Achicouriens 2 - 5 FC Nantes (370549805)

22536 spectators had found their way to Le moulin d'Achicourt, despite the heavy rain. Jürgen Mehrlein was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Franz Seeberger and Victor Moraru. Achicouriens tactics involved an interesting 4-3-3 combination. The following players took the field: Cabanel - Épinette, Maillot, Gasnier, Goigoux - Maréchal, Lazović, Hautcœur - Carlier, Antoine, Colonna.

FC Nantes started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Lineup: Ganimet - Exbrayat, Chalopin, Dávila - Kostomanolakis, Siwko, Cianciullo, Sikorski, Pichimata - Rodriguez, Witmeur.

Achicouriens mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. It was an obvious ambition of FC Nantes to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. FC Nantes's N. Kostomanolakis finished emphatically to make the score 0 -1 after 7 minutes, after the enigmatic D. Siwko pulled a delightful long pass from his box of tricks to bypass the defence. E. Dávila was struggling to make the ball dance with his usual trickery and panache, and the opposing players had little trouble shutting him down in these muddy conditions. Having been awarded a free kick in an awkward position after 31 minutes, FC Nantes did not go for a shot but instead fired the ball hard into the 6 yard box. After a brief tussle with his marker, N. Witmeur was able to power the ball past the keeper to make the score 0 - 2. The cannonball from 35 metres by A. Chalopin of FC Nantes was an impressive sight, but didn't make it into the net. Achicouriens's J. Maillot placed the ball right at his teammate's feet after a corner, but J. Gasnier couldn't finish. J. Gasnier, who often relies on his speed, had a rotten day on the drenched grass. With 41 minutes played, FC Nantes put themselves up 0 - 3 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was M. Sikorski. Achicouriens reduced the lead to 1 - 3 with 43 minutes on the clock when R. Antoine got the best of a ball floated in from the left. Halftime score was 1 - 3. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by FC Nantes, with 61 percent of the ball.

A defender managed to keep the ball from crossing the goal-line after a curling shot coming in from the right from J. Pichimata after 53 minutes, and prevented FC Nantes from going up another goal. 54 minutes in, FC Nantes's N. Witmeur received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Unfortunately for Achicouriens, O. Maréchal was injured when the game became more physical, and he had to leave the field. B. Faure replaced him. 61 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 1 - 4 as I. Cianciullo finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. Achicouriens were determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up centrally. The home team's supporters got excited again when N. Épinette broke through the visitors' central defence and caught their keeper off guard, making it 2 - 4. The home crowd was not impressed when I. Cianciullo came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 66 minutes. FC Nantes were now up 2 - 5. The Achicouriens players listened closely to their manager, as he gave new tactical instructions for the team. After 70 minutes, Achicouriens used a short break in the game to take new instructions from their coach. Possession in this half belonged to FC Nantes, who controlled the ball 59 percent of the time.

Achicouriens's top performer was clearly R. Antoine. B. Faure on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important FC Nantes player was D. Siwko. However, N. Witmeur made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 2 - 5.