Ligue 1
February 16, 2013
Toulouse
2 - 2
Troyes
Ligue 1
19:00 +00:00, February 16, 2013
Stadium Municipal, France
Toulouse 2-2 Troyes
Scoring Summary
| Toulouse | Troyes |
|---|---|
| Eden Ben Basat (86') | Mohamed Yattara (78') |
| Benjamin Nivet (og 88') | Benjamin Nivet (83') |
Teams
| Toulouse | Troyes |
|---|---|
| 30 Ali Ahamada | 16 Yohann Thuram-Ulien |
| 23 Aymen Abdennour | 25 Jeremie Bréchet |
| 20 Steeve Yago | 15 Florian Jarjat |
| 12 Cheikh M'Bengue | 21 Fabrice N'Sakala |
| 19 Christopher Aurier | 27 Julien Faussurier |
| 22 Adil Hermach | 10 Benjamin Nivet |
| 29 Etienne Capoue | 29 Quentin Othon |
| 8 Etienne Didot | 20 Granddi Ngoyi |
| 9 Eden Ben Basat | 33 Corentin Jean |
| 10 Franck Tabanou | 22 Fabien Camus |
| 27 Yannick | 4 Stéphane Darbion |
| Substitutes | |
| 16 Olivier Blondel | Rincon 11 |
| 25 Daniel Braathen | Marcos Dos Santos Pereira 9 |
| 24 Pavle Ninkov | Mathieu Dreyer 1 |
| 17 Adrien Regattin | Xavier Thiago 14 |
| 7 Ben Yedder | Matthieu Saunier 5 |
| 4 Jean Daniel Akpa Akpro | Maxime Colin 12 |
| 6 Adrien Rabiot | Mohamed Yattara 23 |
| Substitutions | |
| Daniel Braathen for Franck Tabanou (45) | Marcos Dos Santos Pereira for Stéphane Darbion (60) |
| Ben Yedder for Adil Hermach (56) | Mohamed Yattara for Corentin Jean (71) |
| Adrien Regattin for Yannick (73) | |
| Yellow Cards | |
| Etienne Capoue (21) | Jeremie Bréchet (45) |
| Adil Hermach (40) | |
| · Squads: Toulouse | Troyes | |
Toulouse scored twice in the final five minutes to snatch a point in a dramatic finish to their Ligue 1 encounter with Troyes.
Goals from Eden Ben Basat and Etienne Didot, the latter an 88th-minute equaliser, stunned struggling Troyes, who had looked set to claim a much-needed win in a match they dominated.
The game burst into life with little more than 10 minutes remaining as the visitors finally got the breakthrough they deserved thanks to substitute Mohamed Yattara's 78th-minute opener.
Benjamin Nivet made it two five minutes later, but the team with the second worst defensive record in the French top flight could not hold on in the closing stages.
The draw left Toulouse in 12th and Troyes second bottom, four points from safety.
Troyes, despite their lowly position, went into the game unbeaten in three in the league and took the game to their opponents.
Fabien Camus curled a free-kick just over the top before Nivet had a long-range effort, which was on target, deflected away by defender Adil Hermach.
Camus then delivered a good ball for Stephane Darbion on the edge of the area and his volley was cleared away by Cheikh M'Bengue.
The visitors continued to press in the second half, Nivet crossing for Julien Faussurier to drive a low shot just wide when in front of goal.
The influential Nivet then teed up Corentin Jean, whose powerful hit from the edge of the area was blocked by goalkeeper Ali Ahamada.
The keeper then turned behind an effort from Yattara, just off the bench.
But the substitute did not have to wait much longer to break the deadlock, Camus doing well down the left before freeing Yattara inside the area and the teenage striker, on loan from Lyon, finished well.
The two players combined again in an 83rd-minute counter-attack as Troyes doubled their lead, Ahamada pushing Yattara's away only as far as Nivet, who fired home the rebound.
But, with a vital three points in sight, Troyes contrived to concede twice.
First Ben Basat shot home, getting a second chance after his initial free-kick had come back off a post and, two minutes later, Didot got in down the right of the area and lifted a shot over keeper Yohann Thuram-Ulien.
Nivet's efforts to clear the ball off the line were in vain as Toulouse grabbed a scarcely deserved point.