League Play-Off

Stade Gabre
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Batiste Exbrayat got the match started through his kick off. After a rather tough play, Calais's Maurice Bresson got a free kick in the 3rd minute. Pascal Pailloux kicked well hit freekick during the 5th minute of the match. Jacob Durieux was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 6th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Adrien Puaud fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Salomon Pirès having to interfere. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Batiste Exbrayat in the 23rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jarod Bernigaud saved Calais from getting behind. Batiste Exbrayat fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jarod Bernigaud having to interfere. When Guillaume Renaudie fell near the penalty area in the 31st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Calais's protests and gave Guillaume Renaudie a yellow card for diving instead. In a very dangerous position, a player in Calais fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 30th minute. Penalty! The referee gave Gabre a penalty, 33 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Jacob Durieux, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Calais's Jarod Bernigaud. 1-0. The supporters of Gabre booed when Calais was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 35 match minutes in a wonderful position. Flavian Milleville didn't get a good kick on the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Patrice Becart in the 41st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Salomon Pirès saved Gabre from getting behind. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 43rd minute of the game. One of Calais:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Gabre:s goal. After 48 minutes Calais's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Jacob Durieux who took care of the corner kick. Jacob Durieux made a great header on Gabre's corner, it was just that Calais's Jarod Bernigaud managed to reach the ball for a save. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Patrice Becart made the kick off in the second half. Salomon Pirès made a fantastic save in the 52nd minute, when Patrice Becart sent off a good shot on target. The audience was convinced that Patrice Becart's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Salomon Pirès was relentless in the 55th minute of the game. Patrice Becart fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Salomon Pirès having to interfere. In the 59th minute, Malik Dehan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Adrien Puaud had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 62nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Patrice Becart kicked well hit freekick during the 63rd minute of the match. The supporters of Calais booed when Gabre was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 66 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jean-Baptiste Carbonnier didn't get a good kick on the ball. Adrien Puaud took the ball and in the 69 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Salomon Pirès. Salomon Pirès dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. Salomon Pirès showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Patrice Becart in the 75th minute of the match. Jarod Bernigaud came out of the goal in the 77th minute to try and stop a shot by Gabre's Batiste Exbrayat. But to his dismay, Batiste Exbrayat quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1. After a rather tough play, Gabre's Hamid Alfonsi got a free kick in the 80th minute. Calais's Adrien Puaud got a good chance for a goal in the 81st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After a rather tough play, Gabre's Kader Sapin got a free kick in the 82nd minute. A collision led to Calais getting a freekick after 87 minutes play. Pascal Pailloux hit a great ball. Maurice Bresson got his second yellow card in the match during the 89th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. After 90 played minutes Calais got a freekick which was hit by Maurice Bresson. Adrien Puaud struck a weak shot in the 94th minute. Salomon Pirès didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Calais. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Gabre fans cheered their team off the field, for while Calais had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.