League

Lezennes
Spectators: 8499 (Terracing: 6375, Seating: 1955, VIP seats: 169) Rathmore Lime Tree's Flavian Garcon 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. After 3 minutes, Johan Dufrenne mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Rathmore Lime Tree and the Lezennes players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Lezennes booed when Rathmore Lime Tree was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. Johan Dufrenne didn't get a good kick on the ball. 8 minutes into the match, Lezennes's goal looked a bit too open when Flavian Garcon came free, but Jörgen Back reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Rathmore Lime Tree's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Benoît Lamarre in the 9th minute. Hervé Annette made a great header on Rathmore Lime Tree's corner, it was just that Lezennes's Jörgen Back managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 12thth minute of the game Flavian Garcon who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Lezennes's Jörgen Back was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Jörgen Back stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Flavian Garcon's shot from short distance in the 14th minute. In the 15thth minute of the game Flavian Garcon who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Lezennes's Jörgen Back was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. A collision led to Lezennes getting a freekick after 16 minutes play. Mike Abraham hit a great ball. After 17 minutes of play, Rathmore Lime Tree's Flavian Garcon made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jörgen Back was left in no man's land by his defense there! The audience was convinced that Flavian Garcon's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jörgen Back was relentless in the 21st minute of the game. The supporters of Lezennes booed when Rathmore Lime Tree was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 29 match minutes in a wonderful position. Hervé Annette didn't get a good kick on the ball. A sloppy throw-in by Honoré Villot in the 32nd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Lezennes's Gérald Gosselin. Olaf Zaworski's late challenge caught a Rathmore Lime Tree's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Olaf Zaworski helped the player get up and apologised. After 34 played minutes Lezennes got a freekick which was hit by Olaf Zaworski. In the 37th minute, Olaf Zaworski 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. A collision led to Rathmore Lime Tree getting a freekick after 40 minutes play. Brandon Pardon hit a great ball. When Rathmore Lime Tree's Flavian Garcon in the 45th minute got a chance for a shot 45th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Lezennes's goalie prevented a goal. After the first half Rathmore Lime Tree were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Olaf Zaworski took the ball and in the 53 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Sofyane Valognes. Sofyane Valognes dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-2. Mané Cosme struck a weak shot in the 58th minute. Sofyane Valognes didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Lezennes. Sofyane Valognes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Olaf Zaworski, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. In the 63rd match minute, Rathmore Lime Tree was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Johan Dufrenne to maneuver through the defense. After 64 played minutes Rathmore Lime Tree got a freekick which was hit by Hervé Annette. 67 minutes into the game, Lezennes's Olaf Zaworski nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Sofyane Valognes made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-2. Lezennes's Gérald Gosselin quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Honoré Villot, made in the 72nd minute of the game. Jörgen Back showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hervé Annette, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. After 77 played minutes Rathmore Lime Tree got a freekick which was hit by Johan Dufrenne. Olaf Zaworski scored 3-2 in the 80th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Sofyane Valognes, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Johan Dufrenne made in the 88th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Lezennes's Gérald Gosselin. Lezennes's Jörgen Back played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adil Magaud in the 90th minute of play. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Lezennes fully deserved thier win.