League Play-Off

Issou
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Flavien Salgues got the match started through his kick off. Denis Delabre in the 3rdth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Kévin Grognet, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Benoît Caspar received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Clément Cerveaux tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 13 minutes into the match, Flavien Salgues dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Kévin Grognet, 1-0. A collision led to Nohanent getting a freekick after 16 minutes play. Patrick Marinier hit a great ball. Tanguy Rosso sent away a hard shot on goal in the 22nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a defensive mix-up in Nohanent's zone, Denis Delabre stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Kévin Grognet came out of the goal and Denis Delabre tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After having played for 26 minutes, Benoît Caspar managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Nohanent's supporters crossed their fingers, but Benoît Caspar 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 26th minute, Gabin Molin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Kader Ayrault sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Issou's Clément Cerveaux played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tanguy Rosso in the 32nd minute of play. After a rather tough play, Issou's Carlos Borgès got a free kick in the 33rd minute. Clément Cerveaux took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Benoît Caspar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Benoît Caspar might have been able to make a better finish in the 37th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Clément Cerveaux. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Benoît Caspar ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 45th minute, Benoît Caspar left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Nohanent fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-1.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Benoît Caspar made a kick off. Tanguy Rosso sent away a hard shot on goal in the 54th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to Issou getting a freekick after 55 minutes play. Octave Peyrache hit a great ball. In the 62nd minute, Nohanent's Benoît Caspar dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-2. Clément Cerveaux showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Benoît Caspar in the 66th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Flavien Salgues in the 71st minute of play forced Nohanent's goalkeeper Kévin Grognet to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With his leg Clément Cerveaux managed to avoid a goal in the 73rdth minute, when Nohanent's Tanguy Rosso fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Kader Ayrault during the 74th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Kader Ayrault hit a great freekick 74 minutes into the match. In the 77th match minute, Issou was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Octave Peyrache to maneuver through the defense. Benoît Caspar blasted a shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Clément Cerveaux having to make a save. After 84 played minutes Nohanent got a freekick which was hit by Romeo Combettes. Kévin Grognet stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Denis Delabre's shot from short distance in the 88th minute. Denis Delabre scored 3-2 in the 91st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Kévin Grognet, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Denis Delabre sent away a hard shot on goal in the 95th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. For all the effort they put into the match, the Nohanent players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Issou.