PARIS. Toulouse conquers Nantes 5-1 after playing a incredible match.
The match was played at the Stade de France stadium in Paris on Saturday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Benoît Millot with the support of Hicham Zakrani and Mathieu Grosbost. The 4th official was Thomas Léonard. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 11.7 degrees Celsius or 53.1 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 74%.
Match Statistics
The overall ball possession was identical with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.
Ball possession
There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Nantes was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Toulouse that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Nantes was more pushing with 44 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 3 were on target. Still, Toulouse found a way to find the solution to win this contest.
Nantes shot 7 times, 3 on target, 1 off target. Talking about the opposition, Toulouse shot 13 times, 7 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Nantes received 3 yellow cards (João Victor, Nicolas Pallois and R. Descamps). Talking about the opposition, Toulouse received 2 yellow cards (Brecht Dejaegere and Mikkel Desler).
Match Timeline
Standings
Next matches
Nantes – Formation
Nantes
46'
38'
75'
Nantes started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
The manager Antoine Kombouare decided to play with the following team: Alban Lafont, Nicolas Pallois, Andrei Girotto, Jean-Charles Castelletto, Fabien Centonze, João Victor Da Silva Marcelino, Moussa Sissoko, Florent Mollet, Ludovic Blas, Moses Daddy Simon and Mostafa Mohamed Ahmed Abdallah.
The home team had on the bench: Andy Delort, Marcus Coco, Rémy Descamps, Evann Guessand, Samuel Moutoussamy, Sébastien Corchia, Ignatius Kpene Ganago, Quentin Merlin and Jaouen Hadjam.
Substitutions
Nantes made 5 changes: Florent Mollet for Samuel Moutoussamy (46′), Moses Simon for Igniatius Ganago (46′), Nicolas Pallois for Andy Delort (46′), João Victor for Quentin Merlin (66′) and Ludovic Blas for Marcus Coco (82′).
Toulouse – Formation
Toulouse
Toulouse started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Philippe Montanier played with: Christian Kjetil Haug, Mikkel Desler, Gabriel Alonso Suazo Urbina, Rasmus Nicolaisen, Logan Costa, Brecht Dejaegere, Branco van den Boomen, Stijn Spierings, Fares Chaïbi, Zakaria Aboukhlal and Thijs Dallinga.
The following players were sitting on the bench: Maxime Dupé, Warren Kamanzi, Moussa Diarra, Denis Genreau, Vincent Sierro, Saïd Hamulic, Ado Onaiwu, Rafael Rogerio da Silva and Anthony Rouault.
Substitutions
Toulouse made 5 changes: T. Dallinga for Ado Onaiwu (69′), Brecht Dejaegere for Vincent Sierro (69′), Fares Chaïbi for Rafael Ratão (76′), Stijn Spierings for Moussa Diarra (82′) and Logan Costa for Anthony Rouault (82′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Coupe de France.
