FC Nantes won today in Niort, 1-0 to once again edge past Le Havre and back into first place.
I tried to follow the action on the live update page at the FC Nantes website. I don't speak French but the zaniness transcends the language barrier.
The game was 0-0 deep into the second half. Someone check my French. Here is the entry from the 73rd minute:
BUTTTTT DE DAVID DE FREITASSSSSS !!!!! Le milieu de terrain nantais file côté gauche du terrain avant de s'infiltrer dans la surface et d'ouvrir son pied dans un angle très fermé. Le petit piquet enroulé du Canari trompe Simon Pontdeve pour la première fois de la soirée.
I think David de Freitas, the Nantes midfielder infiltrated down the left side of the pitch and found an opening from a sharp angle. The small "piquet" from the Canary player eluded Pontdeve, the Niort keeper, for the first goal of the game.
74th minute: David De Freitas est sanctionné pour avoir manifesté sa joie irrégulièrement...
The goal scorer receives a yellow card. He is sanctioned for expressing his joy in an irregular manner. In American football this would be called excessive celebration.
In the 91st minute: Michel Der Zakarian donne de la voix en cette fin de rencontre pour recarder ses joueurs et notamment Jean-Jacques Pierre qui avait "déserté" son poste...
The Nantes coach complains to the referee about the many yellow cards Nantes has received.
Et l'entraîneur de Nantes se fait expulsé du banc !!! Mr Auroux demande au technicien nantais de suivre la fin de rencontre depuis les vestiaires...
The coach is expelled from the bench! The referee demands that the Nantes coach spend the end of the game in the "vestiarires".
Not over yet, 92nd minute: Et carton rouge pour Aurélien Capoue !!! Nantes va terminer à dix suite à un second carton jaune pour un accrochage avec Denis Tsoumou. Fin de match houleuse au stade René-Gaillard...
A second yellow card for Capoue, two yellows is a red card, carton rouge. Nantes will finish with a ten player side because of a dust up with Denis Tsoumou. An exciting end to the match at Rene-Gaillard Stadium.
And then: Denis Tsoumou est également sanctionné...
Tsoumou also receives a yellow.
I don't speak the language but it seems clear to me that it was a wild and wacky finish.
Allez Nantes.
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I do speak the language and you seem to be doing just fine.
Allez Nantes!
You left out the part where Jean Jacque Pierre 'deserte' his position. It looks like you had some fun with it.
-- I hope BB is feeling better by now? SS
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