League Play-Off

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Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Germain Giroux started the match with the kick off. In the 4th minute, Jordan Busch 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. In the 6th minute, Oscar Cadieu fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. If Jordan Busch had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 7th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Germain Giroux received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 10th minute. Pavel Lifanov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Salim Canonne kicked well hit freekick during the 12th minute of the match. When Oscar Cadieu came up free with the goalie in the 13th minute, the Nice 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 Oscar Cadieu couldn't finish the play. 15 minutes into the game, Germain Giroux cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Pavel Lifanov was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. When the match had gone on for 19 minutes, Oscar Cadieu took a quick shot and it went in 1-1 without a chance for René Beaufrère to make any attempt to save it. Oscar Cadieu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without René Beaufrère having to interfere. If Oscar Cadieu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Jordan Busch received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 32nd minute. René Beaufrère tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. René Beaufrère made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jarod Lobry in the 35th minute of play. When Rodrigo Lotz came up free with the goalie in the 45th minute, the Lucinges 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 Rodrigo Lotz couldn't finish the play.

Germain Giroux received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 52nd minute. Pavel Lifanov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 58 minutes, Jordan Busch managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Nice's supporters crossed their fingers, but Jordan Busch was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 60th minute, Oscar Cadieu made a precise shot to the right of René Beaufrère. Lucinges's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-1. Pavel Lifanov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Germain Giroux in the 70th minute of the match. When Mario Jost fell near the penalty area in the 73rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Lucinges's protests and gave Mario Jost a yellow card for diving instead. In the 73rd match minute, Lucinges was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mario Jost to maneuver through the defense. René Beaufrère took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jordan Busch, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Rodrigo Lotz sent away a hard shot on goal in the 83rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Jarod Lobry fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without René Beaufrère having to interfere. Nice's Jordan Busch got a good chance for a goal in the 89th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Germain Giroux received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 91st minute. Pavel Lifanov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. René Beaufrère took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Oscar Cadieu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 96 minutes of play, Nice's Jarod Lobry made it 4-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. René Beaufrère was left in no man's land by his defense there! 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. Nice fully deserved thier win.