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Spectators: 8138 (Terracing: 6104, Seating: 1872, VIP seats: 162) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Rémy Martelli took the kick off in the first half of the match. Franklin Lombard stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Sanni Gården's shot from short distance in the 2nd minute. In the 8th minute, Strasbourg City ⚜️'s Sanni Gården dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. 12 minutes into the game, Léonard Grandjean threw the ball into play from the sideline. Le Mans U.C's Romaric Brosseau quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. An unexpectedly hard shot by Albert Moron in the 17th minute of play forced Le Mans U.C's goalkeeper Franklin Lombard to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 20th minute, Strasbourg City ⚜️'s Sanni Gården dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-0. Faustin Papet showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luc Sarthou in the 30th minute of the match. Hocine Bompastor hit a great freekick 32 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zachariasz Badanowski in the 33rd minute of play forced Le Mans U.C's goalkeeper Franklin Lombard to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the Strasbourg City ⚜️ defense, Gustave Villers kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Faustin Papet. The Strasbourg City ⚜️ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Faustin Papet should have stopped the shot. 40 minutes into the game, Romaric Brosseau was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Le Mans U.C's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Strasbourg City ⚜️ the free kick. After a rather tough play, Le Mans U.C's Romaric Brosseau got a free kick in the 40th minute. If Sanni Gården had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 48th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Zachariasz Badanowski to strike the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes into the match, Le Mans U.C's goal looked a bit too open when Zachariasz Badanowski came free, but Franklin Lombard reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Sanni Gården scored 3-1 in the 53rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Franklin Lombard, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Le Mans U.C's Franklin Lombard played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zachariasz Badanowski in the 57th minute of play. In the 70th minute the ball was on its way in behind Le Mans U.C's goalkeeper Franklin Lombard, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 71 minutes into the match, Le Mans U.C's goal looked a bit too open when Sanni Gården came free, but Franklin Lombard reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 74th minute, Albert Moron hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Sanni Gården took the ball and in the 77 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Franklin Lombard. Franklin Lombard dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 5-1. Strasbourg City ⚜️'s Victor Guerra managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Maël Charrière in the 84 minute of the game. In the 85thth minute of the game Zachariasz Badanowski who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Le Mans U.C's Franklin Lombard was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Le Mans U.C's Kevin Rubio quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Lv Xing, made in the 87th minute of the game. Victor Guerra charged in rather forcefully in the 89th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Victor Guerra the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The throw-in from Maël Charrière in the 94th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Strasbourg City ⚜️'s Victor Guerra.