League Play-Off

Nikko Arena
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) En Avant Nikko's Gösta Sellberg 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. Silvestre Derwin came out of the goal in the 3rd minute to try and stop a shot by PMM2023's Maël Aparicio. But to his dismay, Maël Aparicio quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Didier Têtu hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. Ubaldo Rubio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Johnny Jacquemet in the 8th minute of play. 1-1 became the score in the 12th minute when Gösta Sellberg elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Silvestre Derwin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Maël Aparicio in the 15th minute of the match. In the 18th minute, Johnny Jacquemet fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Gösta Sellberg succeeded in the game's 18th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 2-1. Omer Vandevoorde kicked well hit freekick during the 21st minute of the match. Benoît Royant sent away a hard shot on goal in the 22nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 28 minutes into the match, PMM2023's goal looked a bit too open when Malcom Fournie came free, but Ubaldo Rubio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 31stth minute of the game Gösta Sellberg who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but PMM2023's Ubaldo Rubio was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 33rd minute Gösta Sellberg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ubaldo Rubio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as Malcom Fournie kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Ubaldo Rubio. That made the score 3-1 in the 35 minute of play. PMM2023's Ubaldo Rubio proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 40th minute of the match, managed to save PMM2023 from getting a goal against them. The supporters of En Avant Nikko booed when PMM2023 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 41 match minutes in a wonderful position. Benoît Royant didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 43rd minute Marcelo Casielles shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Silvestre Derwin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Steevy Szymczak charged in rather forcefully in the 44th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Steevy Szymczak the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Steevy Szymczak hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-1 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Marcelo Casielles to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute, Malcom Fournie left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The En Avant Nikko fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gösta Sellberg in the 55th minute of play forced PMM2023's goalkeeper Ubaldo Rubio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 60th minute, Didier Têtu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Didier Têtu kicked well hit freekick during the 61st minute of the match. 巩傲景, 62 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. Ubaldo Rubio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Manuel Souris, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. En Avant Nikko were awarded a corner in the 65th minute after PMM2023's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Didier Têtu took the corner. A well-hit corner resulted in Malcom Fournie heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. Kylian Ponchel's late challenge caught a En Avant Nikko's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Kylian Ponchel helped the player get up and apologised. In the 70th minute, Kylian Ponchel hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. En Avant Nikko's Mourad Durieu was substituted for Vincent Becker. En Avant Nikko's Jordy Jean-Marie was substituted for Joe Meslet. A collision led to PMM2023 getting a freekick after 72 minutes play. Kylian Ponchel hit a great ball. PMM2023's Ubaldo Rubio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Johnny Jacquemet in the 73rd minute of play. Silvestre Derwin made an important save on a dangerous shot by Marcelo Casielles in the 75th minute. PMM2023's Ubaldo Rubio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Malcom Fournie in the 77th minute of play. Silvestre Derwin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Maël Aparicio, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. In the 81st match minute, PMM2023 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marcelo Casielles to maneuver through the defense. The audience was convinced that Malcom Fournie's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ubaldo Rubio was relentless in the 82nd minute of the game. En Avant Nikko's Silvestre Derwin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Maël Aparicio in the 84th minute of play. In the 89th match minute, PMM2023 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kylian Ponchel to maneuver through the defense. En Avant Nikko made a substitution. Geoffroy Derveaux replaced Didier Têtu. Marcelo Casielles received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 94th minute. Silvestre Derwin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. En Avant Nikko were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of PMM2023 for a fine match.