League Play-Off

Moncheaux
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, 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. Charly Brissard started the match with the kick off. Darren Forest showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Charly Brissard, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. In the 9th match minute, Chesnay was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cédric Boutigny to maneuver through the defense. Denis Meignan's late challenge caught a Moncheaux's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Denis Meignan helped the player get up and apologised. Denis Meignan hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. Ronald Perraut made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Denis Meignan in the 13th minute of play. Denis Meignan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 16th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Moncheaux's Ronald Perraut played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bilal Benzema in the 18th minute of play. In the 20th minute the ball was on its way in behind Moncheaux's goalkeeper Ronald Perraut, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 22nd minute, Marc-Antoine Louvet hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Omer Munsch sent away a hard shot on goal in the 27th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ronald Perraut didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Denis Meignan went, in the 31st minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. After a defensive mix-up in Moncheaux's zone, Bilal Benzema stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ronald Perraut came out of the goal and Bilal Benzema tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Denis Meignan in the 42nd minute of play forced Moncheaux's goalkeeper Ronald Perraut to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 44th minute Denis Meignan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ronald Perraut saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 46th minute Charly Brissard shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Darren Forest saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Omer Munsch received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 47th minute. Darren Forest tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The wind increased when Bilal Benzema made the kick off in the second half. Sidney Molinie took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 61st minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Darren Forest. Chesnay's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Darren Forest made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Omer Munsch in the 64th minute of play. After 64 played minutes Chesnay got a freekick which was hit by Cédric Boutigny. 71 minutes into the game, Franklin Dumontier was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Moncheaux's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Chesnay the free kick. After 71 played minutes Moncheaux got a freekick which was hit by Franklin Dumontier. The audience was convinced that Bilal Benzema's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ronald Perraut was relentless in the 72nd minute of the game. Darren Forest stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Charly Brissard's shot from short distance in the 80th minute. Darren Calixte kicked well hit freekick during the 82nd minute of the match. Cédric Boutigny hit a great freekick 85 minutes into the match. Franklin Dumontier got his second yellow card in the match during the 91st minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. After 91 played minutes Moncheaux got a freekick which was hit by Franklin Dumontier. Moncheaux's Ronald Perraut played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bilal Benzema in the 92nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bilal Benzema in the 96th minute of play forced Moncheaux's goalkeeper Ronald Perraut to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Bilal Benzema in the 98th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ronald Perraut saved Moncheaux from getting behind.