Noann Ritas qualifies Rousson

The battle between the two teams was fierce and tight. g.m.

Coupe Occitanie/3rd round. The Cévennes goalkeeper stopped two Nîmes shots on goal.

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Stade Laurent Blanc.

Half-time: 1-0.

Referee: Mr. El Hemdaoui

Goal for Rousson: Fall (43rd).

Goal for Chemin-Bas: Attounane (87th).

Warnings for Rousson: Tampier (56th), Boyron (75th).

Rousson qualified for the 4th round of the Occitanie Cup by winning a second consecutive home game, after the 2-1 success in the Regional 2 championship against Montpellier Petit-Bard.

His victim: Nîmes Chemin-Bas, undefeated leader of Group A of Regional 2. The Cévenols won this duel of R2 teams on penalties.

Both teams took turns to make the difference in regulation time, creating numerous chances that narrowly failed. On both sides, the goalkeepers also did their job, with Noann Ritas for Rousson and Florian Gleize for Nîmes Chemin-Bas making some great saves.

The Roussonnais were the first to find the back of the net, at the very end of the first half, on a corner taken from the right by Greg Boyron. Corner that defender Man-Loys Fall catapulted into Gleize's goal (1-0, 43rd).

Nîmes equalized thanks to a great header from Ben Ayad Attounane

Nîmes' response came in the final minutes of the match, also from a corner. This time, a corner taken from the left by Zaïd Tagni, the ball was exploited by Ben Ayad Attounane, who scored a magnificent header (1-1, 87th).

The penalty shootout turned to the advantage of the representatives of the city of Castellas thanks to two exploits by their young goalkeeper Noann Ritas who stopped two Nîmes shots. His teammates Elock, Boyron and Sow allowed the ASR to pocket its sesame for the 4th round.

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