League Play-Off

Marclaz
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when François-Xavier Poteau made the kick off which started today's match. After 16 played minutes Drulhes got a freekick which was hit by Arnold Legendre. Batiste Rayer sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Batiste Rayer received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. Nathanaël Decombe tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Marclaz's zone, Mounir Fessard stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Abraham Issartel came out of the goal and Mounir Fessard tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 31 minutes, Faudel Ly mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Marclaz and the Drulhes players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 31st minute, Faudel Ly hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, Marclaz's Faudel Ly got a free kick in the 33rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mounir Fessard in the 34th minute of play forced Marclaz's goalkeeper Abraham Issartel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Abraham Issartel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from François-Xavier Poteau, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. When the match had gone on for 39 minutes, Batiste Rayer took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Nathanaël Decombe to make any attempt to save it. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Batiste Rayer to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Batiste Rayer in the 53rd minute of play forced Drulhes's goalkeeper Nathanaël Decombe to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 54 minutes into the match, Marclaz's Jocelyn Cardona sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Nathanaël Decombe narrowly saved just below the crossbar. When Marclaz's Batiste Rayer in the 55th minute got a chance for a shot 55th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Drulhes's goalie prevented a goal. Jocelyn Cardona might have been able to make a better finish in the 57th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Nathanaël Decombe. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Jocelyn Cardona ran back to his position shaking his head. After a defensive mix-up in Drulhes's zone, Jocelyn Cardona stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Nathanaël Decombe came out of the goal and Jocelyn Cardona tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 59th minute of the match, François-Xavier Poteau tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Abraham Issartel saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. During the 60th minute of the match Faudel Ly completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Faudel Ly a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. In the 64th minute, Omar Plasse hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Mounir Fessard had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 68th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Abraham Issartel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from François-Xavier Poteau, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 70 played minutes Marclaz got a freekick which was hit by Batiste Rayer. 72 minutes into the match, Drulhes's goal looked a bit too open when Jocelyn Cardona came free, but Nathanaël Decombe reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Modeste Couillard received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 75th minute. Nathanaël Decombe tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Abraham Issartel made a fantastic save in the 87th minute, when Mounir Fessard sent off a good shot on target. Joris Bézault took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 89th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Nathanaël Decombe. Drulhes's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. After 91 minutes, Joris Bézault mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Marclaz and the Drulhes players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 91st match minute, Marclaz was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Joris Bézault to maneuver through the defense. François-Xavier Poteau was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 96th minute. Drulhes's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Marclaz fully deserved thier win.