League Play-Off

Raffuneau
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Lingolsheim's Joey Denos 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 Salmon blasted a shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Antony Daudon having to make a save. Philippe Dauvergnes short, quick shot in the 5thth minute got Antony Daudon to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. After 13 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Raffuneau! The referee gave Lingolsheim a penalty, 15 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Matheo Estival, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Raffuneau's Cedric Sergent. 0-1. Philippe Dauvergne received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 18th minute. Antony Daudon tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Joe Saint-Pierre had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 20th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Antony Daudon made an important save on a dangerous shot by Philippe Dauvergne in the 22nd minute. Cedric Sergent showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fabrice Thenot in the 27th minute of the match. In the 29th minute, Lingolsheim's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Jean Curt fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. In the 30th minute, Fabrice Thenot hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Lingolsheim's Joey Denos got a good chance for a goal in the 38th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Joe Saint-Pierre kicked well hit freekick during the 41st minute of the match. If Philippe Dauvergne had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The Raffuneau players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Lingolsheim were winning 0-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Philippe Dauvergne to make the kick off. Joey Denos might have been able to make a better finish in the 55th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Cedric Sergent. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Joey Denos ran back to his position shaking his head. Lingolsheim's Matheo Estival couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 58th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Raffuneau. Loic Bourre sent away a hard shot on goal in the 62nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joey Salmon in the 71st minute of play forced Lingolsheim's goalkeeper Antony Daudon to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Philippe Dauvergne had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to Raffuneau getting a freekick after 76 minutes play. Alphonse Micheli hit a great ball. Joey Denos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cedric Sergent having to interfere. In the 83rd match minute, Raffuneau was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mehdi Husser to maneuver through the defense. In the 84th minute of the match Matheo Estival shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Cedric Sergent showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Joey Salmon's late challenge caught a Lingolsheim's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Joey Salmon helped the player get up and apologised. In the 85th match minute, Raffuneau was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Joey Salmon to maneuver through the defense. Djimmy Desfontaines charged in rather forcefully in the 88th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Djimmy Desfontaines the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Djimmy Desfontaines hit a great freekick 88 minutes into the match. Antony Daudon came out of the goal in the 90th minute to try and stop a shot by Raffuneau's Philippe Dauvergne. But to his dismay, Philippe Dauvergne quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. Cedric Sergent stood somewhat misplaced when Joey Denos came free in front of goal and shot 1-2 to the left of him in the 96 minute.