Match Report
| FC Nantes | FC Nantes |  |  | RC Lens | RC Lens | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fadel Ramond | F. Ramond |  | 71 | G |  | 1 | | G | 69 |  | Anton Witte | A. Witte | |||||||||
| Seb Muller | S. Muller | | 65 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 67 | | Richard Nalis | R. Nalis | |||||||||
| Youl Deplace | Y. Deplace | | 59 | D | | 3 | | D | 60 | | Ted Fernandez | T. Fernandez | |||||||||
| Giacomo Senoussi | G. Senoussi | | 52 | D | | 4 | | D | 54 | | Pierre-Yves Giuly | P. Giuly | |||||||||
| Gaspar Faria | G. Faria |  | 51 | D | | 5 | | D | 48 | | Sylvain Sankhare | S. Sankhare | |||||||||
| Mansour Grenet | M. Grenet | | 67 | M | | 6 | | M | 68 | | Lucien Durix | L. Durix | |||||||||
| Jean-Jacques Haddadou | J. Haddadou | | 59 | M | | 7 | | M | 65 | | Marcello Michel | M. Michel | |||||||||
| Juan-Carlos Vicente | J. Vicente |  | 58 | M | | 8 | | M | 63 | | Bruno Ribeiro | B. Ribeiro | |||||||||
| Ali Letizi | A. Letizi | | 57 | M | | 9 | | M | 57 | | J-Clau Fontaine | J. Fontaine | |||||||||
| Ludovic Serredszum | L. Serredszum | | 57 | A | | 10 | | A | 69 | | James Esceth-Nzi | J. Esceth-Nzi | |||||||||
| Claude Zerdoux | C. Zerdoux | | 57 | A | | 11 | | A | 64 |  | Dinu Cuza | D. Cuza | |||||||||
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Match Report
Heavy rain falls from above here at La Beaujoire-Louis Fonteneau where FC Nantes play host to RC Lens. A crowd of 9,808 fill this 10,000 capacity stadium.
Both FC Nantes and RC Lens are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
Both FC Nantes and RC Lens are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
0.00
0-0RC Lens kick off the first half!
2.03
0-0Bruno Ribeiro flicks the ball to his team mate, James Esceth-Nzi. James Esceth-Nzi shoots from long range but it curls horrendously wide!
8.36
0-0Jean-Jacques Haddadou threads the ball through to Claude Zerdoux. Claude Zerdoux whips in a cross ball towards Ludovic Serredszum. Ludovic Serredszum is perfectly placed and heads the ball at goal. Magnificent save by Anton Witte!
21.33
0-0Mansour Grenet controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Ludovic Serredszum. Ludovic Serredszum kicks a strong pass forward to Claude Zerdoux but the referee indicates it's offside!
27.41
0-0Ali Letizi flicks the ball to his team mate, Claude Zerdoux. Claude Zerdoux knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
30.02
Ali Letizi chips the ball to his team mate, Claude Zerdoux. Claude Zerdoux shoots from outside the area but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
33.07
0-0Bruno Ribeiro clumsily knocks into Juan-Carlos Vicente. The referee calls over Bruno Ribeiro and warns him to calm down! Juan-Carlos Vicente gets up, but that knock is affecting his game.
34.01
Seb Muller deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Juan-Carlos Vicente. Juan-Carlos Vicente makes a probing pass to Ludovic Serredszum. Ludovic Serredszum knocks the ball forward to Claude Zerdoux but the linesmans flag is up. Offside!
38.49
1-0Youl Deplace controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Juan-Carlos Vicente. Juan-Carlos Vicente makes a probing pass to Ludovic Serredszum. Ludovic Serredszum whips in a cross ball towards Claude Zerdoux. Claude Zerdoux heads the ball goalwards. The ball dips under the bar and into the back of the net. Goal!!
45.00
Ali Letizi kicks a strong pass forward to Claude Zerdoux. Claude Zerdoux plays a perfect one-two with Ludovic Serredszum and rushes in on goal... Claude Zerdoux rockets a shot on goal but he balloons it over the crossbar!
45.00
The whistle indicates the end of the first half!
45.00
The second half starts with FC Nantes kicking off!
48.51
Mansour Grenet makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Claude Zerdoux. Claude Zerdoux goes all the way! Claude Zerdoux cuts inside the defence and shoots at goal but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
49.14
J-Clau Fontaine knocks the ball forward to James Esceth-Nzi. James Esceth-Nzi knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Fadel Ramond who gathers it comfortably.
53.14
Bruno Ribeiro kicks a strong pass forward to James Esceth-Nzi. James Esceth-Nzi shoots from long range but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
61.25
Ali Letizi chips the ball to his team mate, Claude Zerdoux. Claude Zerdoux controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal. Magnificent save by Anton Witte!
63.46
Juan-Carlos Vicente flicks the ball to his team mate, Ludovic Serredszum. Ludovic Serredszum knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
66.24
Juan-Carlos Vicente catches Richard Nalis on the ankles. Juan-Carlos Vicente is given a warning by the referee! Richard Nalis carries on, but is struggling a bit.
72.58
J-Clau Fontaine knocks the ball to his team mate, James Esceth-Nzi. James Esceth-Nzi knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Youl Deplace.
77.16
Marcello Michel clumsily knocks into Jean-Jacques Haddadou. Marcello Michel is given a warning by the referee! Jean-Jacques Haddadou gets up, but that knock is affecting his game.
78.22
1-0James Esceth-Nzi hacks Giacomo Senoussi from behind! James Esceth-Nzi is given a warning by the referee! Giacomo Senoussi hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
85.51
J-Clau Fontaine sees space and advances. J-Clau Fontaine sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal. It's miles wide!
89.06
1-0FC Nantes are playing some beautiful football, but they cannot seem to penetrate RC Lens's defence.
90.00
The referee blows for full-time
Match Statistics
Goals
1
0
Shots on Target
3
0
Shots off Target
3
3
Offsides
2
0
Fouls
1
3
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
61.5%
38.5%
Play Area
24.6%
53.8%
21.5%
Scorers