League

Belberaud
Spectators: 7960 (Terracing: 5977, Seating: 1833, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Valentin Hénaux took the kick off in the first half of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Toufik Suteau during the 3rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Clichy getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Toufik Suteau hit a great ball. Ali Bouisset kicked well hit freekick during the 8th minute of the match. In the 12th minute of the match Thibaut Châtelard sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Pierre Casagrande skillfully saved the ball. Clichy's Edmond Esnault played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Valentin Hénaux in the 13th minute of play. In the 15th minute of the match Belberaud got a corner. Clichy's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Martin Fouche ran over to the corner to take the kick. After taking down the ball on Belberaud's corner Martin Fouche fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Edmond Esnault quite easily take care of the ball. With a little luck, Clichy's Edmond Esnault got control of the ball when Maurice Bazin tried to sneak it across the goal line. Pierre Casagrande didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from John-Paul Gillon went, in the 18th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Edmond Esnault made a fantastic save in the 27th minute, when Sacha Pinard sent off a good shot on target. The audience was convinced that Daryl Belleville's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Pierre Casagrande was relentless in the 28th minute of the game. Belberaud's Pierre Casagrande played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Daryl Belleville in the 30th minute of play. Pierre Casagrande showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from John-Paul Gillon, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. If Daryl Belleville had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 35th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When John-Paul Gillon came up free with the goalie in the 36th minute, the Clichy fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that John-Paul Gillon couldn't finish the play. 39 minutes into the match, Belberaud's goal looked a bit too open when Daryl Belleville came free, but Pierre Casagrande reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 41st minute John-Paul Gillon shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pierre Casagrande saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Thibaut Châtelard's late challenge caught a Belberaud's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Thibaut Châtelard helped the player get up and apologised. In the 48th match minute, Clichy was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Thibaut Châtelard to maneuver through the defense. It was beautiful to see Belberaud's Salim Guerry in action when he in the 50th 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!

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. John-Paul Gillon was the one to do the kick off. 60 minutes into the match, Maurice Bazin had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Edmond Esnault. Clichy's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Maurice Bazin was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. In the 67th minute Maurice Bazin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Edmond Esnault saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 2-1 became the score in the 70th minute when Valentin Hénaux elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Clichy's Edmond Esnault played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Valentin Hénaux in the 75th minute of play. Edmond Esnault showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sacha Pinard, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. With a little luck, Belberaud's Pierre Casagrande got control of the ball when Daryl Belleville tried to sneak it across the goal line. After some careless play in the Belberaud defense, John-Paul Gillon kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Pierre Casagrande. The Belberaud fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Pierre Casagrande should have stopped the shot. When Clichy's John-Paul Gillon in the 91st minute got a chance for a shot 91st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Belberaud's goalie prevented a goal. Daryl Belleville blasted a shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Pierre Casagrande having to make a save. John-Paul Gillon hit a great freekick 95 minutes into the match. In the 96th minute, Daryl Belleville ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Pierre Casagrande was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-3. The Clichy players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.