On April 23, one of the matches of the 32nd round of the French Football Championship was held. Lorient (France) and Toulouse (France) met.
French Championship, round 32
Lorient (France) - Toulouse (France) - 0:1 (0:0)
Goals: З. Abouhlal (68)
Warnings: V. Sierro (51), Laurent Abergel (70), A. Meite (78), Gedeon Caloulou (82), Stijn Spierings (90+2)
The soccer teams Lorient and Toulouse faced off at the Yves Allenmat - Le Moustoir stadium in Ligue 1. Both teams put up a good fight in the first half but neither side scored goals. At the beginning of the second half, Toulouse player V. Sierro received a yellow card in the 51st minute.
Then, in the 64th minute, Toulouse made the first substitution: F. Shaiby replaced V. Sierro. A. Onaiwu also stepped in as R. Ratao was substituted. Lorient was not far behind: Igor Silva was replaced by I. Catlin in the 66th minute. I. Koné and D. Yongwa were also substituted, while B. Dieng and G. Kaloulou entered the game. But it was Toulouse that made the biggest impact when Z. Abouhral scored the winning goal in the 68th minute. Lorient tried to get back into the game, but L. Abergel received a yellow card in the 70th minute and A. Meite in the 78th. Both teams continued to make substitutions and Toulouse replaced Z. Abouhlal with M. Diarra in the 79th minute. But Lorient's substitutions were not enough to change the outcome of the game: J. Ponceau and E. Le Feu entered the game when B. Innocent and S. Ducourt were substituted. The game ended 0-1, and Toulouse won in a hard-fought victory. There were several yellow cards in the game, including one received by Toulouse player S. Spierings in the last minute of the game. Overall, it was an exciting match between two talented teams who battled hard until the final whistle. Toulouse's win was well deserved, but both teams showed great skill and sportsmanship throughout the game.
In the next round the following matches await the opponents: PSG - Lorient, Toulouse - Lans.
| Lorient | Toulouse | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Goals on goal | 4 |
| 7 | Strokes | 13 |
| 5 | Blocked kicks | 2 |
| 5 | Kicks from the penalty area | 8 |
| 2 | Kicks from behind the penalty box | 5 |
| 13 | Violations | 12 |
| 2 | Corner | 7 |
| 0 | Offsides | 1 |
| 53% | Ball possession | 47% |
| 3 | Yellow cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 3 | Saves by goalkeeper | 1 |
| 517 | Total assists | 464 |
| 444 | Accurate passes | 384 |
| 86% | Accuracy of transmissions | 83% |