Match Report
| RC Lens | RC Lens |  |  | AS Saint-Étienne | AS Saint-Étienne | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | manager | Computer Player | Computer Player | |||||||||||||||||
| Jason Lecocq | J. Lecocq |  | 72 | G |  | 1 | | G | 55 | | Nicholas Mamouni | N. Mamouni | |||||||||
| Wahid Bedrossian | W. Bedrossian | | 62 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 65 | | Geoffrey Barckay | G. Barckay | |||||||||
| Youssouf Anelka | Y. Anelka | | 61 | D | | 3 | | D | 62 |  | Lennart Dittrich | L. Dittrich | |||||||||
| Sammy Sachy | S. Sachy | | 60 | D | | 4 | | D | 52 | | John Govou | J. Govou | |||||||||
| Claudio Alvarez | C. Alvarez |  | 55 | D | | 5 | | M | 69 | | Tomasz Stephan | T. Stephan | |||||||||
| Samir Kaiser | S. Kaiser | | 80 | M | | 6 | | M | 66 | | Kodjo Baret | K. Baret | |||||||||
| Olivier Ngom | O. Ngom | | 69 | M | | 7 | | M | 64 |  | Nicholas Brooking | N. Brooking | |||||||||
| Hamada Collot | H. Collot | | 61 | M | | 8 | | M | 59 | | Geoffrey Bruneau | G. Bruneau | |||||||||
| Jean-Louis Platini | J. Platini | | 72 | A | | 9 | | A | 72 | | Lennart Dörner | L. Dörner | |||||||||
| Abdelmalek Maraval | A. Maraval | | 65 | A | | 10 | | A | 70 | | Nenad Heurlié | N. Heurlié | |||||||||
| Lucien Gravelaine | L. Gravelaine | | 59 | A | | 11 | | A | 64 | | Christian Arphexad | C. Arphexad | |||||||||
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Match Report
Match Report
An overcast sky looms overhead here at Felix-Bollaert where RC Lens play host to AS Saint-Étienne. A crowd of 9,307 fill this 10,000 capacity stadium.
RC Lens are playing in a 4-3-3 formation while AS Saint-Étienne appear to be shaped for 3-4-3.
RC Lens are playing in a 4-3-3 formation while AS Saint-Étienne appear to be shaped for 3-4-3.
0.00
0-0AS Saint-Étienne kick off and get the first half underway!
2.14
1-0Samir Kaiser takes it forward alone. Samir Kaiser goes all the way! Samir Kaiser shoots from just inside the box. The ball edges inside the post - goal!!
6.57
1-0Tomasz Stephan makes a simple pass to Christian Arphexad. Christian Arphexad goes all the way! Christian Arphexad tries a spectacular strike but it curls horrendously wide!
8.14
1-0Geoffrey Bruneau makes a probing pass to Christian Arphexad. Christian Arphexad whips in a cross ball towards Nenad Heurlié. Nenad Heurlié directs the ball goalwards with his head but Jason Lecocq is on top of it.
12.43
Lennart Dittrich passes the ball forward to Tomasz Stephan. Tomasz Stephan kicks a strong pass forward to Nenad Heurlié. Nenad Heurlié finds some space and shoots from distance but it flies wide!
14.36
Kodjo Baret flicks the ball to his team mate, Lennart Dörner. Lennart Dörner knocks in a cross ball towards Nenad Heurlié. Nenad Heurlié heads the ball goalwards but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
16.52
Olivier Ngom chips the ball to his team mate, Jean-Louis Platini. Jean-Louis Platini makes a simple pass to Abdelmalek Maraval. Abdelmalek Maraval makes some space for himself and shoots at goal. It curls slightly but Nicholas Mamouni manages to gather it comfortably.
18.41
John Govou sees a break and surges forward. John Govou kicks a strong pass forward to Lennart Dörner. Lennart Dörner sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
22.35
Olivier Ngom threads the ball through to Jean-Louis Platini. Jean-Louis Platini makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Lucien Gravelaine. Lucien Gravelaine takes a shot at goal but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
24.39
John Govou boots it upfield. Nenad Heurlié goes all the way! Nenad Heurlié cuts inside the defence and shoots at goal. Nenad Heurlié scores for AS Saint-Étienne!!
28.57
1-1John Govou knocks the ball forward to Kodjo Baret. Kodjo Baret makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Lennart Dörner. Lennart Dörner knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Jason Lecocq who gathers it comfortably.
30.32
Nicholas Brooking chips the ball to his team mate, Christian Arphexad. Christian Arphexad kicks a strong pass forward to Nenad Heurlié. Nenad Heurlié rockets a shot on goal but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
32.32
Hamada Collot deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Jean-Louis Platini. Jean-Louis Platini makes a probing pass to Abdelmalek Maraval. Abdelmalek Maraval makes some space for himself and shoots at goal. The ball edges inside the post - goal!!
38.27
Claudio Alvarez passes the ball forward to Samir Kaiser. Samir Kaiser kicks a strong pass forward to Jean-Louis Platini. Jean-Louis Platini shoots from distance but it flies wide!
45.00
Olivier Ngom knocks the ball forward to Lucien Gravelaine. Lucien Gravelaine sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but it is miles over!
45.00
The first half ends with the referee blowing his whistle!
45.00
RC Lens kick off the second half!
57.48
Geoffrey Bruneau threads the ball through to Nenad Heurlié. Nenad Heurlié plays a perfect one-two with Christian Arphexad and rushes in on goal... Nenad Heurlié rockets a shot on goal but he balloons it over the crossbar!
59.01
2-1Geoffrey Barckay comes in with a late challenge on Lucien Gravelaine. The referee calls over Geoffrey Barckay and shows him a yellow card! Lucien Gravelaine stretches but gets up unharmed.
60.02
Samir Kaiser threads the ball through to Abdelmalek Maraval. Abdelmalek Maraval knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
61.33
Olivier Ngom makes a simple pass to Abdelmalek Maraval. Abdelmalek Maraval knocks the ball to his team mate, Lucien Gravelaine. Lucien Gravelaine takes a shot at goal but it flies wide!
69.20
Geoffrey Barckay threads the ball through to Nicholas Brooking. Nicholas Brooking makes a probing pass to Christian Arphexad. Christian Arphexad shoots from distance but it flies wide!
75.12
Samir Kaiser flicks the ball to his team mate, Abdelmalek Maraval. Abdelmalek Maraval goes all the way! Abdelmalek Maraval rockets a shot on goal but Nicholas Mamouni is on top of it.
81.37
2-1Hamada Collot knocks the ball to his team mate, Abdelmalek Maraval. Abdelmalek Maraval kicks a strong pass forward to Jean-Louis Platini but the referee indicates it's offside!
87.24
Nicholas Brooking makes a beautiful solo run. Nicholas Brooking knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Youssouf Anelka.
89.30
Geoffrey Barckay controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Kodjo Baret. Kodjo Baret knocks the ball to his team mate, Lennart Dörner. Lennart Dörner goes all the way! Lennart Dörner shows great control and tries a shot on goal. It's in!! A beautiful goal for Lennart Dörner!
90.00
The referee whistles full-time!
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