League Play-Off

Englos
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Florent Malard took the kick off in the first half of the match. Roland Ballay showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Florent Malard, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. Florent Malard received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Roland Ballay tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abdel Rimbault in the 8th minute of play forced Englos's goalkeeper Rodolphe Charret to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alexis Le Strat charged in rather forcefully in the 9th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Alexis Le Strat the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 9th minute, Alexis Le Strat hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Gauthier Rideau did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-0 to the left of a surprised Roland Ballay 24 minutes into the match. Englos's Rodolphe Charret played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Baptiste Pean in the 30th minute of play. After 36 played minutes Englos got a freekick which was hit by Marvin Nicollet. In the 38th match minute, Noiseau was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hubert Schreiner to maneuver through the defense. If Gauthier Rideau had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 39th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After 43 played minutes Florent Malard rounded Noiseau's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 2-0. In the 46th match minute, Noiseau was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Maximilien Girerd to maneuver through the defense. After a defensive mix-up in Noiseau's zone, Sofiane Dubosc stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Roland Ballay came out of the goal and Sofiane Dubosc tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Abdel Rimbault was the one to do the kick off. In the 53rd minute Gauthier Rideau shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roland Ballay saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Baptiste Pean recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 54th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Gauthier Rideau received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 58th minute. Roland Ballay tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Noiseau's Roland Ballay played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Florent Malard in the 63rd minute of play. Gauthier Rideau sent away a hard shot on goal in the 68th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Florent Malard sent away a hard shot on goal in the 70th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some careless play in the Noiseau defense, Florent Malard kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Roland Ballay. The Noiseau fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Roland Ballay should have stopped the shot. After 86 minutes of play Noiseau's Hubert Schreiner was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. In the 87th minute, Hubert Schreiner hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 90th minute, Gauthier Rideau 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. Florent Malard sent away a hard shot on goal in the 92nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Fabien Nouvel fell near the penalty area in the 93rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Noiseau's protests and gave Fabien Nouvel a yellow card for diving instead. Englos's Gauthier Rideau got a good chance for a goal in the 94th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When Fabien Nouvel came up free with the goalie in the 96th minute, the Noiseau 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 Fabien Nouvel couldn't finish the play. Englos's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.