League Play-Off

Poterie
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Barthélémy Canovas started the match with the kick off. Daniel Varet charged in rather forcefully in the 3rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Daniel Varet the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Albert Dubreuil, 4 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. Hippolyte Kleins short, quick shot in the 11thth minute got Terry Pasquini to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. After a defensive mix-up in Poterie's zone, Luis Desmet stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Rodolphe Esquerre came out of the goal and Luis Desmet tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Rodolphe Esquerre showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Merlin Carmona in the 17th minute of the match. Rodolphe Esquerre showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Merlin Carmona in the 19th minute of the match. If Luis Desmet had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 20th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Hippolyte Klein had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 23 minutes, Ali Ronceray mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Magnan and the Poterie players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 27th minute, Merlin Carmona ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Rodolphe Esquerre was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Hippolyte Klein who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 36thth minute tested the skills of Terry Pasquini when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Terry Pasquini stood somewhat misplaced when Hippolyte Klein came free in front of goal and shot 1-1 to the left of him in the 37 minute. 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 wind increased when Merlin Carmona made the kick off in the second half. If Hippolyte Klein had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Djibril Guerry's late challenge caught a Poterie's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Djibril Guerry helped the player get up and apologised. If Hippolyte Klein had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 59th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 60th match minute, Magnan was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Djibril Guerry to maneuver through the defense. After a defensive mix-up in Magnan's zone, Hippolyte Klein stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Terry Pasquini came out of the goal and Hippolyte Klein tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. When Magnan's Merlin Carmona in the 66th minute got a chance for a shot 66th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Poterie's goalie prevented a goal. Florian Baillot received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 69th minute. Terry Pasquini tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Terry Pasquini didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Hippolyte Klein went, in the 71st minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. Hippolyte Klein recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 74th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Eddie Baud in the 76th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Terry Pasquini saved Magnan from getting behind. Luis Desmet received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 78th minute. Rodolphe Esquerre tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Rodolphe Esquerre made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Merlin Carmona in the 79th minute of play. In the 80th minute, Florian Baillot hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Magnan's Merlin Carmona got a good chance for a goal in the 87th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar.