League Play-Off

Stade Torcy
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) When Mathieu Le Grand came up free with the goalie in the 7th minute, the Neuvecelle 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 Mathieu Le Grand couldn't finish the play. In the 8th minute, Manuel Dejoie hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 10th minute, Junior Franck hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, Torcy's Fernand Narbonne got a free kick in the 14th minute. Neuvecelle's Frédéric Capitaine couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 15th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Torcy. Joël Labitte received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 18th minute. Tony Rol tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Gustave Labatut in the 20th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Karl Guillermet saved Neuvecelle from getting behind. With a little luck, Neuvecelle's Karl Guillermet got control of the ball when Gustave Labatut tried to sneak it across the goal line. When Joël Labitte came up free with the goalie in the 26th minute, the Neuvecelle 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 Joël Labitte couldn't finish the play. With his leg Karl Guillermet managed to avoid a goal in the 28thth minute, when Torcy's Junior Franck fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Joël Labitte sent away a hard shot on goal in the 32nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gustave Labatut in the 34th minute of play forced Neuvecelle's goalkeeper Karl Guillermet to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Torcy's Tony Rol played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mathieu Le Grand in the 38th minute of play. Fernand Narbonne's late challenge caught a Neuvecelle's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Fernand Narbonne helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Torcy's Fernand Narbonne got a free kick in the 39th minute. Mathieu Le Grand fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tony Rol having to interfere. Joël Labitte received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 44th minute. Tony Rol tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Tony Rol took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joël Labitte, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Mathieu Le Grand made the kick off in the second half. Junior Franck fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Karl Guillermet having to interfere. Junior Franck sent away a hard shot on goal in the 56th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Gustave Labatut sent away a hard shot on goal in the 58th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, Torcy's Jordy Castagnet got a free kick in the 59th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 63rd minute, Mathieu Le Grand managed to get in a good position for a shot. Neuvecelle's supporters rose to their feet, but Mathieu Le Grand was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Tony Rol breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When Neuvecelle's Mathieu Le Grand in the 65th minute got a chance for a shot 65th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Torcy's goalie prevented a goal. Tony Rol stood somewhat misplaced when Joël Labitte came free in front of goal and shot 0-1 to the left of him in the 67 minute. After 71 minutes, Manuel Dejoie mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Torcy and the Neuvecelle players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 71 played minutes Torcy got a freekick which was hit by Manuel Dejoie. Junior Franck blasted a shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Karl Guillermet having to make a save. Karl Guillermet came out of the goal in the 75th minute to try and stop a shot by Torcy's Gustave Labatut. But to his dismay, Gustave Labatut quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. Karl Guillermet showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gustave Labatut, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. 80 minutes into the game, Philibert Nicaise was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Torcy's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Neuvecelle the free kick. Philibert Nicaise hit a great freekick 80 minutes into the match. In the 82nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Torcy's goalkeeper Tony Rol, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Torcy's defense didn't have a chance, in the 87th minute, when Gaétan Ober scored to the left of an out of position Tony Rol, making the score, 1-2. A collision led to Neuvecelle getting a freekick after 90 minutes play. Gaétan Ober hit a great ball. Torcy's Junior Franck got a good chance for a goal in the 91st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 94 minutes of play, Torcy's Gustave Labatut made it 2-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Karl Guillermet was left in no man's land by his defense there! The final whistle blew with the score still tied, and both teams left the pitch thinking about the missed chances that could have given their team the win.