Stade Brestois 29 beats Toulouse with a late goal
Stade Brestois 29 secured a hard-fought victory against Toulouse at the Stade Francis-Le Blé on Sunday. The home side clinched the win with a late goal after Toulouse missed a penalty in the first half.
The match began at a brisk pace, with Stade Brestois taking the lead in the 21st minute through a goal from M. Balde, assisted by M. Pereira Lage. However, Toulouse didn’t give up and had several chances to equalize, including a missed penalty by Z. Aboukhlal in the 35th minute.
The tension escalated in the 36th minute when E. Roy of Stade Brestois was shown a red card for a foul on a Toulouse player. Despite playing with a man down, Stade Brestois held onto their lead and defended resolutely in the second half.
In the 90th minute, R. Faivre scored the winning goal for Stade Brestois, assisted by A. Sima. With this result, Stade Brestois earns three valuable points and positions themselves well in the Ligue 1 table. Toulouse, on the other hand, will need to improve their performance if they want to compete for the top positions in the standings.
Match statistics:
* Stade Brestois 29: 43% possession, 8 shots (5 on target, 1 off target), 4 corners, 15 fouls, 1 yellow card, 1 red card
* Toulouse: 57% possession, 10 shots (1 on target, 8 off target), 3 corners, 17 fouls, 1 yellow card, 0 red cards
Key events:
* 19′: Toulouse – Yellow card for C. Casseres
* 21′: Stade Brestois 29 – Goal by M. Balde (assist by M. Pereira Lage)
* 34′: Stade Brestois 29 – Yellow card for M. Pereira Lage
* 35′: Toulouse – Missed penalty by Z. Aboukhlal (assist by Z. Aboukhlal)
* 36′: Stade Brestois 29 – Yellow card for E. Roy
* 36′: Stade Brestois 29 – Red card for E. Roy
* 90′: Stade Brestois 29 – Goal by R. Faivre (assist by A. Sima)
Substitutions toulouse: at minute 63 M. Zajc came in and C. Casseres went out., at minute 64 J. King came in and Z. Aboukhlal went out., at minute 64 A. Donnum came in and G. Suazo went out., at minute 78 F. Magri came in and C. Cresswell went out., at minute 86 J. Canvot came in and U. Akdag went out.
Substitutions stade brestois 29: at minute 66 R. Faivre came in and K. Doumbia went out., at minute 66 L. Ajorque came in and M. Balde went out., at minute 66 A. Sima came in and I. Salah went out., at minute 74 M. Camara came in and J. Martin went out., at minute 82 J. Amavi came in and M. Haidara went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Stade Brestois 29
Toulouse
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