League Play-Off

Stade Bouzigues
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Christian Zaidi made the kick off which started today's match. With 4 minutes on the clock, Dylan Boissin commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. After 3 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Bouzigues! In the 6th minute there was a penalty for Monpatour. Charles-Emmanuel Anfray stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Maurice Garros. 0-1. Christian Zaidi recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 16th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Gregory Nogues fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 18th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Amaury Vouillon having to interfere. Maurice Garros showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Christian Zaidi in the 30th minute of the match. In the 36th minute Léon Liot shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Maurice Garros saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 36 minutes, Gregory Nogues mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Bouzigues and the Monpatour players grew even worse after the yellow card. Bouzigues's Maurice Garros played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Léon Liot in the 39th minute of play. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

Léon Liot received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 53rd minute. Maurice Garros tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Léon Liot recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 55th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Christian Zaidi in the 56th minute of play forced Bouzigues's goalkeeper Maurice Garros to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 59th minute Baptiste Lallier shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Amaury Vouillon saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Amaury Vouillon showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gregory Nogues in the 61st minute of the match. After having played for 66 minutes, Christian Zaidi managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Monpatour's supporters crossed their fingers, but Christian Zaidi was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 68 minutes into the match, Bouzigues's goal looked a bit too open when Christian Zaidi came free, but Maurice Garros reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of Monpatour booed when Bouzigues was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 69 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jarod Bochard didn't get a good kick on the ball. Bouzigues's Maurice Garros played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Christian Zaidi in the 71st minute of play. In the 72nd minute, Léon Liot ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Maurice Garros was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. The audience was convinced that Christian Zaidi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Maurice Garros was relentless in the 77th minute of the game. After 78 played minutes Monpatour got a freekick which was hit by Léon Liot. Baptiste Lallier received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 80th minute. Amaury Vouillon tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 92nd minute, Hector Dodard hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 95 played minutes Bouzigues got a freekick which was hit by Hector Dodard. Monpatour's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.