Match Report
| AS Saint-Étienne | AS Saint-Étienne |  |  | Auxerre | Auxerre | ||||||||||||||||
| António Carlos | António Carlos | Computer Player | Computer Player | ||||||||||||||||||
| Alec Strachan | A. Strachan |  | 70 | G |  | 1 | | G | 71 |  | Branko Grun | B. Grun | |||||||||
| Hoalid Trévisan | H. Trévisan |  | 66 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 65 |  | Fotis Devitsakis | F. Devitsakis | |||||||||
| Pape Mey | P. Mey | | 65 | D | | 3 | | D | 65 | | Kamal Pédros | K. Pédros | |||||||||
| Franck Carotti | F. Carotti | | 64 | D | | 4 | | D | 63 | | Herve Sablé | H. Sablé | |||||||||
| Mikkel Hakansson | M. Hakansson |  | 63 | D | | 5 | | D | 63 |  | Ashley Owen | A. Owen | |||||||||
| Andy Brighton | A. Brighton | | 69 | M | | 6 | | M | 70 |  | Sergio Quaresma | S. Quaresma | |||||||||
| Kevin Telfer | K. Telfer | | 64 | M | | 7 | | M | 68 | | Guillaume Escayol | G. Escayol | |||||||||
| Hubert Sadane | H. Sadane | | 63 | M | | 8 | | M | 67 | | Farid Lachuer | F. Lachuer | |||||||||
| Kaci Romo | K. Romo | | 72 | A | | 9 | | A | 74 |  | Ade Kanu | A. Kanu | |||||||||
| Gerard Stroeve | G. Stroeve |  | 67 | A | | 10 | | A | 67 | | Thibault Deflandre | T. Deflandre | |||||||||
| Diego Espinosa | D. Espinosa |  | 63 | A | | 11 | | A | 64 | | Niels Smits | N. Smits | |||||||||
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Match Report
There are a few clouds overhead here at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard where AS Saint-Étienne play host to Auxerre. A crowd of 18,100 fill this 21,000 capacity stadium.
Both AS Saint-Étienne and Auxerre are lined up in a 4-3-3 formation.
Both AS Saint-Étienne and Auxerre are lined up in a 4-3-3 formation.
0.00
0-0AS Saint-Étienne kick off the first half!
4.02
0-0Kamal Pédros makes a probing pass to Sergio Quaresma. Sergio Quaresma threads the ball through to Ade Kanu. Ade Kanu plays a perfect one-two with Thibault Deflandre and rushes in on goal... Ade Kanu shoots from just inside the box but it goes wide for a goal kick.
6.37
1-0Hubert Sadane deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Kaci Romo. Kaci Romo goes all the way! Kaci Romo shows great control and tries a shot on goal. The ball flies into the top corner - goal!!
10.01
Guillaume Escayol chips the ball to his team mate, Thibault Deflandre. Thibault Deflandre controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
16.27
1-0Auxerre are easily keeping AS Saint-Étienne at bay, but can't capitalise on it.
27.32
1-0Kevin Telfer knocks the ball to his team mate, Kaci Romo. Kaci Romo goes all the way! Kaci Romo shoots from just inside the box. It curls slightly but Branko Grun manages to gather it comfortably.
34.52
1-0Farid Lachuer hacks Andy Brighton from behind! The referee reaches into his pocket ... it's a yellow card! Andy Brighton hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
36.07
1-0Hoalid Trévisan makes a beautiful solo run. Hoalid Trévisan controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Kaci Romo. Kaci Romo kicks a strong pass forward to Gerard Stroeve but the referee indicates it's offside!
39.53
Pape Mey knocks the ball to his team mate, Hubert Sadane. Hubert Sadane surges forward with the ball. Hubert Sadane sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but somehow Branko Grun manages to keep it out.
40.11
Sergio Quaresma controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Thibault Deflandre. Thibault Deflandre finds some space and shoots from distance. The ball edges inside the post - goal!!
44.50
Sergio Quaresma decides to run forward with the ball. Sergio Quaresma lofts in a cross ball towards Niels Smits. Niels Smits is unmarked! He powers a header at goal. The ball dips under the bar and into the back of the net. Goal!!
45.00
The referee whistles the end of the first half!
45.00
Auxerre kick off the second half!
48.34
1-2Sergio Quaresma makes a probing pass to Niels Smits. Niels Smits knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Alec Strachan who gathers it comfortably.
49.30
Farid Lachuer knocks the ball to his team mate, Thibault Deflandre. Thibault Deflandre plays a perfect one-two with Niels Smits and rushes in on goal... Thibault Deflandre tries a spectacular strike. It's there!! Alec Strachan has to pick the ball from the back of the net!
60.42
Hoalid Trévisan makes a simple pass to Andy Brighton. Andy Brighton kicks a strong pass forward to Diego Espinosa. Diego Espinosa knocks in a cross ball towards Gerard Stroeve. Gerard Stroeve flicks the ball with his head but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
61.03
Ashley Owen passes the ball forward to Sergio Quaresma. Sergio Quaresma controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Thibault Deflandre. Thibault Deflandre tries a spectacular long range effort but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
67.41
Kamal Pédros kicks a strong pass forward to Farid Lachuer. Farid Lachuer passes the ball forward to Niels Smits. Niels Smits makes a simple pass to Thibault Deflandre. Thibault Deflandre cuts inside the defence and shoots at goal. It's there!! Alec Strachan has to pick the ball from the back of the net!
77.04
Hubert Sadane deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Kaci Romo. Kaci Romo knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Branko Grun who gathers it comfortably.
89.42
Farid Lachuer deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Ade Kanu. Ade Kanu goes all the way! Ade Kanu makes some space for himself and shoots at goal but it curls horrendously wide!
90.00
The referee whistles full-time!
Match Statistics
Goals
1
4
Shots on Target
3
4
Shots off Target
1
4
Offsides
1
0
Fouls
0
1
Yellow Cards
0
1
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
43.5%
56.5%
Play Area
30.4%
47.8%
21.7%
Scorers
| Kaci Romo 6 | Thibault Deflandre 40, 49, 67 Niels Smits 44 |