League

Stade Barre
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Dominique Pages started the match with the kick off. The supporters of Barre booed when Orcines was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bilal Sakho didn't get a good kick on the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Axel Reymond kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Thomas Lassaigne. That made the score 1-0 in the 6 minute of play. In the 12th minute Dominique Pages shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sébastian Ryckebusch saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 15 minutes into the game, Orcines's Dominique Pages nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Sébastian Ryckebusch made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. Sébastian Ryckebusch made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dominique Pages in the 20th minute of play. Alexis Ranc kicked well hit freekick during the 20th minute of the match. Gérard Modeste fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Thomas Lassaigne having to interfere. Gérard Modeste sent away a hard shot on goal in the 28th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Theo Bancel struck a weak shot in the 30th minute. Sébastian Ryckebusch didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Orcines. In the 32nd match minute, Orcines was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Pierre-Emmanuel Pelloquin to maneuver through the defense. Thomas Lassaigne was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 33rd minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Djibril Louboutin. Sébastian Ryckebusch didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Dominique Pages went, in the 34th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. Charlie Laplagne kicked well hit freekick during the 37th minute of the match. It was beautiful to see Barre's Djibril Louboutin in action when he in the 39th minute dribbled his way through a couple of opponents and the fired away a shot from almost standing still. First the ball seemed to get in, but turned out to be on the outside of the net. A great chance! Orcines's Thomas Lassaigne proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 41st minute of the match, managed to save Orcines from getting a goal against them. Thomas Lassaigne came out of the goal in the 43rd minute to try and stop a shot by Barre's Axel Reymond. But to his dismay, Axel Reymond quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-2. Axel Reymond sent away a hard shot on goal in the 46th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Axel Reymond to make the kick off. In the 53rd minute, Dominique Pages left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Orcines fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Theo Bancel in the 56th minute of play forced Barre's goalkeeper Sébastian Ryckebusch to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Thomas Lassaigne took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Axel Reymond, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 59th minute, Djibril Louboutin 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. In the 60th match minute, Orcines was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Étienne Horel to maneuver through the defense. Barre's Axel Reymond managed to work through Orcines's defense and was going for an easy goal, but he hit the shot with his toe and the ball flew outside the goal. Axel Reymond dejectedly held out his arms as if to ask why the ball hadn't gone in. After a defensive mix-up in Orcines's zone, Gérard Modeste stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Thomas Lassaigne came out of the goal and Gérard Modeste tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Armand Lefébure's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Thomas Lassaigne read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 70th minute of play. Gérard Modeste fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Thomas Lassaigne having to interfere. In the 77th minute Gérard Modeste shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Thomas Lassaigne saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the Orcines defense, Gérard Modeste kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Thomas Lassaigne. The Orcines fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Thomas Lassaigne should have stopped the shot. The audience was convinced that Theo Bancel's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Sébastian Ryckebusch was relentless in the 86th minute of the game. 88 minutes into the match, Bilal Sakho notched a goal, 3-4, to the right of Barre's Sébastian Ryckebusch. Sébastian Ryckebusch was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The supporters of Barre booed when Orcines was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 97 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dominique Pages didn't get a good kick on the ball. Djibril Louboutin took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 97th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Thomas Lassaigne. Orcines's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. When the final whistle went the supporters of Orcines were delighted that their team had defeated the much more dominant Barre side.