Match Report
| RC Lens | RC Lens |  |  | FC Metz | FC Metz | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | manager | Computer Player | Computer Player | |||||||||||||||||
| Jason Lecocq | J. Lecocq |  | 72 | G |  | 1 | | G | 56 |  | Ross Hapgood | R. Hapgood | |||||||||
| Wahid Bedrossian | W. Bedrossian | | 62 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 71 | | Adnan Morestin | A. Morestin | |||||||||
| Youssouf Anelka | Y. Anelka | | 61 | D | | 3 | | D | 66 | | Ferdinand Mondragon | F. Mondragon | |||||||||
| Sammy Sachy | S. Sachy | | 60 | D | | 4 | | D | 62 | | Armindo Trapasso | A. Trapasso | |||||||||
| Claudio Alvarez | C. Alvarez |  | 56 | D | | 5 | | D | 61 | | Romarin Pavon | R. Pavon | |||||||||
| Samir Kaiser | S. Kaiser |  | 80 | M | | 6 | | M | 57 | | Maryn Massa | M. Massa | |||||||||
| Olivier Ngom | O. Ngom | | 70 | M | | 7 | | M | 57 | | Erwan Bolivard | E. Bolivard | |||||||||
| Hamada Collot | H. Collot | | 62 | M | | 8 | | M | 56 | | Steed Bossis | S. Bossis | |||||||||
| Jean-Louis Platini | J. Platini | | 72 | A | | 9 | | A | 57 | | Cyrille Brando | C. Brando | |||||||||
| Abdelmalek Maraval | A. Maraval | | 66 | A | | 10 | | A | 52 | | Jean-Marie Neveu | J. Neveu | |||||||||
| Lucien Gravelaine | L. Gravelaine | | 60 | A | | 11 | | A | 50 | | Herve Maqua | H. Maqua | |||||||||
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Match Report
Match Report
An overcast sky looms overhead here at Felix-Bollaert where RC Lens play host to FC Metz. A crowd of 9,323 fill this 10,000 capacity stadium.
Both RC Lens and FC Metz are lined up in a 4-3-3 formation.
Both RC Lens and FC Metz are lined up in a 4-3-3 formation.
0.00
0-0RC Lens kick off!
8.19
0-0Armindo Trapasso advances with the ball. Armindo Trapasso controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Herve Maqua. Herve Maqua tries a spectacular long range effort but couldn't keep it down. It goes high into the crowd!
9.45
0-0Maryn Massa surges forward with the ball. Maryn Massa plays a perfect one-two with Jean-Marie Neveu and rushes in on goal... Maryn Massa tries a spectacular strike. The ball comes in low, but Jason Lecocq easily smothers it!
15.27
Steed Bossis makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Herve Maqua. Herve Maqua shoots from 20 yards but it curls horrendously wide!
18.55
0-0Sammy Sachy makes a simple pass to Samir Kaiser. Samir Kaiser knocks the ball to his team mate, Lucien Gravelaine. Lucien Gravelaine knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Armindo Trapasso.
28.55
Erwan Bolivard kicks a strong pass forward to Cyrille Brando. Cyrille Brando goes all the way! Cyrille Brando takes a shot at goal. It's miles wide!
32.30
1-0Claudio Alvarez deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Samir Kaiser. Samir Kaiser flicks the ball to his team mate, Abdelmalek Maraval. Abdelmalek Maraval knocks in a cross ball towards Lucien Gravelaine. Lucien Gravelaine flicks the ball with his head. What a cracker!! Ross Hapgood had no chance!! Goal for RC Lens!
38.07
Erwan Bolivard makes a simple pass to Herve Maqua. Herve Maqua knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
42.48
1-0Steed Bossis kicks a strong pass forward to Cyrille Brando. Cyrille Brando makes a probing pass to Jean-Marie Neveu but he's offside!
45.00
The referee whistles the end of the first half!
45.00
The second half starts with FC Metz kicking off!
54.37
Samir Kaiser brings the ball forward. Samir Kaiser goes all the way! Samir Kaiser makes some space for himself and shoots at goal. Ross Hapgood easily smothers it.
55.08
1-0The crowd are getting restless wanting to see some action.
57.47
Erwan Bolivard threads the ball through to Jean-Marie Neveu. Jean-Marie Neveu knocks in a cross ball towards Cyrille Brando. Cyrille Brando is unmarked! He powers a header at goal but it is miles over!
60.56
Wahid Bedrossian brings the ball forward. Wahid Bedrossian knocks the ball to his team mate, Abdelmalek Maraval. Abdelmalek Maraval goes all the way! Abdelmalek Maraval shoots from just inside the box. It's a goal!! What a beauty!
63.03
Erwan Bolivard makes a probing pass to Cyrille Brando. Cyrille Brando knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
65.37
Adnan Morestin passes the ball forward to Maryn Massa. Maryn Massa surges forward with the ball. Maryn Massa knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Sammy Sachy.
71.01
Samir Kaiser knocks the ball forward to Jean-Louis Platini. Jean-Louis Platini knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Ross Hapgood who gathers it comfortably.
72.36
Olivier Ngom chips the ball to his team mate, Lucien Gravelaine. Lucien Gravelaine goes all the way! Lucien Gravelaine tries a spectacular strike but it flies wide!
73.56
Olivier Ngom makes a probing pass to Abdelmalek Maraval. Abdelmalek Maraval sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but Ross Hapgood is on top of it.
75.15
Maryn Massa threads the ball through to Cyrille Brando. Cyrille Brando makes a probing pass to Jean-Marie Neveu. Jean-Marie Neveu makes some space for himself and shoots at goal but it flies wide!
78.23
Olivier Ngom kicks a strong pass forward to Lucien Gravelaine. Lucien Gravelaine goes all the way! Lucien Gravelaine makes some space for himself and shoots at goal which easily beats the keeper. Goal!!
81.28
Ferdinand Mondragon makes a beautiful solo run. Ferdinand Mondragon controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Jean-Marie Neveu. Jean-Marie Neveu finds some space and shoots from distance but couldn't keep it down. It goes high into the crowd!
83.14
Hamada Collot makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Jean-Louis Platini. Jean-Louis Platini passes the ball forward to Abdelmalek Maraval. Abdelmalek Maraval tries a spectacular strike but it is tipped over by Ross Hapgood.
87.51
Sammy Sachy threads the ball through to Hamada Collot. Hamada Collot makes a probing pass to Jean-Louis Platini. Jean-Louis Platini finds some space and shoots from distance but it goes wide for a goal kick.
89.17
Olivier Ngom brings the ball forward. Olivier Ngom knocks the ball forward to Abdelmalek Maraval but the linesmans flag is up. Offside!
90.00
The referee blows the final whistle
Match Statistics
Match Statistics
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Possession
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Scorers
| Lucien Gravelaine 32, 78 Abdelmalek Maraval 61 |