Match Report
| FC Nantes | FC Nantes |  |  | RC Lens | RC Lens | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | ||||||||||||||||||
| Vikash Vander | V. Vander |  | 47 | G |  | 1 | | G | 62 | | Bertrand Fenillat | B. Fenillat | |||||||||
| Regilio Bosman | R. Bosman |  | 74 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 56 | | Silvio Danic | S. Danic | |||||||||
| Jean-Claude Van Ankeren | J. Van Ankeren | | 59 | D | | 3 | | D | 54 |  | Ledley Black | L. Black | |||||||||
| Elvis Branca | E. Branca |  | 55 | D | | 4 | | D | 49 | | Kamal Macé | K. Macé | |||||||||
| Youl Deplace | Y. Deplace | | 55 | D | | 5 | | D | 48 | | Jean-No‘l Auriol | J. Auriol | |||||||||
| J-Clau Michel | J. Michel | | 63 | M | | 6 | | M | 67 | | Sophiane Thetis | S. Thetis | |||||||||
| Ali Letizi | A. Letizi | | 53 | M | | 7 | | M | 61 | | Dagui Loko | D. Loko | |||||||||
| Tomasz Silva | T. Silva | | 50 | M | | 8 | | M | 61 | | Gerard Bilaudelle | G. Bilaudelle | |||||||||
| Youssef Pires | Y. Pires | | 47 | M | | 9 | | M | 55 | | Adelmajid Stephan | A. Stephan | |||||||||
| Simon Zimmermann | S. Zimmermann |  | 64 | A | | 10 | | A | 64 | | James Esceth-Nzi | J. Esceth-Nzi | |||||||||
| Carl Lima | C. Lima | | 56 | A | | 11 | | A | 57 | | Jean-Christophe Castro | J. Castro | |||||||||
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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 8,989 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
0-0The whistle blows and FC Nantes kick off!
2.17
0-0Tomasz Silva controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Simon Zimmermann. Simon Zimmermann plays a perfect one-two with Carl Lima and rushes in on goal... Simon Zimmermann shoots from just inside the box. Magnificent save by Bertrand Fenillat!
3.26
Youssef Pires makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Simon Zimmermann. Simon Zimmermann shoots from outside the area but it is tipped over by Bertrand Fenillat.
4.28
0-0Jean-Claude Van Ankeren powers a long ball forward. Simon Zimmermann controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but couldn't keep it down. It goes high into the crowd!
9.22
Tomasz Silva knocks the ball to his team mate, Carl Lima. Carl Lima controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
10.14
0-0Adelmajid Stephan makes a simple pass to Jean-Christophe Castro. Jean-Christophe Castro knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Elvis Branca.
14.27
Dagui Loko chips the ball to his team mate, Jean-Christophe Castro. Jean-Christophe Castro knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
15.54
J-Clau Michel chips the ball to his team mate, Carl Lima. Carl Lima knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
16.22
Tomasz Silva decides to run forward with the ball. Tomasz Silva knocks the ball forward to Simon Zimmermann. Simon Zimmermann rockets a shot on goal but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
18.55
Kamal Macé controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Gerard Bilaudelle. Gerard Bilaudelle makes a simple pass to Jean-Christophe Castro. Jean-Christophe Castro knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Elvis Branca.
22.57
Tomasz Silva makes a simple pass to Simon Zimmermann. Simon Zimmermann lofts in a cross ball towards Carl Lima. Carl Lima heads the ball goalwards but couldn't keep it down. It goes high into the crowd!
33.14
Kamal Macé threads the ball through to Adelmajid Stephan. Adelmajid Stephan sees a break and surges forward. Adelmajid Stephan makes a simple pass to James Esceth-Nzi. James Esceth-Nzi tries a spectacular strike. It curls slightly but Vikash Vander manages to gather it comfortably.
36.52
Adelmajid Stephan kicks a strong pass forward to James Esceth-Nzi. James Esceth-Nzi shoots from outside the area but he balloons it over the crossbar!
45.00
Elvis Branca chips the ball to his team mate, Ali Letizi. Ali Letizi knocks the ball forward to Simon Zimmermann. Simon Zimmermann knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Ledley Black.
45.00
The referee whistles the end of the first half!
45.00
RC Lens kick off the second half!
48.17
Jean-Claude Van Ankeren makes a probing pass to Ali Letizi. Ali Letizi sees a break and surges forward. Ali Letizi finds some space and shoots from distance but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
53.20
0-1Gerard Bilaudelle makes a simple pass to James Esceth-Nzi. James Esceth-Nzi goes all the way! James Esceth-Nzi takes a shot at goal. The ball edges inside the post - goal!!
59.40
J-Clau Michel makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Simon Zimmermann. Simon Zimmermann whips in a cross ball towards Carl Lima. Carl Lima is unmarked! He powers a header at goal but it curls horrendously wide!
60.57
Kamal Macé threads the ball through to Adelmajid Stephan. Adelmajid Stephan kicks a strong pass forward to Jean-Christophe Castro. Jean-Christophe Castro finds some space and shoots from distance but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
61.18
0-1Dagui Loko catches Youssef Pires on the ankles. Dagui Loko is warned by the referee! Youssef Pires runs off the knock.
65.20
Regilio Bosman chips the ball to his team mate, Tomasz Silva. Tomasz Silva kicks a strong pass forward to Carl Lima. Carl Lima sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal. Magnificent save by Bertrand Fenillat!
71.52
James Esceth-Nzi hacks Jean-Claude Van Ankeren from behind! The referee calls over James Esceth-Nzi and warns him to calm down! Jean-Claude Van Ankeren runs off the knock.
90.00
0-1The play is deadlocked with neither team giving up possession lightly.
90.00
Full-time is reached with the referee blowing his whistle!
Match Statistics
Goals
0
1
Shots on Target
3
2
Shots off Target
6
2
Offsides
0
0
Fouls
0
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
54.4%
45.6%
Play Area
26.6%
48.1%
25.3%
Scorers