Roazhon Park
Spectators: 7989 (Terracing: 5993,
Seating: 1837, VIP seats: 159) Santes's Christian Rabut started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Christian Rabut's late challenge caught a Stade Rennais's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Christian Rabut helped the player get up and apologised. Christian Rabut hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. Youssef Stalin's late challenge caught a Santes's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Youssef Stalin helped the player get up and apologised. In the 4th match minute, Stade Rennais was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Youssef Stalin to maneuver through the defense. Christopher Magne showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jean-Paul Coroller in the 6th minute of the match. Paul-Émile Mathelin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Christian Rabut in the 9th minute of the match. 10 minutes into the game, Christian Rabut cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Paul-Émile Mathelin was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 14th minute Christian Rabut shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Paul-Émile Mathelin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Christopher Magne showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jean-Paul Coroller in the 15th minute of the match. Sébastian Rochet took the ball and in the 19 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Paul-Émile Mathelin. Paul-Émile Mathelin dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. 23 minutes into the game, Fabien Nouaille was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Santes's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Stade Rennais the free kick. After a rather tough play, Santes's Fabien Nouaille got a free kick in the 24th minute. After 28 played minutes Santes got a freekick which was hit by Christian Rabut. Christian Rabut took the ball and in the 32 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Paul-Émile Mathelin. Paul-Émile Mathelin dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-3. Stade Rennais's Paul-Émile Mathelin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Christian Rabut in the 35th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Santes's Franck Lochon got a free kick in the 36th minute. Paul-Émile Mathelin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Christian Rabut, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gameiro Leman could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 42nd minute of the match, but Christopher Magne made a huge save. After a rather tough play, Santes's Ramzi Courtin got a free kick in the 44th minute. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.
In the 51st minute, Sébastian Rochet 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. Paul-Émile Mathelin made a fantastic save in the 52nd minute, when Christian Rabut sent off a good shot on target. A collision led to Stade Rennais getting a freekick after 55 minutes play. Gameiro Leman hit a great ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Sébastian Rochet got free with Paul-Émile Mathelin in the 58th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Stade Rennais's defense didn't have a chance, in the 59th minute, when Christian Rabut scored to the left of an out of position Paul-Émile Mathelin, making the score, 0-5. Christopher Magne took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jean-Paul Coroller, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Paul-Émile Mathelin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fabien Nouaille in the 65th minute of play. In the 67th minute, Santes's Fabien Nouaille dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-6. Stade Rennais's Paul-Émile Mathelin proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 72nd minute of the match, managed to save Stade Rennais from getting a goal against them. The supporters of Stade Rennais booed when Santes was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 73 match minutes in a wonderful position. Franck Lochon didn't get a good kick on the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Santes's Christian Rabut slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Paul-Émile Mathelin. That made the score 0-7 after 76 minutes of play. Paul-Émile Mathelin made an important save on a dangerous shot by Christian Rabut in the 79th minute. A collision led to Stade Rennais getting a freekick after 85 minutes play. Yazid Saint-Paul hit a great ball. With a little luck, Stade Rennais's Paul-Émile Mathelin got control of the ball when Sébastian Rochet tried to sneak it across the goal line. Paul-Émile Mathelin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fabien Nouaille in the 89th minute of play. In the 92nd minute Franck Lochon shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Paul-Émile Mathelin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.
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