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00:00It's Angers at home to Auxerre at the Stade Raymond-Coppa, the two promoted sides from
00:07last season have already met once in the top flight again, both hoping not to go down this
00:13time.
00:14Off we go then, it is Angers against Auxerre, one of the strongest players in Ligue 2 last
00:28season in their promotion campaign, as the ball comes in and it's an own goal.
00:36Well it was a great hit in, I'm not quite sure.
00:38Not quite on the same wavelength though as Traore and it's been stolen away by Angers.
00:44Gideon Mensah tackling back but it's going to come to the ball and the ball is almost
00:47through and now a decision here for Stephanie Frappard.
00:51It's a red card, it's a couple of minutes of nightmare for Auxerre.
00:57He was sent off in the nil-nil draw against Lille, now have another man sent off.
01:06Now then, a big challenge, first of all they've got to fend off this free kick and it's off
01:11the bar.
01:13Terrific attempt from Lefort.
01:17They'll have to wait a bit longer here but they will now play over an hour with a man
01:27extra.
01:28Not often you see centre-backs taking free kicks like that, it was a pretty good effort.
01:41Forward there by Hanna, I don't know if it will be an André throw in.
01:44Hanna, a little bit of space here for the left-back.
01:49Oh, a lovely play, however the defeat at home against Dunkirk wouldn't have been so good.
01:59Ball into the middle, easy catch for Donovan Leon.
02:14A nice turn by Traore, he's on his own though in the middle and he's gone for goal himself.
02:19Good shot and a good save from Fofana.
02:25Well the ten men of Auxerre there nearly managing to get an equaliser.
02:29Now though it's Hamid Abdeli bringing it forward.
02:47Hamid Traore, seven goals this season.
02:51Good ball into the middle and now a real chance for two.
02:54Oh, he's gone behind the ball but the offside flag has gone up anyway.
03:03We are already into the first of it.
03:09On by Hanna, nice ball, El Malaly, he was offside though, not for the first time in
03:14his first half.
03:26El Malaly only involved in three goals so far this season, one of which he scored himself.
03:37It's Herver, Piram, he's decided to come across to the right hand side now as we head
03:46towards the break, Akba.
03:51Nice to Gideon Mensah who cuts a nice line infield and the shot goes wide.
04:01Well it was a nice move this, Akba to Mensah and then Traore joined the attack but it just
04:09came off the outside of his left right boot and went a long way wide in the end.
04:14And it says top scorer has been the danger but so far no goals.
04:33Half time then, well it's a half that will be started off even worse, they were in the
04:40bottom, well they were rock bottom or second bottom until round eight when they, it's the
04:48man Lepaul, he came in in the last winter window, up from third tier, Ipinel, nice overlap.
05:00Into the middle and there's the goal and it's that man again Lepaul who continues his wonderful
05:05scoring sequence.
05:15Caught at the beginning, the back heel from El Malaly, taken on by Floor Hanna, he sends
05:20it into the middle and Lepaul gets in front of his marker, Akba and that's a very tidy
05:27finish indeed.
05:31Plenty of space on that far side for Hanna, who got the assist for that last goal and
05:36is sending in another dangerous ball, met by Diamonde with Lepaul right behind him.
05:44Traore ambushed in midfield, Abdeli on the turn and a simple save for Donovan Leon.
05:54So the afternoon not going well for Auxerre.
05:59Jey Tampera, nice play by the playmaker, however he couldn't quite link up with Hamid Traore.
06:08Sine Oko, Mensah, Mensah with nowhere to go, he'll use the goalkeeper in the end.
06:25Angers have gone on it back, Jim Alavina, out to Abdeli, the captain looks up, lays
06:31a little ball inside, here is Alavina and it's deflected behind by Sinali Diamonde for
06:37a corner.
06:46Nice play, Jim Alavina there, looking for his first goal as an Angers player, but denied
06:55by the outstretched foot of the Auxerre centre-back.
07:12El Malaly is going to take the corner kick, not a bad ball in and it's bouncing dangerously
07:18in the box before Diamonde cleared.
07:21Nice little backheel and all of a sudden Ornje coming forward again, it's Owosso with
07:30the tackle, oh we've given it away and a chance for Lepaul.
07:43Mensah wide by the right-back, Mensah, speculative ball that will go too close to the goalkeeper,
07:55Yahia Fafana and he immediately recycles and finds El Malaly, Abdeli, Abdeli down the line,
08:04El Malaly has continued his run, Lepaul in the middle, Lepaul over the top of him, comes
08:09to Jim Alavina instead, he shoots, hits Mensah, Mensah was waiting for the goalkeeper to come
08:15and get that I think and then he had to hold off the Auxerre player and Abdeli has given
08:22away a free-kick.
08:23Auxerre a little fortunate I think to get away with that.
08:47Twenty-five minutes to go, still Ornje 2, Auxerre nil.
09:03Looks like a few Auxerre substitutions are around the corner, this is Hamid Traore though
09:11up against Lefort who's come across from the centre of defence and makes a good tackle.
09:16Lefort has given it away to Gaetan Pera, Pera has gone down in the box, he didn't claim
09:23anything though, tackle by Mensah and a chance for Traore, saved by Fafana again, little
09:31bit frustrated with his side giving away the ball in such a deep.
09:38Overlap by Gideon Mensah again as he hits the ball to the back post and it's met by
09:43Pera.
09:44Get this going again and Cristopoulos I think now knows that there is probably no way back.
09:52Auxerre doing a good piece of game management in the last ten minutes, that's nice from
09:59Fairhat.
10:01Still going, new club with the former Marseille and Lorient man having been involved in some
10:09great play to set up the chance, just couldn't quite finish it and there might even have
10:13been a fingertip here from Donovan Leon to send it wide.
10:26Gideon Mensah frustrated but his pain has been brought to an end by the whistle of Stephanie
10:32Frappart.