Match Report
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Match Report
It's a sunny day here at MM Arena where Le Mans play host to Olympique de Marseille. A crowd of 20,797 fill this 21,000 capacity stadium.
Both Le Mans and Olympique de Marseille are lined up in a 4-3-3 formation.
Both Le Mans and Olympique de Marseille are lined up in a 4-3-3 formation.
0.00
0-0The first half starts with Olympique de Marseille kicking off!
6.19
0-0Martin Arias chips the ball to his team mate, Julian Jimenez. Julian Jimenez lofts in a cross ball towards Mathieu Garrault. Mathieu Garrault flicks the ball with his head but it curls horrendously wide!
14.30
1-0Arturo Pichichi flicks the ball to his team mate, Diego Diatta. Diego Diatta kicks a strong pass forward to Guillermo Diaz. Guillermo Diaz finds some space and shoots from distance. The ball edges inside the post - goal!!
18.56
1-0Olympique de Marseille are easily keeping Le Mans at bay, but can't capitalise on it.
32.03
Luiz Otávio Schmidt knocks the ball forward to Kaci Fidani. Kaci Fidani flicks the ball to his team mate, Talal Kachloul. Talal Kachloul shoots from distance but he balloons it over the crossbar!
34.16
Manfa Colleter advances with the ball. Manfa Colleter makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Richard Jones. Richard Jones tries a spectacular strike but it flies wide!
36.40
1-0Martin Arias advances with the ball. Martin Arias knocks the ball forward to Guillermo Diaz but the linesmans flag is up. Offside!
38.41
Delio Montano passes the ball forward to Stefan Negura. Stefan Negura knocks the ball to his team mate, Talal Kachloul. Talal Kachloul makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Richard Jones but he's offside!
44.31
Robin Dirk makes a simple pass to Mathieu Garrault. Mathieu Garrault shoots from distance but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
45.00
The referee whistles the end of the first half!
45.00
The whistle blows and Le Mans kick off!
48.00
Martin Arias chips the ball to his team mate, Julian Jimenez. Julian Jimenez makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Mathieu Garrault but he's offside!
49.02
Delio Montano passes the ball forward to Stefan Negura. Stefan Negura makes a simple pass to Richard Jones. Richard Jones lofts in a cross ball towards Talal Kachloul. Talal Kachloul is unmarked! He powers a header at goal. It's in!! A beautiful goal for Talal Kachloul!
53.30
Stefan Negura kicks a strong pass forward to Richard Jones. Richard Jones plays a perfect one-two with Talal Kachloul and rushes in on goal... Richard Jones tries a spectacular strike but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
54.00
Jan Vennegoor Heubach deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Kaci Fidani. Kaci Fidani chips the ball to his team mate, Richard Jones. Richard Jones whips in a cross ball towards Dario Giresse. Dario Giresse heads the ball goalwards but it curls horrendously wide!
60.14
Stefan Negura chips the ball to his team mate, Dario Giresse. Dario Giresse makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Talal Kachloul but he's offside!
63.12
1-1Manfa Colleter knocks the ball to his team mate, Richard Jones. Richard Jones knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
65.59
Lamberto Pirri flicks the ball to his team mate, Diego Diatta. Diego Diatta makes a probing pass to Guillermo Diaz. Guillermo Diaz shoots from outside the area. The ball dips under the bar and into the back of the net. Goal!!
69.28
2-1Robin Dirk clumsily knocks into Manfa Colleter. Robin Dirk is warned by the referee! Manfa Colleter hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
75.49
Robin Dirk chips the ball to his team mate, Guillermo Diaz. Guillermo Diaz deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Julian Jimenez but the linesman indicates offside!
77.31
Luiz Otávio Schmidt chips the ball to his team mate, Kaci Fidani. Kaci Fidani chips the ball to his team mate, Richard Jones. Richard Jones knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Arturo Pichichi.
78.49
2-1Mathieu Garrault clumsily knocks into Cosmin Baicu. Mathieu Garrault is shown the yellow card! Cosmin Baicu stretches but gets up unharmed.
78.49
The crowd are getting restless wanting to see some action.
81.44
Manfa Colleter knocks the ball forward to Richard Jones. Richard Jones makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Dario Giresse. Dario Giresse makes some space for himself and shoots at goal but it curls horrendously wide!
87.44
2-1Delio Montano kicks a strong pass forward to Stefan Negura. Stefan Negura chips the ball to his team mate, Richard Jones. Richard Jones lofts in a cross ball towards Dario Giresse. Dario Giresse is unmarked! He powers a header at goal. Magnificent save by Marques Pereira Esceth-Nzi!
90.00
Full-time is reached with the referee blowing his whistle!
Match Statistics
Goals
2
1
Shots on Target
2
2
Shots off Target
2
5
Offsides
4
2
Fouls
2
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
39.3%
60.7%
Play Area
26.2%
46.4%
27.4%
Scorers
| Guillermo Diaz 14, 66 | Talal Kachloul 49 |