League Play-Off

Beynost
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Mohamed-Ali Couton kicked well hit freekick during the 3rd minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Celloville's Marc Maigrot got a free kick in the 6th minute. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 9th minute of the game. One of Celloville:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of racing club de lens:s goal. In the 14th minute Sidney Prades shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ahmed Jérôme saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Pierre Isaac kicked well hit freekick during the 15th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aimé Frappier in the 22nd minute of play forced Celloville's goalkeeper Nathan Thevenard to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 23rdth minute of the game Aimé Frappier who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Celloville's Nathan Thevenard was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. A collision led to Celloville getting a freekick after 25 minutes play. Marc Maigrot hit a great ball. Nathan Thevenard showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aimé Frappier in the 31st minute of the match. 32 minutes into the match, Celloville's goal looked a bit too open when Aimé Frappier came free, but Nathan Thevenard reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sidney Prades in the 34th minute of play forced racing club de lens's goalkeeper Ahmed Jérôme to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ahmed Jérôme showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marc Maigrot, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. Titouan Salas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ahmed Jérôme having to interfere. 42 minutes into the game, Thibaut Cavelier was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. racing club de lens's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Celloville the free kick. The supporters of Celloville booed when racing club de lens was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 42 match minutes in a wonderful position. Thibaut Cavelier didn't get a good kick on the ball. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Aimé Frappier stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 62nd match minute, racing club de lens was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Aimé Réveillon to maneuver through the defense. Celloville's Emeric Druelle couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 63rd minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for racing club de lens. If Titouan Salas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ahmed Jérôme took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sidney Prades, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Titouan Salas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 87th minute. Ahmed Jérôme tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Mathieu Milani kicked well hit freekick during the 89th minute of the match. If Sidney Prades had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 92 played minutes racing club de lens got a freekick which was hit by Mohamed-Ali Couton. Sidney Prades sent away a hard shot on goal in the 96th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.