April 18th, 2008

Dabo took his scoring streak to four games, but Tours failed to beat Nîmes at home. Dabo opened the scoring in the 18th minute when he slid to guide in Antony Lopez Peralta's free kick from around midfield after it got a slight flick from Tenema N'Diaye. Dabo had two more good chances in the first half but had one well saved and the other missed the goal when it may have been easier to square it to N'Diaye. N'Diaye should have made it 2-0 two minutes after the restart but he failed to put the ball into the gaping net from about three yards out after good work from Fatih Atik. Dabo was substituted in the 67th minute for Diego Gomez with an apparent injury. In the 72nd minute, Robert Malm, a member of Togo's 2006 World Cup squad, slid to knock Mickaël Colloredo's cross past Tours keeper Armand Raimbault from about 18 yards out. Tours nearly knicked it at the end when Diego Gomez hit the back of the net with an amazing volley, only to see his goal disallowed through offsides. Tours lost a chance to gain points with first place Vannes, as they also drew.