Match Report
| FC Nantes | FC Nantes |  |  | Olympique de Marseille | Olympique de Marseille | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kaci Giresse | K. Giresse |  | 73 | G |  | 1 | | G | 67 |  | Said Buffel | S. Buffel | |||||||||
| Carlos Moreira | C. Moreira |  | 71 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 78 |  | Pedro Delgado | P. Delgado | |||||||||
| Simion Baicu | S. Baicu |  | 70 | D | | 3 | | D | 76 | | Ronan Deroff | R. Deroff | |||||||||
| Geoffroy Renaud | G. Renaud | | 63 | D | | 4 | | D | 67 | | David Andrade | D. Andrade | |||||||||
| Jean-Marie Rival | J. Rival | | 60 | D | | 5 | | D | 66 |  | John Hutchison | J. Hutchison | |||||||||
| Trond Egil Solskjær | T. Solskjær |  | 72 | M | | 6 | | M | 73 | | Martin Kiko | M. Kiko | |||||||||
| Jean-Jacques Chagot | J. Chagot | | 70 | M | | 7 | | M | 72 | | Samuel Dufresne | S. Dufresne | |||||||||
| Roy van Dam | R. van Dam | | 69 | M | | 8 | | M | 70 | | Karim Agasson | K. Agasson | |||||||||
| Jes Høgh | J. Høgh |  | 81 | A | | 9 | | A | 61 | | Diego Courtois | D. Courtois | |||||||||
| Marcos Taffarel | M. Taffarel |  | 71 | A | | 10 | | A | 57 | | Lionel Roche | L. Roche | |||||||||
| Ronald King | R. King | | 66 | A | | 11 | | A | 55 | | Djibrill Zeitoun | D. Zeitoun | |||||||||
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Match Report
There are a few clouds overhead here at La Beaujoire-Louis Fonteneau where FC Nantes play host to Olympique de Marseille. A crowd of 19,923 fill this 21,000 capacity stadium.
Both FC Nantes and Olympique de Marseille are lined up in a 4-3-3 formation.
Both FC Nantes and Olympique de Marseille are lined up in a 4-3-3 formation.
0.00
0-0Olympique de Marseille start the game by kicking off the first half!
2.45
0-0Jean-Jacques Chagot controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Ronald King. Ronald King knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Pedro Delgado.
3.58
0-0Jean-Jacques Chagot hacks Samuel Dufresne from behind! The referee calls over Jean-Jacques Chagot and warns him to calm down! Samuel Dufresne hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
6.19
0-1Karim Agasson knocks the ball to his team mate, Lionel Roche. Lionel Roche plays a perfect one-two with Diego Courtois and rushes in on goal... Lionel Roche cuts inside the defence and shoots at goal. The ball flies into the top corner - goal!!
12.00
0-1Samuel Dufresne makes a probing pass to Diego Courtois. Diego Courtois knocks the ball to his team mate, Djibrill Zeitoun. Djibrill Zeitoun shoots from just inside the box. It curls slightly but Kaci Giresse manages to gather it comfortably.
21.20
Geoffroy Renaud controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Roy van Dam. Roy van Dam knocks the ball to his team mate, Jes Høgh. Jes Høgh knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
22.38
Trond Egil Solskjær makes a simple pass to Jes Høgh. Jes Høgh knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by John Hutchison.
26.38
Samuel Dufresne knocks the ball forward to Djibrill Zeitoun. Djibrill Zeitoun shoots from 20 yards. What a cracker!! Kaci Giresse had no chance!! Goal for Olympique de Marseille!
30.18
Simion Baicu controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Roy van Dam. Roy van Dam makes a simple pass to Marcos Taffarel. Marcos Taffarel knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
36.41
Carlos Moreira makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Roy van Dam. Roy van Dam controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Jes Høgh. Jes Høgh knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by David Andrade.
39.47
0-2Trond Egil Solskjær catches Karim Agasson on the ankles. The referee calls over Trond Egil Solskjær and shows him a yellow card! Karim Agasson runs off the knock.
45.00
Trond Egil Solskjær chips the ball to his team mate, Ronald King. Ronald King knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
45.00
The whistle blows and the first half comes to an end!
45.00
The whistle blows and FC Nantes kick off!
51.09
Jean-Jacques Chagot controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Ronald King. Ronald King lofts in a cross ball towards Jes Høgh. Jes Høgh powers a header at goal. Said Buffel easily picks it out of the air!
53.15
0-2Simion Baicu decides to run forward with the ball. Simion Baicu threads the ball through to Ronald King. Ronald King lofts in a cross ball towards Jes Høgh. Jes Høgh connects with the ball, driving a powerful header at goal but it goes wide for a goal kick.
54.06
Carlos Moreira controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Jean-Jacques Chagot. Jean-Jacques Chagot chips the ball to his team mate, Ronald King. Ronald King knocks in a cross ball towards Marcos Taffarel. Marcos Taffarel is unmarked! He powers a header at goal. The ball flies into the top corner - goal!!
57.11
Martin Kiko knocks the ball to his team mate, Lionel Roche. Lionel Roche knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Geoffroy Renaud.
60.14
Jean-Jacques Chagot surges forward with the ball. Jean-Jacques Chagot lofts in a cross ball towards Ronald King. Ronald King connects with the ball, driving a powerful header at goal. The ball edges inside the post - goal!!
66.10
Ronan Deroff deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Martin Kiko. Martin Kiko makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Diego Courtois. Diego Courtois shoots from 25 yards. It's miles wide!
81.04
2-2FC Nantes are easily keeping Olympique de Marseille at bay, but can't capitalise on it.
83.46
The crowd are getting restless wanting to see some action.
87.29
Simion Baicu knocks the ball forward to Jean-Jacques Chagot. Jean-Jacques Chagot threads the ball through to Ronald King. Ronald King knocks in a cross ball towards Marcos Taffarel. Marcos Taffarel heads the ball goalwards. It's a goal!! What a beauty!
90.00
Trond Egil Solskjær knocks the ball to his team mate, Marcos Taffarel. Marcos Taffarel knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Said Buffel who gathers it comfortably.
90.00
The referee blows for full-time
Match Statistics
Goals
3
2
Shots on Target
4
3
Shots off Target
1
1
Offsides
0
1
Fouls
2
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
56.1%
43.9%
Play Area
27.3%
48.5%
24.2%
Scorers
| Marcos Taffarel 54, 87 Ronald King 60 | Lionel Roche 6 Djibrill Zeitoun 26 |