League Play-Off

Pessac
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. Loic Burg started the match with the kick off. In the 9th minute, Augustin Bonnefous hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 10th minute, Brandon Tartarin sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Chalifert's Raymond Goetz didn't even have to move. Brian Boursier who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 13thth minute tested the skills of Raymond Goetz when he managed to save the team from getting behind. In the 17th minute, Brian Boursier hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to Pessac getting a freekick after 18 minutes play. David Judith hit a great ball. Brian Boursier could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 22nd minute of the match, but Raymond Goetz made a huge save. After 28 played minutes Chalifert got a freekick which was hit by Brandon Meynier. When Brandon Tartarin came up free with the goalie in the 29th minute, the Pessac 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 Brandon Tartarin couldn't finish the play. Raymond Goetz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Loic Burg in the 32nd minute of play. Moise Wadoux made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Valerien Gaucher in the 34th minute of play. David Judith's late challenge caught a Chalifert's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. David Judith helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Pessac's David Judith got a free kick in the 35th minute. In the 38th minute, Valerien Gaucher made a precise shot to the right of Moise Wadoux. Pessac's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Valerien Gaucher fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Moise Wadoux having to interfere. In the 43rd minute Rodrigue Coquel shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Moise Wadoux saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Loic Burg was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 47th minute. Pessac's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Rodrigue Coquel to make the kick off. Theo Revillon thought of kicking away a contribution in front of goal but messed it up so badly that the ball went to the right of an astonished Moise Wadoux, a very annoying self made goal in the 52nd minute which led to 0-2. Loic Burg received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 57th minute. Raymond Goetz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Moise Wadoux made a fantastic save in the 59th minute, when Valerien Gaucher sent off a good shot on target. After a defensive mix-up in Chalifert's zone, Brian Boursier stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Raymond Goetz came out of the goal and Brian Boursier tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Valerien Gaucher struck a weak shot in the 76th minute. Moise Wadoux didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Chalifert. Raymond Goetz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Loic Burg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 90 minutes into the match, Pessac's goal looked a bit too open when Augustin Bonnefous came free, but Moise Wadoux reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a little luck, Pessac's Moise Wadoux got control of the ball when Valerien Gaucher tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 96 played minutes Pessac got a freekick which was hit by Valerien Plantade. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Chalifert eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.