League Play-Off

Stade Laure
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Rachid Gavelle started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Rachid Gavelle sent away a hard shot on goal in the 7th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. The long shot by Barthelemy Doremus in the 10th minute really tested Ilan Lherbier's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. 12 minutes into the game, Laure's Romuald Fontaine nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ilan Lherbier made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. Romuald Fontaine kicked well hit freekick during the 15th minute of the match. Courçay's Frédéric Pélat suffered a sore foot after 16 minutes and couldn't finish the game. 17 minutes into the game, Raphael Blondin was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Laure's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Courçay the free kick. In the 17th match minute, Laure was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Raphael Blondin to maneuver through the defense. Terry Jeanmougin recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 21st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Tim Françoise sent away a hard shot on goal in the 23rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Terry Jeanmougin struck a weak shot in the 35th minute. Ilan Lherbier didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Laure. Hubert Lepretre sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 39th minute, Terry Jeanmougin got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Terry Jeanmougin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 44th minute. Ilan Lherbier tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Terry Jeanmougin to make the kick off. Ilan Lherbier showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Terry Jeanmougin in the 52nd minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Courçay's Paulo Renoux got a free kick in the 53rd minute. Ilan Lherbier stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Romuald Fontaine's shot from short distance in the 55th minute. Tim Françoise fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Yves Felix having to interfere. In the 62ndth minute of the game Romuald Fontaine who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Courçay's Ilan Lherbier was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. If Tim Françoise had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Romuald Fontaine in the 67th minute of play forced Courçay's goalkeeper Ilan Lherbier to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Romuald Fontaine sent away a hard shot on goal in the 70th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Terry Jeanmougin scored 2-0 in the 74th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ilan Lherbier, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 78thth minute of the game Terry Jeanmougin who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Courçay's Ilan Lherbier was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 79th minute, one of Courçay:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Courçay. The audience was convinced that Terry Jeanmougin's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ilan Lherbier was relentless in the 83rd minute of the game. Romuald Fontaine fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ilan Lherbier having to interfere. Ilan Lherbier came out of the goal in the 94th minute to try and stop a shot by Laure's Terry Jeanmougin. But to his dismay, Terry Jeanmougin quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-0. After a defensive mix-up in Courçay's zone, Romuald Fontaine stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ilan Lherbier came out of the goal and Romuald Fontaine tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Ilan Lherbier showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Terry Jeanmougin, who was totally free with the ball in the 98th minute. Laure's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.