League

Stade de Paris
Spectators: 6600 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1500, VIP seats: 100) Sam Lannes made the kick off and thus started the match. Patrick Ratinaud fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jean-Francois Renault having to interfere. After 8 minutes, Johnny Saux mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Red Star F.C. and the Romagnat players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 8th minute, Johnny Saux hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Djimmy Krier took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 9th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Bob Mouchet. Red Star F.C.'s goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. If Johnny Saux had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 10th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Patrick Ratinaud might have been able to make a better finish in the 13th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jean-Francois Renault. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Patrick Ratinaud ran back to his position shaking his head. Jean-Francois Renault stood somewhat misplaced when Patrick Ratinaud came free in front of goal and shot 1-0 to the left of him in the 18 minute. In the 23rd minute, Sylvain Maître hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Bob Mouchet took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sam Lannes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After having played for 29 minutes, Patrick Ratinaud managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Red Star F.C.'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Patrick Ratinaud was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After having played for 31 minutes, Patrick Ratinaud managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Red Star F.C.'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Patrick Ratinaud was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The audience was convinced that Patrick Ratinaud's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jean-Francois Renault was relentless in the 39th minute of the game. Joey Sardin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 46th minute. Jean-Francois Renault tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Patrick Ratinaud was the one to do the kick off. The supporters of Romagnat booed when Red Star F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 52 match minutes in a wonderful position. Innokentiy Ismailov didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 53 played minutes Red Star F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Johnny Saux. A collision led to Romagnat getting a freekick after 55 minutes play. Romaric Pothin hit a great ball. When Patrick Ratinaud came up free with the goalie in the 56th minute, the Red Star F.C. 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 Patrick Ratinaud couldn't finish the play. After 58 minutes, Jarod Coutelle mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Red Star F.C. and the Romagnat players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 58 played minutes Red Star F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Jarod Coutelle. Grégory Dupriez hit a great freekick 65 minutes into the match. 69 minutes into the match, Red Star F.C.'s Patrick Ratinaud sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Jean-Francois Renault narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Patrick Ratinaud's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jean-Francois Renault was relentless in the 73rd minute of the game. After some fancy dribbling in the 74th minute, Patrick Ratinaud managed to get in a good position for a shot. Red Star F.C.'s supporters rose to their feet, but Patrick Ratinaud was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jean-Francois Renault breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 80th minute of the match Sylvain Maître shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Jean-Francois Renault showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. In the 83rd minute, Patrick Ratinaud made a precise shot to the right of Jean-Francois Renault. Romagnat's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-0. Jean-Francois Renault showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Patrick Ratinaud in the 88th minute of the match. Patrick Ratinaud fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jean-Francois Renault having to interfere. When the referee ended the match the Red Star F.C. players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.