Official Cup

la Vallée du Cher
Spectators: 196 (Terracing: 148, Seating: 45, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Romain Dupret made the kick off which started today's match. When the match had gone on for 3 minutes, Christian Le Bihan put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Christian Pradelles. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Elias Mouton in the 6th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Luis Douaud prevented the ball from getting in the gole. An unexpectedly hard shot by Romain Dupret in the 11th minute of play forced Tours Football Club's goalkeeper Christian Pradelles to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Stanislas Lanfranchi hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. Christian Pradelles took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Christian Le Bihan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 18thth minute of the game Rodolphe Dutartre who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Tours Football Club's Christian Pradelles was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Tours Football Club's Christian Pradelles played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Christian Le Bihan in the 22nd minute of play. After 25 minutes, Nathanaël Géhin made it 1-1 with a short kick to the right side. En Avant Nikko's Luis Douaud tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. En Avant Nikko's Luis Douaud played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Maxence Lefranc in the 28th minute of play. 29 minutes into the match, Nathanaël Géhin notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of En Avant Nikko's Luis Douaud. Luis Douaud was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 32 minutes of play, En Avant Nikko's Christian Le Bihan made it 2-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Christian Pradelles was left in no man's land by his defense there! Luis Douaud made an important save on a dangerous shot by Nathanaël Géhin in the 36th minute. Christian Pradelles made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rodolphe Dutartre in the 43rd minute of play. Christian Le Bihan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Christian Pradelles having to interfere. The score stood at 2-2 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Nathanaël Géhin made a kick off. With his leg Christian Pradelles managed to avoid a goal in the 55thth minute, when En Avant Nikko's Rodolphe Dutartre fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. With a little luck, Tours Football Club's Christian Pradelles got control of the ball when Christian Le Bihan tried to sneak it across the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Romain Dupret in the 59th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Christian Pradelles prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 63rd minute, Nathanaël Géhin 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. After 64 played minutes En Avant Nikko got a freekick which was hit by Morgan Fritsch. Christian Pradelles took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Romain Dupret, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Bruno Carli in the 69th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Luis Douaud saved En Avant Nikko from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Romain Dupret in the 70th minute of play forced Tours Football Club's goalkeeper Christian Pradelles to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Romain Dupret received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 74th minute. Christian Pradelles tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Romain Dupret succeeded in the game's 76th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 2-3. Luis Douaud took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nathanaël Géhin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Christian Pradelles took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Romain Dupret, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Tours Football Club's Christian Pradelles proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 88th minute of the match, managed to save Tours Football Club from getting a goal against them. Christian Pradelles stood somewhat misplaced when Rodolphe Dutartre came free in front of goal and shot 2-4 to the left of him in the 90 minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Nathanaël Géhin in the 94th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Luis Douaud saved En Avant Nikko from getting behind. In the 96th minute Stanislas Lanfranchi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luis Douaud saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. En Avant Nikko walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.