League Play-Off

Stade Massane
Spectators: 33 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Faudel Gendreau started the match with the kick off. Georges Larche received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Raoul Gaborit tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Georges Larche sent away a hard shot on goal in the 4th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 7th minute Faudel Gendreau shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Edmond Camus saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Edmond Camus showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Faudel Gendreau, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. In the 12th minute, Ramzy Santamaria ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Edmond Camus was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. The supporters of Pontet booed when Massane was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 15 match minutes in a wonderful position. Roman Gouzien didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Faudel Gendreau in the 18th minute of play forced Massane's goalkeeper Edmond Camus to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Edmond Camus showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Faudel Gendreau in the 20th minute of the match. Faudel Gendreau scored 0-2 in the 22nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Edmond Camus, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After a rather tough play, Massane's Roman Gouzien got a free kick in the 24th minute. Edmond Camus took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ramzy Santamaria, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ramzy Santamaria in the 30th minute of play forced Massane's goalkeeper Edmond Camus to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 31 minutes, Xavier Perrot mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Massane and the Pontet players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 31st minute, Xavier Perrot hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Pontet's Kévin Sylvain got a good chance for a goal in the 32nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 43 minutes into the game, Roman Gouzien was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Massane's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Pontet the free kick. Roman Gouzien hit a great freekick 43 minutes into the match. Pontet's Raoul Gaborit proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 46th minute of the match, managed to save Pontet from getting a goal against them. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Madjid Érard was the one to do the kick off. When Luc Lecompte came up free with the goalie in the 53rd minute, the Massane 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 Luc Lecompte couldn't finish the play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Madjid Érard in the 54th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Raoul Gaborit prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 56th minute of the match Xavier Perrot sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Raoul Gaborit skillfully saved the ball. Edmond Camus showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Faudel Gendreau, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Faudel Gendreau in the 60th minute of play forced Massane's goalkeeper Edmond Camus to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 61 minutes, Madjid Érard made it 2-2 with a short kick to the right side. Pontet's Raoul Gaborit tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Edmond Camus showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Faudel Gendreau in the 66th minute of the match. In the 69th minute, Georges Larche got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Edmond Camus made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ramzy Santamaria in the 71st minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 73rd minute, Faudel Gendreau managed to get in a good position for a shot. Pontet's supporters rose to their feet, but Faudel Gendreau was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Edmond Camus breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. François Allemand's late challenge caught a Massane's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. François Allemand helped the player get up and apologised. François Allemand hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. Madjid Érard blasted a shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Raoul Gaborit having to make a save. Pontet's Raoul Gaborit played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Madjid Érard in the 89th minute of play. Madjid Érard succeeded in the game's 91st minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 3-2. Massane were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Pontet for a fine match.