League Play-Off

Stade Chereng
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Élie Foy took the kick off in the first half of the match. Davy Brissard recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 12th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 16th match minute, Chereng was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Pierre-Antoine Molet to maneuver through the defense. After recieving a nice pass, Pontoise's Emmanuel Koehler tried to score from far away in the 16th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Robin Delrue made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Élie Foy in the 18th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Élie Foy in the 20th minute of play forced Chereng's goalkeeper Robin Delrue to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Chereng's Emmanuel Costard got a free kick in the 21st minute. After having played for 23 minutes, Élie Foy managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Pontoise's supporters crossed their fingers, but Élie Foy was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Davy Brissard sent away a hard shot on goal in the 25th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 28th play minutes John Boudier shot 1-0, a short shot which went by Émile Bondu and just under the crossbar into goal. Émile Bondu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Carlos Fere, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. In the 32nd minute, Michaël Lasne hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. John Boudier sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Émile Bondu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Carlos Fere, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 37 minutes into the match, John Boudier had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Émile Bondu. Pontoise's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that John Boudier was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. Carlos Fere sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Carlos Fere to strike the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Élie Foy in the 52nd minute of play forced Chereng's goalkeeper Robin Delrue to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Élie Foy came up free with the goalie in the 54th minute, the Pontoise fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Élie Foy couldn't finish the play. A hard shot 56 in the game by Davy Brissard from a close distance when the talented Robin Delrue managed to make a qualified save. Chereng's players were relieved. After 58 minutes of play, Pontoise's Davy Brissard made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Robin Delrue was left in no man's land by his defense there! After having played for 63 minutes, Carlos Fere managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Chereng's supporters crossed their fingers, but Carlos Fere was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 67 played minutes Chereng got a freekick which was hit by Carlos Fere. In the 67th minute, Carlos Fere fired away a free kick at the goal, but hit it at the wrong angle and it went over the crossbar. In the 78th match minute, Pontoise was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Romuald Chaput to maneuver through the defense. Émile Bondu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from John Boudier, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. 81 minutes into the match, Chereng's goalkeeper Robin Delrue had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Davy Brissard. The supporters of Pontoise booed when Chereng was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 82 match minutes in a wonderful position. Romeo Krier didn't get a good kick on the ball. Junior Hahn kicked well hit freekick during the 85th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Davy Brissard got free with Robin Delrue in the 88th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. John Boudier blasted a shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Émile Bondu having to make a save. When Michaël Lasne fell near the penalty area in the 90th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Pontoise's protests and gave Michaël Lasne a yellow card for diving instead. Élie Foy received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 96th minute. Robin Delrue tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Pontoise's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.