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Vendargues
Spectators: 6703 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1703, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Maxence Neveux kicked off to start the match. Camille Gounon struck a weak shot in the 6th minute. Lucas Simard didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Vendargues. Malik Kieffer's late challenge caught a Tocardinho's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Malik Kieffer helped the player get up and apologised. Malik Kieffer kicked well hit freekick during the 8th minute of the match. If Maxence Neveux had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Lucas Simard made an important save on a dangerous shot by Camille Gounon in the 16th minute. Tocardinho's Lucas Simard played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Maxence Neveux in the 18th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Camille Gounon got free with Lucas Simard in the 24th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After a rather tough play, Tocardinho's Manuel Margueritte got a free kick in the 28th minute. Camille Gounon received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Lucas Simard came out and tried to block the shot, but Camille Gounon slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 28th minute. In the 38th match minute, Tocardinho was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Pierre-Antoine Fèvre to maneuver through the defense. Lucas Simard showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Maxence Neveux in the 41st minute of the match. With a little luck, Tocardinho's Lucas Simard got control of the ball when Camille Gounon tried to sneak it across the goal line. Grégoire Charleux fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Anatole Lagoutte having to interfere. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Grégoire Charleux stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Hamid Riou recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 53rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After a defensive mix-up in Vendargues's zone, Hamid Riou stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Anatole Lagoutte came out of the goal and Hamid Riou tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Lucas Simard made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Maxence Neveux in the 61st minute of play. Manuel Margueritte sent away a hard shot on goal in the 64th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 68 minutes, Maurice Piot mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Tocardinho and the Vendargues players grew even worse after the yellow card. 67 minutes into the game, one of Tocardinho:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. In the 72nd match minute, Vendargues was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Malik Kieffer to maneuver through the defense. 78 minutes into the match, Tocardinho's goal looked a bit too open when Camille Gounon came free, but Lucas Simard reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Tocardinho's Manuel Margueritte quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Léo Breux, made in the 82nd minute of the game. If Camille Gounon had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 88th minute, Pierre-Antoine Fèvre hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Lucas Simard showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Camille Gounon in the 90th minute of the match. After 90 played minutes Tocardinho got a freekick which was hit by Pierre-Antoine Fèvre. In the 92nd minute, Maxence Neveux 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. Camille Gounon sent away a hard shot on goal in the 97th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The Vendargues support was delighted with a win in a match that could easily have ended differently.