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Stade de Lenfer
Spectators: 7620 (Terracing: 6000, Seating: 1500, VIP seats: 120) Le Mans U.C's Franklin Lombard played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Irakliy Kurennov in the 4th minute of play. Le Mans U.C's Franklin Lombard played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Irakliy Kurennov in the 6th minute of play. 7 minutes into the match, Hassan Delestre had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Franklin Lombard. Le Mans U.C's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Hassan Delestre was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. Irakliy Kurennov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 10th minute. Franklin Lombard tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 16th match minute, Le Mans U.C was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Romaric Brosseau to maneuver through the defense. In the 17th minute, Irakliy Kurennov got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Le Mans U.C's Franklin Lombard proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 19th minute of the match, managed to save Le Mans U.C from getting a goal against them. After 20 played minutes Le Mans U.C got a freekick which was hit by Gustave Villers. A collision led to Le Mans U.C getting a freekick after 23 minutes play. Luc Sarthou hit a great ball. In the 25th minute, Hassan Delestre ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Franklin Lombard was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. Mohamed Luciani took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rémy Martelli, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Franklin Lombard made an important save on a dangerous shot by Hassan Delestre in the 32nd minute. In the 37th minute, Hassan Delestre made a precise shot to the right of Franklin Lombard. Le Mans U.C's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-0. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 44th minute of the game. One of Le Mans U.C:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Nantes FC:s goal. The score was 4-0 after a penalty in the 47th minute, where Nantes FC:s Lenny Soula tricked Le Mans U.C:s Franklin Lombard with a difficult ball by the left post. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Irakliy Kurennov made a kick off. Irakliy Kurennov succeeded in the game's 55th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 5-0. If Irakliy Kurennov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 57th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Franklin Lombard showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Irakliy Kurennov, who was totally free with the ball in the 59th minute. Franklin Lombard showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hassan Delestre, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. Franklin Lombard took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hassan Delestre, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Franklin Lombard made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Irakliy Kurennov in the 72nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lenny Soula in the 73rd minute of play forced Le Mans U.C's goalkeeper Franklin Lombard to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Irakliy Kurennov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Franklin Lombard was relentless in the 75th minute of the game. In the 76th minute Hassan Delestre shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Franklin Lombard saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of Nantes FC booed when Le Mans U.C was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 77 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gustave Villers didn't get a good kick on the ball. Hassan Delestre took the ball and in the 81 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Franklin Lombard. Franklin Lombard dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 6-0. After 87 played minutes Nantes FC got a freekick which was hit by Irakliy Kurennov. An unexpectedly hard shot by Irakliy Kurennov in the 91st minute of play forced Le Mans U.C's goalkeeper Franklin Lombard to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Franklin Lombard took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hassan Delestre, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Franklin Lombard made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hassan Delestre in the 95th minute of play.