For the 12th day of the Futsal Division, the MMF equalized from the penalty spot 38 seconds from the end at the Palais des sports Coubertin in Montpellier.
At kick-off, nine points separated promoted Montpellier (4th) and French vice-champion Nantes (8th). The pressure was on the visitors' shoulders. The MMF took control of the match, obtaining the biggest chances (3rd, 4th, 11th) without managing to materialize.
Opposite, Nantes hit the post (12th) before lowering their guard. In a school action, the locals opened the scoring. New Moroccan international Yanis Erradaf found himself at the conclusion of a three-way game (1-0, 13th). The audience at the Palais des sports Coubertin, which included many children among its ranks, finally got excited. Amine Gueddoura had the opportunity to double the lead but he lost his one-on-one with the opposing goalkeeper.
A few seconds later, the Nantes players came back through Gora Diop (1-1, 17th). Upon returning from the locker room, the Héraultais were caught cold by the opposing realism. Francisco Valdelvira gave his team the advantage (1-2, 23rd). The bad news continued with the ankle injury of the Brazilian Edimar.
-A penalty to snatch the equalizer
Under the leadership of Erradaf who narrowly missed the equalizer twice, one of which was a distant lob (30th), the MMF tried everything for everything. Khalid Kouri and Jhonatan Ruas came up against the Nantes goalkeeper (32nd, 33rd). In his goal, Stefano kept the hope of a comeback in the final moments thanks to a superb save three minutes from time. With 38 seconds remaining, the referee whistled a penalty for the MMF.
Jhonatan Ruas transformed it and blew up the Montpellier room (2-2). At the time of separation, there was still a nine-length gap between the two teams and Montpellier consolidated its fourth position in the standings.
