League Play-Off

Stade Vélodrome
Spectators: 33 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Kevan Drancourt started the match with the kick off. Franklin Baronnet stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Bulcsú Simon's shot from short distance in the 3rd minute. When Olympique Marseille's Kevan Drancourt in the 5th minute got a chance for a shot 5th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye ARSENAL FC's goalie prevented a goal. After 7 minutes, Karl Boeuf mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ARSENAL FC and the Olympique Marseille players grew even worse after the yellow card. Karl Boeuf hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. 8 minutes into the match, Olympique Marseille's Jacques Oliveira broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. Thierry Bouaziz was out of position in the 10 minute of play, and Kevan Drancourt capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Kevan Drancourt really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. A collision led to Olympique Marseille getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Pascal Charon hit a great ball. After having played for 14 minutes, Bulcsú Simon managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ARSENAL FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Bulcsú Simon was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Thierry Bouaziz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kevan Drancourt, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. The audience was convinced that Bulcsú Simon's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Franklin Baronnet was relentless in the 19th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bulcsú Simon in the 24th minute of play forced Olympique Marseille's goalkeeper Franklin Baronnet to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Tom Ridard got free with Thierry Bouaziz in the 25th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 28th minute, Chris Gaudy 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. Jarod Ménez hit a great freekick 30 minutes into the match. The supporters of Olympique Marseille booed when ARSENAL FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 32 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bulcsú Simon didn't get a good kick on the ball. Bulcsú Simon fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Franklin Baronnet having to interfere. Franklin Baronnet stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Bulcsú Simon's shot from short distance in the 39th minute. 40 minutes into the game, Bulcsú Simon cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Franklin Baronnet was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The supporters of ARSENAL FC booed when Olympique Marseille was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. Pascal Charon didn't get a good kick on the ball. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Bulcsú Simon stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bulcsú Simon in the 56th minute of play forced Olympique Marseille's goalkeeper Franklin Baronnet to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Franklin Baronnet showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bulcsú Simon in the 60th minute of the match. In the 65th minute Bulcsú Simon shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Franklin Baronnet saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Olympique Marseille's Paul-Émile Hauet got a free kick in the 65th minute. ARSENAL FC made a substitution. Raoul Tixier replaced Leonard Larrouy. After 66 played minutes Olympique Marseille got a freekick which was hit by Paul-Émile Hauet. 78 minutes into the match, Tom Ridard notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of ARSENAL FC's Thierry Bouaziz. Thierry Bouaziz was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Bulcsú Simon sent away a hard shot on goal in the 85th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Thierry Bouaziz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kevan Drancourt, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Franklin Baronnet was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Bulcsú Simon showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-2 in the 89 minute of play. Franklin Baronnet showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bulcsú Simon in the 92nd minute of the match. In the 94th minute, Tom Ridard ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Thierry Bouaziz was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-2. Olympique Marseille's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.