Official Cup

Anoeta
Spectators: 166 (Terracing: 125, Seating: 38, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Bacary Pincon started the match with the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Simon Goncalves in the 4th minute of play forced Real Sociedad's goalkeeper Marco Ginola to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Bacary Pincon in the 6th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Marco Ginola saved Real Sociedad from getting behind. In the 8th minute, Gaël Moutard ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Hubert Donnet was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. A collision led to Real Sociedad getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. Pierre-Emmanuel Decamps hit a great ball. In the 14th minute the ball was on its way in behind Real Sociedad's goalkeeper Marco Ginola, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Reynald Parrot's late challenge caught a corsaire nantais's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Reynald Parrot helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of corsaire nantais booed when Real Sociedad was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 17 match minutes in a wonderful position. Reynald Parrot didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 19th minute Simon Goncalves shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marco Ginola saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 20 minutes of play Real Sociedad's Reynald Parrot was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. Elias Fofana didn't quite understand what happened when in the 23 minute of the game managed to get a great opportunity for a goal and then missed the goal by a feet. The supporters of Real Sociedad booed when corsaire nantais was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 24 match minutes in a wonderful position. Youri Maurette didn't get a good kick on the ball. Gaël Moutard hit a great freekick 29 minutes into the match. Jason Bertaud kicked well hit freekick during the 34th minute of the match. Real Sociedad's Elias Fofana got a good chance for a goal in the 35th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Marc-Antoine Touze hit a great freekick 42 minutes into the match. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Elias Fofana to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 61st minute, Youri Maurette hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Elias Fofana sent away a hard shot on goal in the 67th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Marco Ginola made a fantastic save in the 82nd minute, when Simon Goncalves sent off a good shot on target. Simon Goncalves sent away a hard shot on goal in the 89th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Real Sociedad's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.