | M. Taffarel | |||||||||
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Match Report
It is a thoroughly wet and miserable day here at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard where AS Saint-Étienne play host to FC Nantes. A crowd of 18,402 fill this 21,000 capacity stadium.
Both AS Saint-Étienne and FC Nantes are lined up in a 4-3-3 formation.
Both AS Saint-Étienne and FC Nantes are lined up in a 4-3-3 formation.
0.00
0-0The whistle blows and AS Saint-Étienne get the match underway!
2.56
0-0Matt Glass controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Marcos Taffarel. Marcos Taffarel shoots from 25 yards. Danijel Bastien easily smothers it.
12.35
0-0Michael Bosnich makes a beautiful solo run. Michael Bosnich kicks a strong pass forward to Jes Høgh but the referee indicates it's offside!
16.44
0-0Adolfo Peiro catches Matthieu Ferron on the ankles. Adolfo Peiro is shown the yellow card! Matthieu Ferron hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
18.33
0-0Pascal Claessens deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Marcos Taffarel. Marcos Taffarel plays a perfect one-two with Gerard Capron and rushes in on goal... Marcos Taffarel shoots from just inside the box but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
20.15
Youssouf Papin sees a break and surges forward. Youssouf Papin plays a perfect one-two with Domenico Le Lan and rushes in on goal... Youssouf Papin rockets a shot on goal but it is miles over!
22.16
Michael Bosnich chips the ball to his team mate, Gerard Capron. Gerard Capron whips in a cross ball towards Jes Høgh. Jes Høgh is perfectly placed and heads the ball at goal but it curls horrendously wide!
30.43
0-0Diego González chips the ball to his team mate, Pascal Claessens. Pascal Claessens decides to run forward with the ball. Pascal Claessens knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
32.52
Michael Bosnich makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Jes Høgh. Jes Høgh knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Thomas Linke.
33.47
0-0Pascal Claessens hacks Lucio Acosta from behind! The referee calls over Pascal Claessens and warns him to calm down! Lucio Acosta hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
36.02
Rafael Barros barges into Marcos Taffarel. Rafael Barros is given a warning by the referee! Marcos Taffarel hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
39.42
Lucio Acosta clumsily knocks into Pascal Claessens. Lucio Acosta is shown the yellow card! Pascal Claessens hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
40.33
Michael Bosnich makes a simple pass to Jes Høgh. Jes Høgh plays a perfect one-two with Marcos Taffarel and rushes in on goal... Jes Høgh rockets a shot on goal but it is tipped over by Danijel Bastien.
42.44
0-0AS Saint-Étienne are playing some beautiful football, but they cannot seem to penetrate FC Nantes's defence.
45.00
Adolfo Peiro makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Michael Bosnich. Michael Bosnich threads the ball through to Gerard Capron. Gerard Capron knocks in a cross ball towards Marcos Taffarel. Marcos Taffarel heads the ball goalwards but it goes wide for a goal kick.
45.00
The whistle indicates the end of the first half!
45.00
FC Nantes start the second half!
55.44
Matt Glass brings the ball forward. Matt Glass whips in a cross ball towards Gerard Capron. Gerard Capron connects with the ball, driving a powerful header at goal but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
57.12
Rafael Barros threads the ball through to Youssouf Papin. Youssouf Papin knocks the ball forward to Alberto Ferreira. Alberto Ferreira threads the ball through to Domenico Le Lan but he's offside!
63.10
Rafael Barros makes a beautiful solo run. Rafael Barros knocks the ball forward to Domenico Le Lan. Domenico Le Lan shoots from outside the area but it flies wide!
66.24
Carlos Moreira kicks a strong pass forward to Pascal Claessens. Pascal Claessens threads the ball through to Jes Høgh. Jes Høgh plays a perfect one-two with Marcos Taffarel and rushes in on goal... Jes Høgh makes some space for himself and shoots at goal but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
72.55
Matt Glass threads the ball through to Marcos Taffarel. Marcos Taffarel knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Mickael Gope-Fenepej.
73.30
Pascal Claessens threads the ball through to Gerard Capron. Gerard Capron knocks in a cross ball towards Marcos Taffarel. Marcos Taffarel directs the ball goalwards with his head. It's miles wide!
77.26
Alberto Ferreira clumsily knocks into Diego González. The referee calls over Alberto Ferreira and shows him a yellow card! Diego González runs off the knock.
84.29
1-0Billy Naysmith deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Lucio Acosta. Lucio Acosta makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Domenico Le Lan. Domenico Le Lan plays a perfect one-two with Patrick Rémy and rushes in on goal... Domenico Le Lan shows great control and tries a shot on goal. The ball flies into the top corner - goal!!
90.00
Michael Bosnich clumsily knocks into Youssouf Papin. The referee calls over Michael Bosnich and shows him a yellow card! Youssouf Papin hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
90.00
The whistle indicates full-time!
Match Statistics
Goals
1
0
Shots on Target
1
2
Shots off Target
2
6
Offsides
1
1
Fouls
3
3
Yellow Cards
2
2
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
41.3%
58.7%
Play Area
31.7%
46%
22.2%
Scorers