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Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Abraham Beauval kicked off to start the match. 3 minutes into the game, Abraham Beauval cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Melvin Passemard was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Les Pionniers de Touraine's Gaël Thuilliez managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Xie Yuan Jun in the 9 minute of the game. corsaire nantais's Melvin Passemard played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Abraham Beauval in the 13th minute of play. Les Pionniers de Touraine were awarded a corner in the 14th minute after corsaire nantais's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Léon Sureau took the corner. A very nice done corner allowed Rhys Williams to score against Melvin Passemard in corsaire nantais's goal. 1-2 after 14 minutes. Abraham Beauval might have been able to make a better finish in the 20th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Melvin Passemard. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Abraham Beauval ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 23rd minute, Abraham Beauval got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. 27 minutes into the match, Les Pionniers de Touraine's goal looked a bit too open when Tobias Siggman came free, but Tanek Zurawski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Tobias Siggman had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 28th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After 29 played minutes corsaire nantais got a freekick which was hit by Tobias Siggman. Melvin Passemard made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abraham Beauval in the 29th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Abraham Beauval's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Melvin Passemard was relentless in the 31st minute of the game. In the 33rd minute, Abraham Beauval got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Chu Fan Qiang kicked well hit freekick during the 37th minute of the match. In the 37th minute Abraham Beauval shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Melvin Passemard saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A sloppy throw-in by Rhys Williams in the 39th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by corsaire nantais's Chu Fan Qiang. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Abraham Beauval in the 47th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Melvin Passemard prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 48th minute of the match Les Pionniers de Touraine got a corner. corsaire nantais's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Léon Sureau ran over to the corner to take the kick. After taking down the ball on Les Pionniers de Touraine's corner Léon Sureau fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Melvin Passemard quite easily take care of the ball. Disappointed in the 1-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Tobias Siggman to make the kick off. Xie Yuan Jun made in the 52nd minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Thibaut Bernadet however managed to control. A collision led to corsaire nantais getting a freekick after 53 minutes play. Xie Yuan Jun hit a great ball. Rhys Williams charged in rather forcefully in the 59th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Rhys Williams the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 59 played minutes Les Pionniers de Touraine got a freekick which was hit by Rhys Williams. Les Pionniers de Touraine made a substitution. Désiré Alberto replaced Patryk Kopacz. Rhys Williams got his second yellow card in the match during the 69th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. The supporters of corsaire nantais booed when Les Pionniers de Touraine was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 70 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rhys Williams didn't get a good kick on the ball. corsaire nantais made a substitution. Yves Fuchs replaced Thibaut Bernadet. Rhys Williams hit a great freekick 71 minutes into the match. 73 minutes into the game, Tobias Siggman cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-3. Tanek Zurawski was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Tanek Zurawski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tobias Siggman, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 78 minutes into the match, corsaire nantais's goal looked a bit too open when Hervé Malaise came free, but Melvin Passemard reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 83rd minute, Tobias Siggman ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Tanek Zurawski was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-3. Yves Fuchs blasted a shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Tanek Zurawski having to make a save. Xie Yuan Jun made in the 91st minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Les Pionniers de Touraine's Mickaël Métenier. Tobias Siggman sent away a hard shot on goal in the 93rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Les Pionniers de Touraine's Tanek Zurawski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Yves Fuchs in the 95th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 97th minute, Tobias Siggman managed to get in a good position for a shot. corsaire nantais's supporters rose to their feet, but Tobias Siggman was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Tanek Zurawski breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick.