League Play-Off

Stade Mareuil
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Noe Molinie took the kick off in the first half of the match. Julien Guedj received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Omer Gatti tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 9 minutes, Nathan Deniau mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Mareuil and the Pouleina players grew even worse after the yellow card. Nathan Deniau hit a great freekick 9 minutes into the match. In the 10th minute of the match Jean-Yves Moutoussamy sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Omer Gatti skillfully saved the ball. After 13 played minutes Mareuil got a freekick which was hit by Nathan Deniau. In the 16th minute, Mareuil's Norbert Le Vaillant seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Norbert Le Vaillant the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Mareuil protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Norbert Le Vaillant had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 15th minute of the game. One of Mareuil:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Pouleina:s goal. In the 18th minute there was a penalty for Pouleina. Jean-Yves Moutoussamy stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Omer Gatti. 0-1. Salim Couderc received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 24th minute. Georges Laviolette tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 33rd minute, Julien Guedj ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Omer Gatti was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. After some fancy dribbling in the 37th minute, Maël Debarge managed to get in a good position for a shot. Pouleina's supporters rose to their feet, but Maël Debarge was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Omer Gatti breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 39th minute, Salim Couderc ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Georges Laviolette was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Julien Guedj stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. When Nathan Deniau came up free with the goalie in the 51st minute, the Mareuil 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 Nathan Deniau couldn't finish the play. If Julien Guedj had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 54th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Nathan Deniau hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. Georges Laviolette showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Salim Couderc in the 65th minute of the match. Omer Gatti made an important save on a dangerous shot by Maël Debarge in the 68th minute. Omer Gatti made a fantastic save in the 70th minute, when Maël Debarge sent off a good shot on target. After a defensive mix-up in Pouleina's zone, Salim Couderc stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Georges Laviolette came out of the goal and Salim Couderc tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Salim Couderc 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. Maël Debarge struck a weak shot in the 93rd minute. Omer Gatti didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Pouleina. Pouleina's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.