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00:00After a great win over Lens, and of course the Coupe de France final is still over a month away.
00:05For Toulouse, this is definitely not one to lose.
00:12Diawana brought in, asked to do the job,
00:15when the club took the fairly ruthless decision to dispense with Luka Elzner
00:19after the defeat at the start of February against Nantes.
00:25It has not been smooth going either before or since that moment
00:29as they've battled their way along through the Coupe run in quite extraordinary fashion.
00:34But two very significant results recently, beating Marseille here and the win at Lens.
00:41And that has lifted their sights toward mid-table.
00:46But they need to keep it going.
00:48Toulouse were going along fairly serenely until this run of four defeats.
00:52They need to put a stop to that.
00:54And they get us underway in the Stade de Lune on this glorious sunny.
01:08Through the wall.
01:10That seemed to be hit with a little bit of fade or maybe there was a deflection on it.
01:14I think the latter.
01:15So a corner earned by Sierro.
01:17He's so confident.
01:23I'm happy he didn't have to make the save there.
01:25I think he's just trying to clever one through the little gap in the wall.
01:29He's very capable.
01:30A little bit.
01:472,024 so at least he's getting longer in the job.
01:51But his side are under pressure again.
01:53On the edge of the box the chance comes.
01:55A great stop.
01:55But he needed to make another one.
01:59And in space on the edge of the box like that.
02:02He really fancies himself.
02:05And that is something that Rouse need to watch very closely indeed today.
02:11So clever there through the legs of Kip Ray.
02:13So Toulouse testing out Rouse's defensive lines early on.
02:31And now he has it.
02:32Again it's a bit too easy perhaps for Rouse's liking.
02:37Trying to work the opportunity.
02:39And it's well seen by Diouf who's staying cool.
02:43But it is Toulouse.
02:43Looks a little bit of a mismatch quite honestly.
02:50That's one against Sangui.
02:51Goalkeeper on the stretch.
02:52And that was very very nearly.
02:55Very costly indeed.
02:57Be aware of that Toulouse.
02:58Rouse lifted.
02:59Now the little bit of pace.
03:01Can be so damaging.
03:03Arms all over the attacking player.
03:06Now is the decision in or out?
03:07And what is the card's colour?
03:09It's a red card.
03:10And the game is opened up.
03:12That's a huge decision by Bollonger.
03:22In terms of the man-to-man confrontations.
03:26So now Swazor.
03:29Oh he's bounced all the way through.
03:31And flying leap by Diouf.
03:33More to do.
03:34Another flying leap by Diouf.
03:35Put as much height on the first one as he could.
03:43But the first tour he had was Magri with that header.
03:46And that is not an easy header.
03:47He missed the first one.
03:48But he was still awake when it comes back in here.
03:51The number nine.
03:57After Sierra.
03:58Going to the one who's forced the big moment in this game.
04:01The sending off.
04:03Hakimi.
04:07Diouf seems to like it from what we can hear.
04:10The Rouse coach.
04:11And he does like that.
04:13Nakamura slightly further forward.
04:16Hakimi.
04:18Another go.
04:19Better looking cross.
04:20Opening goal comes.
04:23And what a moment it is.
04:25For a player who's been out of form and out of sorts.
04:28But back at Rouse.
04:30Is this the start of something big?
04:32Sebaccio has got it.
04:33Yes.
04:41Against the run of play.
04:43But they found a way at last rounds to exploit their man advantage.
04:47And it's taken some time.
04:53Better cross.
04:54That is not an easy finish.
04:56Ito moves on to it.
05:06If he gets going it's a different game today.
05:09And it's going to need to be watched by Akdaj.
05:10Same is true of course of Nakamura.
05:13Cresswell goes along with it for Toulouse.
05:16Different shape to the game suddenly.
05:18Mentally as well as in terms of the numbers and the tactics.
05:21Oh there's a terrible mistake by Sakina.
05:23They might pay for it.
05:24But it's such a tame effort from Gabaya.
05:27Had a fairly charmed life in this first half.
05:32Rouse have had quite a charmed life quite honestly.
05:35But big turning points went their way.
05:38Descending off of McKenzie.
05:42So here we go.
05:44This could yet turn out to be a very important significant day in the season.
05:50As a starter who's a substitute last week.
05:52And substituted off sacrifice.
05:54He must be feeling pretty sorry for himself.
05:56Who can blame him?
05:58I might argue the referee got slightly in the way.
06:00But here comes Sierra.
06:01Still Sierra.
06:02It's wide.
06:03We've seen a lot of that from Diouf today.
06:09Imploring.
06:14In the...
06:15We'll come back to that in a moment.
06:18Because Ito finally breaks past a couple of people.
06:21Let's go and rock it onto the crossbar.
06:23Ito finally comes to life.
06:26Here he goes.
06:27That shift in possession is so, so good.
06:31He hits it so hard that the crossbar is bouncing and bouncing after it.
06:36A little double shift.
06:39A lot of his tricks have gone wrong today.
06:41But he's a magician, isn't he?
06:44Drive Rouse forward now.
06:48What a goal it would have been.
06:51People are still...
06:52And now maybe a moment for Nakamura.
06:59Toulouse are stretched.
07:01Rest to the rescue.
07:05From the back to the front.
07:07A little slow to regroup perhaps.
07:08Toulouse had a long, long time.
07:10Nakamura.
07:11Could he have cut across a little bit more to make the angle easier for himself?
07:14Came in the cup semi-final.
07:18What a way to start against Cannes.
07:22Sent on today to get a goal in Ligue 1.
07:37That touch.
07:39Did well with that.
07:42Here come Toulouse.
07:44Aboukalal.
07:46Reversed it nicely.
07:47Oh, unlucky.
07:49Wide by Magri.
07:53Next ball in is a teaser.
07:56Goalkeeper in a real tackle.
07:57Toulouse must score.
07:58They have.
07:59But it won't count.
08:01It's offside.
08:04What relief that is for Rouse.
08:07The goalkeeper, Diouf, who's been so good for so much of this today.
08:12Sidibe is trying to debate the finer points of this.
08:15The goalkeeper was never, never getting there.
08:18That might be the match-winning intervention.
08:21Goodness me, he has been a busy man in goal today.
08:28Rouse, one step closer to rescue.
08:31See you.
08:33See you.
08:33Back to Dester.
08:35See you.
08:37Back to Dester.
08:37See you.
08:38All right.
08:39I'll see you.
08:39All right.
08:39Back to Dester.
08:40See you.