League

Stade Noras
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Durotar Football Club's Ulysse Sonnet started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Martial Devillers showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ulysse Sonnet in the 3rd minute of the match. If Ulysse Sonnet had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 5th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 11 minutes of play, Jasson fc's Jean-Marc Coquelle made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Everardo Silbestre was left in no man's land by his defense there! Ulysse Sonnet fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 16th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Martial Devillers having to interfere. A collision led to Durotar Football Club getting a freekick after 18 minutes play. Ahmed Brousse hit a great ball. Durotar Football Club's Everardo Silbestre played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Yazid Daurès in the 23rd minute of play. Ahmed Brousse hit a great freekick 34 minutes into the match. Everardo Silbestre took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jean-Marc Coquelle, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 39th minute Yazid Daurès shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Everardo Silbestre saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jean-Marc Coquelle recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 40th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 44 minutes into the match, Jean-Marc Coquelle had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Everardo Silbestre. Durotar Football Club's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jean-Marc Coquelle was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Jean-Marc Coquelle made a kick off. Everardo Silbestre made a fantastic save in the 55th minute, when Yazid Daurès sent off a good shot on target. Ahmed Brousse received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 57th minute. Martial Devillers tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yazid Daurès in the 61st minute of play forced Durotar Football Club's goalkeeper Everardo Silbestre to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 61st match minute, Durotar Football Club was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ahmed Brousse to maneuver through the defense. In the 63rd minute, Constantin Piret got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. 66 minutes into the game, Yazid Daurès recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Everardo Silbestre. Yazid Daurès showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-4. Ulysse Sonnet fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Martial Devillers having to interfere. Bastien Bosq was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 74 minutes into the match. In the 73rd minute, one of Jasson fc:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Jasson fc. Jasson fc:s Martial Devillers showed great skill when he stopped Karl Vaxelaire:s penalty. After 80 played minutes Durotar Football Club got a freekick which was hit by Jules Delas. Mathys Fanton sent away a hard shot on goal in the 84th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a defensive mix-up in Durotar Football Club's zone, Franck Quantin stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Everardo Silbestre came out of the goal and Franck Quantin tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 88 minutes into the match, Durotar Football Club's goalkeeper Everardo Silbestre had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Yazid Daurès. After having played for 94 minutes, Yazid Daurès managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Jasson fc's supporters crossed their fingers, but Yazid Daurès was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 98th minute, Ulysse Sonnet managed to get in a good position for a shot. Durotar Football Club's supporters rose to their feet, but Ulysse Sonnet was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Martial Devillers breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Jasson fc's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.