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Spectators: 8457 (Terracing: 6344, Seating: 1944, VIP seats: 169) Mourad Iglesias's late challenge caught a bandol's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Mourad Iglesias helped the player get up and apologised. In the 2nd minute, Mourad Iglesias hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The supporters of bandol booed when Strasbourg ★ Union RC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jurand Kaczeniak didn't get a good kick on the ball. Strasbourg ★ Union RC's Jean-Cyrille Valdenaire played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ferdinand Salah in the 6th minute of play. Fabiano Spano made a fantastic save in the 7th minute, when Hugues Tison sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Thierry Henri in the 9th minute of play forced Strasbourg ★ Union RC's goalkeeper Jean-Cyrille Valdenaire to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jean-Cyrille Valdenaire took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Thierry Henri, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Thierry Henri in the 11th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Jean-Cyrille Valdenaire prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The supporters of Strasbourg ★ Union RC booed when bandol was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 14 match minutes in a wonderful position. Erwann Verlhac didn't get a good kick on the ball. 18 minutes into the match, Strasbourg ★ Union RC's goal looked a bit too open when Florin Crăciunaș came free, but Jean-Cyrille Valdenaire reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Strasbourg ★ Union RC's Jean-Cyrille Valdenaire played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Thierry Henri in the 24th minute of play. In the 25th minute, Thierry Henri left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The bandol fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Hugues Tison in the 30thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Fabiano Spano, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Jean-Cyrille Valdenaire showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Thierry Henri in the 32nd minute of the match. In the 33rd minute, Thierry Henri left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The bandol fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. bandol's Fabiano Spano played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hugues Tison in the 37th minute of play. When Moisés de Souza fell near the penalty area in the 38th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Strasbourg ★ Union RC's protests and gave Moisés de Souza a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of bandol booed when Strasbourg ★ Union RC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 39 match minutes in a wonderful position. Moisés de Souza didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Hugues Tison got free with Fabiano Spano in the 43rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Hugues Tison made a kick off. The audience was convinced that Hugues Tison's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Fabiano Spano was relentless in the 52nd minute of the game. 58 minutes into the match, Thierry Henri had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jean-Cyrille Valdenaire. Strasbourg ★ Union RC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Thierry Henri was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. Fabiano Spano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hugues Tison in the 65th minute of the match. Strasbourg ★ Union RC's Jean-Cyrille Valdenaire proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 69th minute of the match, managed to save Strasbourg ★ Union RC from getting a goal against them. After a rather tough play, Strasbourg ★ Union RC's Emanuel Munhoz got a free kick in the 76th minute. Fabiano Spano showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hugues Tison, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. Thanks to some nice moves Thierry Henri could shoot a difficult shot in the 90th minute, which Jean-Cyrille Valdenaire however easily saved by the left post. bandol played a much better game than Strasbourg ★ Union RC and deserved their victory. The Strasbourg ★ Union RC players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.