League Play-Off

Ecouen
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Joris Renouard kicked off to start the match. Donovan Mabire's late challenge caught a Ecouen's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Donovan Mabire helped the player get up and apologised. In the 7th minute, Donovan Mabire hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 12 minutes into the match, Braillans's goalkeeper Ronald Montels had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Salim Bertet. Brice Sebille didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Joris Renouard went, in the 14th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. The audience was convinced that Joris Renouard's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Brice Sebille was relentless in the 17th minute of the game. Brice Sebille took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joris Renouard, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Ecouen getting a freekick after 20 minutes play. Paul-Henri Koessler hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that Joris Renouard's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Brice Sebille was relentless in the 22nd minute of the game. Sabri Elie received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 23rd minute. Brice Sebille tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ecouen's Brice Sebille played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joris Renouard in the 25th minute of play. Sabri Elie recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 27th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Brice Sebille came out of the goal in the 29th minute to try and stop a shot by Braillans's Sabri Elie. But to his dismay, Sabri Elie quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. 33 minutes into the match, Ecouen's Maurice Cazeaux sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ronald Montels narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Sabri Elie recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 35th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Etienne Lesueur's late challenge caught a Ecouen's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Etienne Lesueur helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Ecouen booed when Braillans was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 37 match minutes in a wonderful position. Etienne Lesueur didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ronald Montels made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Salim Bertet in the 40th minute of play.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Salim Bertet was the one to do the kick off. After 57 played minutes Joris Renouard rounded Ecouen's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 0-4. 62 minutes into the match, Ecouen's goal looked a bit too open when Joris Renouard came free, but Brice Sebille reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 63 played minutes Ecouen got a freekick which was hit by Johan Roure. Brice Sebille showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joris Renouard in the 64th minute of the match. Paul-Henri Koessler hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. Antoine Ducastel was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 71st played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. In the 75th minute Joris Renouard shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Brice Sebille saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ecouen's Brice Sebille played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joris Renouard in the 79th minute of play. When the match clock showed 81 minutes, the score became 1-4 when Salim Bertet sped through Braillans's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Ronald Montels. In the 87th minute, Rodrigue Perez hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Maurice Cazeaux fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 91st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ronald Montels having to interfere. Sabri Elie recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 97th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Braillans's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.