Valenciennes beat Bourg-en-Bresse 2-0 in National 1, with goals in each half proving decisive. Rayane Ekra's 22nd-minute opener and Vincent Marcel's injury-time strike settled the contest.
Ekra finished from Christopher Rocchia's assist to put the home side ahead, and the score stayed 1-0 until the 90th minute, when Marcel converted Dayann Linyon's pass to make the points safe. Bourg-en-Bresse saw Grégory Coelho and Aness Gharbi booked early, while Valenciennes' Ekra and Bourg-en-Bresse's Youssouf Kanouté also went into the book.
Without a detailed box score, the result stands on the goal timeline: a solid lead taken in the first half and a late second goal to close the game. Valenciennes did what was needed, and Bourg-en-Bresse had no answer.
