League Play-Off

Stade Elange
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) With a couple of smart ball manuevers Timothé Hauchard in the 6th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Amine Paolini saved oPerational Team from getting behind. 9 minutes into the match, oPerational Team's goal looked a bit too open when Timothé Hauchard came free, but Amine Paolini reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Timothé Hauchard in the 11th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Amine Paolini saved oPerational Team from getting behind. If Cyprien Pestel had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a defensive mix-up in oPerational Team's zone, Timothé Hauchard stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Amine Paolini came out of the goal and Timothé Hauchard tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Lampertheim's defense didn't have a chance, in the 21st minute, when Karl Folliot scored to the left of an out of position Claude Marcot, making the score, 1-0. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cyprien Pestel got free with Claude Marcot in the 26th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Timothé Hauchard in the 28th minute of play forced oPerational Team's goalkeeper Amine Paolini to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Claude Marcot showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Karl Folliot in the 32nd minute of the match. 38 minutes into the game, Hugues Bory was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. oPerational Team's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Lampertheim the free kick. In the 38th match minute, oPerational Team was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hugues Bory to maneuver through the defense. 41 minutes into the match, Cyprien Pestel had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Claude Marcot. Lampertheim's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Cyprien Pestel was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Karl Folliot to make the kick off. Mathys Bourasseau kicked well hit freekick during the 52nd minute of the match. Hugues Bory made in the 54th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Ramzy Le Grand however managed to control. Timothé Hauchard's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 58thth minute, Amine Paolini skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Victor Marmin might have been able to make a better finish in the 61st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Amine Paolini. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Victor Marmin ran back to his position shaking his head. The supporters of oPerational Team booed when Lampertheim was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 62 match minutes in a wonderful position. Arnaud Carbon didn't get a good kick on the ball. Karl Folliot fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 63rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Claude Marcot having to interfere. After some careless play in the Lampertheim defense, Cyprien Pestel kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Claude Marcot. The Lampertheim fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Claude Marcot should have stopped the shot. After 71 minutes, Timothé Hauchard made it 3-1 with a short kick to the right side. oPerational Team's Amine Paolini tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. 74 minutes into the match, oPerational Team's goal looked a bit too open when Timothé Hauchard came free, but Amine Paolini reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With his leg Amine Paolini managed to avoid a goal in the 76thth minute, when Lampertheim's Timothé Hauchard fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After 80 played minutes oPerational Team got a freekick which was hit by Nolan Faugère. Lampertheim's Claude Marcot played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Karl Folliot in the 84th minute of play. 85 minutes into the game, Arnaud Carbon was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Lampertheim's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave oPerational Team the free kick. Arnaud Carbon hit a great freekick 85 minutes into the match. Tanguy Labatut was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 86th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Amine Paolini showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Victor Marmin, who was totally free with the ball in the 93rd minute. In the 95th minute of the game Hugues Bory made a throw-in which Ramzy Le Grand played forward. Lampertheim's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.