League Play-Off

Stade Talence
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Hector Mallard made the kick off which started today's match. Joel Gresset's late challenge caught a Clemensat's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Joel Gresset helped the player get up and apologised. After 4 played minutes Talence got a freekick which was hit by Joel Gresset. After 11 minutes, Jocelyn Bousseau mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Talence and the Clemensat players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 11 played minutes Talence got a freekick which was hit by Jocelyn Bousseau. After 13 minutes Talence's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Basile Trouve who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Basile Trouve almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Talence's Eloi Larbi did a great save. Jules Gelas could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 23rd minute of the match, but Xavier Duchene made a huge save. In the 29th minute Hector Mallard shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Xavier Duchene saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Xavier Duchene made a fantastic save in the 34th minute, when Jules Gelas sent off a good shot on target. Djibril Bely received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Eloi Larbi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Junior Calvo hit a great freekick 38 minutes into the match. Xavier Duchene showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hector Mallard, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Djibril Bely to strike the kick off in the second half. When Clemensat's Djibril Bely in the 52nd minute got a chance for a shot 52nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Talence's goalie prevented a goal. Jocelyn Bousseau kicked well hit freekick during the 54th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Basile Trouve in the 55th minute of play forced Talence's goalkeeper Eloi Larbi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Djibril Bely in the 57th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Eloi Larbi saved Talence from getting behind. Ghislain Garcin's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 59thth minute, Eloi Larbi skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. An unexpected shot in the 60th minute by Ghislain Garcin got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Hector Mallard recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 69th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Xavier Duchene showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jules Gelas in the 70th minute of the match. After 74 played minutes Talence got a freekick which was hit by Hector Mallard. The audience was convinced that Hector Mallard's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Xavier Duchene was relentless in the 76th minute of the game. Eloi Larbi made a fantastic save in the 79th minute, when Ghislain Garcin sent off a good shot on target. Djibril Bely fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eloi Larbi having to interfere. Talence's Hector Mallard got a good chance for a goal in the 83rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Djibril Bely received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 87th minute. Eloi Larbi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Djibril Bely's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Eloi Larbi read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 89th minute of play. Jules Gelas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, Clemensat's Davy Castaing got a free kick in the 93rd minute. After having played for 95 minutes, Hector Mallard managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Talence's supporters crossed their fingers, but Hector Mallard was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.