For the entry into the lists of D1 teams in the 1 / 32nd finals, Fleury received AS Nancy-Lorraine, D2 club, on the ground of Stade René Fayel in Saint-Michel-sur-Orge. The Grand Est club had their teeth set against the Ile-de-France team by opening the scoring and even having two goals in advance, but the feat finally ended.


After a short winter break, the teams of D1 and D2 have found the path of training since last week, to prepare their respective match of the Coupe de France. Currently second in group B in D2, AS Nancy could count on several experienced and / or talented players, like Marlyse Ngo Ndoumbouk accustomed to big meetings, after having played for a long time in the elite championship of France, just like Marine Morel, former FC Metz or the young attacker of 18 years, Maelys Goumeziane.

On the other side, the Fleury players had a hard time finding themselves early in the game. We had the impression that the coach, Lionel Cure did not want to take any risk and set up his typical team, especially with the beautiful duo Salma Amani / Julie Rabanne attack. Daphne Corboz as usual brings this controlled dynamism in midfield, and Maeva Clemaron this reassuring side to stabilize the game to the maximum. So many similar profiles, of character, that gives Fleury a real presence in the field.
 
Nancy: From the D1 experience in the air

From the warm-up it was noticed that Nancy had been able to prepare this poster seriously, considering the fairly well-oiled automatisms between the players. An attraction that will serve them well in this game. The Nancéiennes do not let themselves be impressed by the players of Fleury, and this is what may surprise the Parisians.

But the Floriacumoises will want to be respected by trying quickly to find the flaw. As with this combination between Teninsoun Sissoko and Salma Amani on a touch from the 12th minute. Salma Amani hands over to Daphne Corboz who tries a nice shot outside the penalty area, but it shaves Solenne Fernandez's second post.

Yet it is Nancy who will open the scoring, and Fleury be trapped by the goal of Marlyse Ngo Ndoumbouk in the 19th minute. The attacker tried at all costs since the kickoff to pierce the defense of Fleury. Ngo Ndoumbouk will enjoy a good ball deep to take the Floriacumoise defense by surprise and turn his 0-1 opportunity.

Just before that, two of these teammates had approached the goal on the long ball Christine Manie for Francine Zouga Edda, who tried a shot, without finding the frame. We feel that the division that separates the two teams is not so strong in this beginning of the game, but it will be felt more and more during the match especially for players who have not experienced the D1.


Two weights and two measures

But just a minute after that, Salma Amani brings her team back on the poor clearance from Nancy's goalie just outside her penalty area. Amani feigns one then two players and comes to arm a shot that ends at the bottom of the nets 1-1. An equalization that is timely, but must be frustrating for Nancy. A joy of very short duration.

After opening the score, Fleury will receive another blow, after the expulsion of Leonie Multari. An exit that leaves her teammates 10 against 11. It may take more to destabilize the Ile-de-France club, while Teninsoun Sissoko has just been replaced in the center for a defense to three, with Coudon and Haupais. Palacin and Fernandes will also come to fill the brèches. A questioning for the players of Fleury, with this new formation, which will be double-edged.

It is Daphne Corboz (28th) who will come to give the percussion to his team, well accustomed by his experiences in the United States and England, to certain disappointments or difficult moments to overcome. A little like this one ... She will come to combine and put his ball in the race of Salma Amani, but the latter stumbles on Morgane Duporge.

Nancy has just two opportunities after that. The first on an attempt led by Marlyse Ngo Ndoumbouk (45 + 3) in the additional time of this first half, with Maelys Goumeziane, who tries a direct hit but it is remarkably opposed by Maryne Gignoux-Soulier. The second attempt will bear fruit with this beautiful exchange between Sabrina Loukombo, who gives head from the far post to Francine Zouga Edda (45 + 4) at the first post 1-2! Nancy leads to a few seconds of the break.

Fleury lacked coherence in the first half, and the expulsion of Multari left an open gap. The players of Lionel Cure wanted to go too far, pressed without any complex by the Nancéiennes and lost the thread.

 

After the break, the wind is felt more and more on the artificial terrain in Saint-Michel-sur-Orge. Climatic conditions that will foil the two teams a little bit. And with the maintenance to play, Fleury knows that the Coupe de France is a bonus rather than an end in itself. Yet the "hierarchy" would like the D1 club to be victorious, even if the exploits of "small teams" are as possible as we have seen, last season with including Hénin-Beaumont who released Soyaux.

 
A feat that flies away

With her short lead, Nancy leaves the doubt in Fleury, losing the game, to be eliminated from this 1 / 32nd finals. A possible scenario given the appearance of the match at the return of the locker room, with Fleury 10 against 11. A boon for Nancy who will manage to make the break just after the hour of play. On a long balloon, Maelys Goumeziane (63rd ) do not tremble when appearing in front of Gignoux and strikes for goal 1-3. Nancy was able to block the game, while skirting the defensive block of Fleury to register his third goal of the game.

But as in the first period, the joy will be short-lived. It will only take two minutes to bring out Fleury's pride. Salma Amani tries to increase her team's block a little more and Teninsoun Sissoko encourages her team-mates to come back to the score. This is going to have the desired effect, when Amani hits the penalty area and is cut off by a defender from Nancy. It's Daphne Corboz (65th) who will take care of converting 2-3.

The gap is narrowing, and for his happiness, Fleury has a second penalty after a hand foul of a Nancéienne in his penalty area. How cruel for Nancy. It is Salma Amani (67th) who transforms it, the same strike as Daphne Corboz, bottom left 3-3.

Nancy does not have her head underwater, despite a slight weakening in her playing pace, or it is Fleury who has raised his. No doubt a bit of both in the end. What can be understood with the long trip that had to be made the players of the Great East. But even tired, the Nancéiennes will still give fear to Fleury, as on the strike of Maud Capitao (71), and the saving parade of Gignoux-Soulier with the end of the glove to avoid a new goal. And a minute after that, it's Francine Zouga Edda (72), who tries his luck on a shot that shaves the first post.

Fleury by the experience of these players is above, but obviously Nancy is not left behind, led by Marlyse Ngo Ndoumbouk.

  
Fleury upholds the hierarchy

In the last quarter of an hour, Nancy has a hard time digesting both penalties and begins to lose ground. Fleury then took the opportunity to redouble efforts. An effort that should allow them to take the final advantage, but without being really safe from a fourth goal of Nancy with some changes made by Francisco Rubio.

The Floriacumoises will then do what they do best. The players of D1 will combine intelligently, until showing their true face and make the Nancéiennes lose their heads in their penalty area. Salma Amani is at the maneuver, and comes to combine with Julie Rabanne, a good combination that will make it possible to put a fourth goal, that of the victory for Fleury 4-3.

A real turnaround, which shows the mind of Fleury players, abused by a brave and fearless Nancy team. At the end of the match, Marlyse Ngo Ndoumbouk (90 + 1) could have tipped the match again, but her attempt was cut short

The meeting will be held there, with a match that has kept all these promises. Fleury qualifies for forceps against Nancy, who has not lost in this 1 / 32nd finals.



The match sheet

Fleury: Gignoux - Sissoko, Coudon, Multari, Clémaron, Fernandes, Corboz (Dunord), Palacin (Chatelin), Amani, Rabanne (Traikia)

Nancy: Fernandez - Manie, Duporge, Chappe, Blanchot, Zouga, Loukombo, Morel, Ngo Ndoumbouk, Blanchard, Goumeziane (Ouassyoun)

Expulsion: Multari 19th