League Play-Off

Stade Bourdinière
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Julien Delfour kicked off to start the match. Jason Lehoux charged in rather forcefully in the 2nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Jason Lehoux the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Fenouillet's Jason Lehoux got a free kick in the 3rd minute. Darren Cochin kicked a quick shot right in front of the goal in the 13thth minute. Though ot was a great shot Fenouillet's keeper Abdel Ravet was sill able to block leaving the score board unchanged. Loïc Chapotot took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jason Lehoux, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Abdel Ravet made an important save on a dangerous shot by Darren Cochin in the 20th minute. In the 21st minute the ball was on its way in behind Fenouillet's goalkeeper Abdel Ravet, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Jean-Michel Gest sent away a hard shot on goal in the 22nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Jason Lehoux fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Loïc Chapotot having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Fenouillet's Oscar Jouet got a free kick in the 28th minute. In the 32ndth minute of the game Jason Lehoux who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Bourdinière's Loïc Chapotot was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Julien Delfour fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Abdel Ravet having to interfere. Mathieu Olivero, 40 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. Jean-Michel Gest sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Jason Lehoux sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Loïc Chapotot showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jason Lehoux in the 48th minute of the match. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

After 54 minutes Bourdinière's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Mathieu Olivero who took care of the corner kick. Charles-Henri Tanneau tried in the 54th minute to hit away a contribution but miss-kicked the ball which ended up in his own goal and left an unhappy Loïc Chapotot a with quite unnecessary self made goal. Result 0-1. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Jean-Michel Gest in the 60th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Loïc Chapotot saved Bourdinière from getting behind. Abdel Ravet didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Julien Delfour went, in the 66th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. After 70 minutes, Julien Delfour mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Bourdinière and the Fenouillet players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Fenouillet booed when Bourdinière was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 70 match minutes in a wonderful position. Julien Delfour didn't get a good kick on the ball. After some careless play in the Fenouillet defense, Julien Delfour kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Abdel Ravet. The Fenouillet fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Abdel Ravet should have stopped the shot. Loïc Chapotot took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jean-Michel Gest, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jason Lehoux recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 83rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Fenouillet's Jean-Michel Gest got a good chance for a goal in the 87th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 88th match minute, Bourdinière was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Benoît Ruhlmann to maneuver through the defense. In the 93rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Fenouillet's goalkeeper Abdel Ravet, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Many of Fenouillet's supporters were seen to leave the ground early as it became clear their team was going to lose. Fenouillet may have spent more time on the ball, but Bourdinière were more willing to take their chances and they walked away with the win.