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Entry by P. Katseris
Release of T. Le Bris
Entrance of S. Soumano
Release of B. Dieng
New Boudache center way too long, it doesn’t find anyone.
Sanson’s header goes wide even though he was placed right in front of the goal! What a French failure!
Entrance by A. Faye
Release of D. Yongwa
Yellow card for Kevin Carlos
Yellow card for A. Kouassi
Contact between Kevin Carlos and Kamara in the area after an attempt to recover the ball, the goalkeeper seems injured.
Lorient should suffer until the end of the match with the absence of one of its players, and will have to go through a mouse hole to win this evening.
Sanson’s strike when the ball falls, but it is once again blocked.
Kevin Carlos sees his shot blocked after a very quick counter-attack on the Nice side, new corner.
Corner for Nice which gets another opportunity to open the score.
Lorient no longer has the same control as in the first period, particularly on ball exits.
The opportunities are multiplying and becoming clearer on the Nice side, we feel the absence of a player on the Lorient side.
Entrance of N. Cadiou
Release of L. Abergel
Entrance of Kevin Carlos
Exit of T. Ndombélé
What an opportunity for Nice, with fabulous technical work in the heart of the game, precise passes concluded by a low cross finally taken by no one! What a shame!
Double opportunity concluded by Melvin Bard who attempted a half-volley at the entrance to the area but it was not on target.
Abergel is on the ground again after contact.
Dieng attempted an acrobatic return but his foot grazed the ball! What a shame!
Lorient’s two long-range attempts were repelled by the Nice defense.
Ndombélé made contact with Abergel and he seemed stunned. The game will resume.
Entrance of Mr. Cho
Release of J. Bah
The match has resumed in Lorient!
It’s the end of this first period! 0-0 between Lorient and Nice who did not try much in these first 45 minutes. Big game, the red card for Pagis after a dangerous tackle! Lorient will finish this match at 10!
Two minutes of added time in this first period.
Red card for P. Pagis after viewing the Var, his tackle was too dangerous!
Yellow card for P. Pagis who did not master a dangerous tackle at all.
Le Bris tries to volley a ball at the far post but his shot is poorly managed and it goes wide.
Big contact between Boudache’s arm and the head of a Lorient player who is on the ground.
Nice accelerates its game at the end of the period, to try to score before half-time.
The Niçois head one after another in the area but the ball finally goes out of the goal.
The referee does not whistle a foul but ultimately gives Nice a ball.
Very interesting free kick for Lorient again, with a foul at the entrance to the area. Tempers heat up a little after a big contact.
It was very well shot but Diallo didn’t find the target on his head.
Another corner for Nice who will have to do better on set pieces.
Bard heads a ball into the area but it just brushes past and it doesn’t do anything.
We are running out of chances in this match. Lorient plays little and Nice does not touch the ball much, despite more aggressiveness for Puel’s men.
Pagis tried his luck, it was powerful but not on target.
Free kick at the entrance to the area for Lorient after a foul by Oppong on Makengo!
Nice suffers possession but very few breakthroughs manage to pass on the wings.
Nice hasn’t touched the ball much for a few minutes, even if Lorient isn’t really taking advantage of its possession.
The deep pass to Kouassi is too long. Lorient has ideas but lacks success.
Pagis gets the first attempt of this match but his shot from the edge of the area goes over the opposing goal.
The new Nice corner is played at ground level, but the action fails to take off and the ball flies back.
Lorient is trying to regain ground but the game is struggling to develop in the opposing side of the field.
The corner resulted in nothing, but a ball for Nice.
The first cross of this match is for Nice who immediately obtain a corner.
The match has started in Lorient!
Nice must save its season, not only by keeping its place in Ligue 1, but also by trying to go as far as possible in the Coupe de France, and Lorient is a higher ranked opponent, but potentially accessible for Claude Puel’s men.
Triple winners of the event, the Aiglons, who are not really doing better since the arrival of Claude Puel on the bench and occupy 15e rank in the championship, they mainly think about maintaining.
Firmly installed at 10e place in Ligue 1, the Merlus, winners of the Coupe de France in 2002, are dreaming of a great run for the Breton club’s centenary.
Hello and welcome to everyone to follow live this Coupe de France quarter-final between Lorient and Nice, scheduled for 8:30 p.m. at Moustoir.