League Play-Off

Stade Bignon
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Herbert Vaucher got the match started through his kick off. 1-0 became the score in the 5th minute when Herbert Vaucher elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. A hard shot 10 in the game by Pierre-Emmanuel Sabatier from a close distance when the talented Dove Bouffard managed to make a qualified save. Sommerviller's players were relieved. 16 minutes into the match, Sommerviller's goalkeeper Dove Bouffard had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Pierre-Emmanuel Sabatier. Pierre-Emmanuel Sabatier received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 20th minute. Dove Bouffard tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 25 minutes, Jean-Cyrille Machu managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Sommerviller's supporters crossed their fingers, but Jean-Cyrille Machu 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 29th minute Herbert Vaucher shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dove Bouffard saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Bignon's Isaac Got played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jean-Cyrille Machu in the 33rd minute of play. When Pierre-Emmanuel Sabatier came up free with the goalie in the 44th minute, the Bignon 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 Pierre-Emmanuel Sabatier couldn't finish the play. Jean-Cyrille Machu recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 47th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 47 minutes into the match, Ulysse Lambert had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Isaac Got. Bignon's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ulysse Lambert was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

The wind increased when Jean-Cyrille Machu made the kick off in the second half. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Pierre-Emmanuel Sabatier in the 54th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Dove Bouffard saved Sommerviller from getting behind. Herbert Vaucher received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 56th minute. Dove Bouffard tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Ulysse Lambert had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a defensive mix-up in Bignon's zone, Ulysse Lambert stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Isaac Got came out of the goal and Ulysse Lambert tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Mohamed-Ali Créach hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. In the 73rd minute, Ulysse Lambert ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Isaac Got was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-3. In the 77th minute Jean-Cyrille Machu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Isaac Got saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Bignon's Isaac Got proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 80th minute of the match, managed to save Bignon from getting a goal against them. If Jean-Cyrille Machu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 91st minute, Ulysse Lambert 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. If Ulysse Lambert had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 94th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 98 minutes into the game, Bignon's Herbert Vaucher nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Dove Bouffard made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-3. When the match was over Sommerviller could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Bignon throughout the match.