League Play-Off

Anfield Road
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Félicien Daudin's late challenge caught a Lausanne Football Club's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Félicien Daudin helped the player get up and apologised. Félicien Daudin hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. In the 4th minute, Harry Attia made a precise shot to the right of Sam Wittmann. Lausanne Football Club's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Pierre-Louis Moser made in the 8th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Lausanne Football Club's Arthur Maraval. Paul-Henri Briat sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Lausanne Football Club's Jean-Marie Eudes in the 25th minute got a chance for a shot 25th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Mercier's goalie prevented a goal. Mercier's Romeo Delcroix proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 32nd minute of the match, managed to save Mercier from getting a goal against them. In the 34th minute, Jean-Marie Eudes ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Romeo Delcroix was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Harry Attia charged in rather forcefully in the 37th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Harry Attia the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Mercier getting a freekick after 37 minutes play. Harry Attia hit a great ball. The supporters of Mercier booed when Lausanne Football Club was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 39 match minutes in a wonderful position. Samuel Chêne didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 43 played minutes Lausanne Football Club got a freekick which was hit by Romeo Ducret. After 44 played minutes, Mercier's Alfred Protin shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Sam Wittmann came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Mercier reached it. Jean-Marie Eudes might have been able to make a better finish in the 47th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Romeo Delcroix. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Jean-Marie Eudes ran back to his position shaking his head. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Jean-Marie Eudes to make the kick off. Alfred Protin kicked well hit freekick during the 56th minute of the match. Jean-Marie Eudes received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 58th minute. Romeo Delcroix tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Sam Wittmann showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Félicien Daudin, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. Romeo Delcroix stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Jean-Marie Eudes's shot from short distance in the 63rd minute. Patrick Duvernay kicked well hit freekick during the 63rd minute of the match. In the 64thth minute of the game Jean-Marie Eudes who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Mercier's Romeo Delcroix was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 70 played minutes Lausanne Football Club got a freekick which was hit by Jolan Troncy. Sam Wittmann showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Félicien Daudin, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. 77 minutes into the match, Lausanne Football Club's goalkeeper Sam Wittmann had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Patrick Duvernay. An unexpectedly hard shot by Félicien Daudin in the 88th minute of play forced Lausanne Football Club's goalkeeper Sam Wittmann to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 89 minutes into the game, one of Lausanne Football Club:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. The referee felt a red card was in order, 98 minutes into the game, when Romeo Ducret put in a rough tackle. After 99 played minutes Lausanne Football Club got a freekick which was hit by Romeo Ducret.