League Play-Off

Famars
Spectators: 33 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Pierre-Henri Duperray got the match started through his kick off. Ronald Ducellier made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marc-Antoine Bascou in the 7th minute of play. In the 9th minute, Pierre-Henri Duperray fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Billy Savignat, passed just outside the right post. 15 minutes into the match, Famars's goal looked a bit too open when Johan Ball came free, but Ronald Ducellier reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Christophe Vergne sent away a hard shot on goal in the 16th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 18th minute of the match Adam Gardes sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Billy Savignat skillfully saved the ball. In the 23rd minute Pierre-Henri Duperray shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Billy Savignat saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ronald Ducellier showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marc-Antoine Bascou in the 26th minute of the match. If Marc-Antoine Bascou had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 32nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Val-de-Marne's Billy Savignat proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 40th minute of the match, managed to save Val-de-Marne from getting a goal against them. Renaud Demarque charged in rather forcefully in the 45th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Renaud Demarque the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 45th match minute, Famars was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Renaud Demarque to maneuver through the defense. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The wind increased when Johan Ball made the kick off in the second half. Billy Savignat showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Christophe Vergne, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. When Christophe Vergne came up free with the goalie in the 56th minute, the Famars fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Christophe Vergne couldn't finish the play. 57 minutes into the match, Val-de-Marne's goal looked a bit too open when Pierre-Henri Duperray came free, but Billy Savignat reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Billy Savignat showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pierre-Henri Duperray, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. Christophe Vergne received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 69th minute. Billy Savignat tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 74th match minute, Famars was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Salomon Loyer to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Johan Ball in the 75th minute of play forced Famars's goalkeeper Ronald Ducellier to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Omar Grimbert charged in rather forcefully in the 78th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Omar Grimbert the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Johan Ball sent away a hard shot on goal in the 79th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Through an outstanding action, after 82 minutes, Ronald Ducellier successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Pierre-Henri Duperray received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 86th minute. Billy Savignat tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Johan Ball had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The final whistle blew with the score still tied, and both teams left the pitch thinking about the missed chances that could have given their team the win.