League Play-Off

Stade Ménardais
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Ménardais's Jacques Moutama started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Joey Denos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 3rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a defensive mix-up in Ménardais's zone, Loic Bourre stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jose Morello came out of the goal and Loic Bourre tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 6th match minute, Lingolsheim was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Joey Denos to maneuver through the defense. The audience was convinced that Loic Bourre's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jose Morello was relentless in the 9th minute of the game. Loic Bourre fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jose Morello having to interfere. Jose Morello made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joey Denos in the 12th minute of play. Joey Denos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jose Morello having to interfere. If Loic Bourre had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joey Denos in the 17th minute of play forced Ménardais's goalkeeper Jose Morello to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Jacques Moutama had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With his leg Antony Daudon managed to avoid a goal in the 24thth minute, when Ménardais's Axel Maris fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Antony Daudon made an important save on a dangerous shot by Axel Maris in the 28th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jacques Moutama in the 30th minute of play forced Lingolsheim's goalkeeper Antony Daudon to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 37th minute, Djimmy Desfontaines hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to Lingolsheim getting a freekick after 39 minutes play. Joey Denos hit a great ball. After a defensive mix-up in Lingolsheim's zone, Axel Maris stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Antony Daudon came out of the goal and Axel Maris tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The first half was very even, with the score at 0-0 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Joey Denos stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. If Jacques Moutama had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 54th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 57thth minute of the game Axel Maris who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Lingolsheim's Antony Daudon was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 60th minute, Axel Maris managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ménardais's supporters rose to their feet, but Axel Maris was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Antony Daudon breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Loic Bourre fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 68th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jose Morello having to interfere. When Ramzi Obry fell near the penalty area in the 77th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Ménardais's protests and gave Ramzi Obry a yellow card for diving instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Axel Maris in the 83rd minute of play forced Lingolsheim's goalkeeper Antony Daudon to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Antony Daudon showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jacques Moutama in the 88th minute of the match. Antony Daudon showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Axel Maris, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 93rd minute, Joey Denos managed to get in a good position for a shot. Lingolsheim's supporters rose to their feet, but Joey Denos was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jose Morello breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Lingolsheim's Loic Bourre got a good chance for a goal in the 94th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The referee felt a red card was in order, 96 minutes into the game, when Willy Gilles put in a rough tackle. 96 minutes into the game, one of Ménardais:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty.