FCR held back by Le Puy

Quickly falling behind but responding well and putting in a good performance, FCR was held to a draw by Le Puy. The Red Devils lacked efficiency in both areas to secure the win.

The match got off to a strong start at Diochon. Mendy had a goal disallowed for offside from a corner (3′). Shortly after, Le Puy opened the scoring with a header from Nsingi (0-1, 6′). Once again quickly behind, the Red Devils regrouped and had a good first half, rewarded with an equalizer before the half-hour mark. Ait Moujane crossed, Rocha headed the ball on, and Ba-Sy finished (1-1, 25′). In a good position, Rocha missed the opportunity to give FCR the lead by shooting at Carvalho (34′). From 25 meters out, Ba-Sy’s powerful shot went wide (36′).

After the break, FCR came up against the excellent Carvalho, the Puy goalkeeper, on several occasions. Quick to react in the six-yard box to clear a scramble (58′), he then caught a bicycle kick from Mendy (62′) and, most importantly, denied Fuss (71′) before stretching to save a shot from Seydi (81′). Seydi, who had just come on, could also have found the net with a header from a good cross by Ait Moujane, but his attempt grazed the post (74′). At the other end, the Ponots sent a shiver down the spine with a double chance: Temperton deflected a header from Gauthier, then Adelaide, alone, missed the target (65′). The score remained unchanged in the second half, with FCR drawing for the third consecutive game at Diochon.

Match report
Friday, February 20, 2026
Robert-Diochon Stadium
FC Rouen 1899 – Le Puy Foot: 1-1 (1-1)
Referee: Mr. Perpinan.

Attendance: 6,272 spectators.

Goalscorers for Rouen: Ba-Sy (25′); for Le Puy: Nsingi (6′).

Yellow cards for Rouen: Bassin (47′); for Le Puy: Faty (30′), Mohamed (45+1′).

FC Rouen 1899: Axel Temperton – Dany Goprou, Sofyane Bouzamoucha, Formose Mendy – Yazid Ait Moujane, Samuel Renel, Kenny Rocha (Egny, 71′), Mustapha Benzia (Cartillier, 83′), Clément Bassin (cap.) – Amadou Ba-Sy (Faye, 71′), Valentin Fuss (Seydi, 71′).

Substitutes: Antonin Cartillier, Omar Bezzekhami, El Hadji Guiry Egny, Sérigne Faye, Idrissa Seydi.

Coach: Régis Brouard.

Le Puy: Matis Carvalho – Mael Zogba, Idris Mohamed, Edson Seidou – Ismail Bouleghcha, Antoine Gauthier (Akkal, 68′), Renald Xhemo (cap.), Hermann Esmel (Diebold, 86′), Moussa Faty – Marvin Adelaide (Rodrigues, 68′), Plamedi Nsingi.

Substitutes: Thomas Ghalem, Abdelnour Soualhia, Salim Akkal, Yann Diebold, Clément Rodrigues.

Coach: Stéphane Dief.