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00:00So here we go in Champagne country on matchday 22, France take on Angers with both hoping
00:09to rediscover winning ways.
00:11France surely the more desperate to do so though, their plight far more prolonged, ten
00:17games without a win compared to Angers three.
00:25Will we get a winner?
00:27Will they cancel each other out?
00:31Interesting to see the approach from the two sets of players, be cautious, seem to avoid
00:41a defeat or they see this as a great opportunity to end their respective winless runs.
00:49Possession of the ball, back to Okumu.
00:55Let's work it from right to left, here is Diakon, who will run it, Leon Kralizowa, chested
01:05down, one Japanese winger to another, taken away by Diakon, dangerous area, over to Zinedine
01:14Ferhat, no one waiting right next to the back post, Alevinar is there to shepherd it out
01:23for a throw, so it's been in great scoring form, particularly against Angers, scored
01:37in his last three meetings with SCO, it's Angers though on the front foot, Lepaul trying
01:45to get a shot away, Malali too, and it is El Malali, oh yes, how about that for an introduction
01:57to the game, buried El Malali on as a substitute, but a few moments ago fires it in off the
02:06underside of the bar to give Angers a 1-0 lead, he said it was dangerously positioned
02:21and that was positioned perfectly by El Malali, two foot full extension, couldn't quite get
02:30there, El Malali's second goal of the season, and it's crucially the first of this afternoon,
02:42first half stoppage time, it was Angers who took the lead late in the first half, a stunning
02:49Farid El Malali free kick makes it 1-0, Angers 1 at halftime, Boron Bata blows his whistle
03:15the first time in the second half, it's back underway, Angers with work to do, 1-0 down
03:23at the halfway point, against the side, currently one place and one point above them in the
03:31table, Sergio Akiyami bombing down the left, immediately picking out Diakite in the middle,
03:51Ntomje's top scorer, largely the deeper of the two, Kebler permitting Akiyami to just
04:02stroll past him, he's gone down in the box and Florian Bata has pointed to the spot,
04:11Mamadou Diacon is flying, brought down by Lillian Raoult-Lizard, suddenly an injection
04:25of pace from Mamadou Diacon, and the end result is a golden opportunity for Reims to equalise,
04:35a wag of the finger from Raoul Izoa, but no doubt in the referee's mind, he will of
04:48course check, it's a finger in the ear from Florian Bata, nervous waits for the home fans
05:01and Diacon himself, is there enough there for a spot kick, will VAR recommend, Florian
05:21Bata has a second look at this, they will not, another definitive point to the spot,
05:35not best pleased Alexandre Dujour, despite Yair Fafana's protests, there is to be a penalty,
05:47the dark arts coming into play, lots of on-show players getting involved, Giorno Dallu picks
05:52up a yellow card, presumably for kicking the ball away, totally needless, defensive midfielder
06:04now had to play half an hour, but Diakite fires it over the bar, it never rains but
06:22it pours when you're a Reims fan at the moment, Fafana dive low, Diakite had gone high but
06:36it was too high, his chance for a fifth of the season, beyond the four additional minutes,
06:45this may well be the final kick or two of the game, Ito into the mix-up, Juve was there,
06:54didn't drop Raky Emi, it's hooved away, anywhere will do, Juve's out of place, it's now a race
06:59to a loose ball, it was Siddiqui Sherif who got there, and he'll be claimed before crossing
07:08the line by Mamadou Diacon, but it won't matter ultimately, the final whistle blows,
07:15Reims' long, long wait for a win goes on, but it's not just a failure to win, indeed a defeat,
07:25Andrzej, 1-0 winners get the El Malaly goal late in the first half, they move four points
07:35clear of their hosts this afternoon,
07:38it was very El Malaly, your man of the match, beautiful free-kick, that proved to be the
08:05difference between the two sides, 11 games now without a win.