League Play-Off

Stade Gainneville
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. Tanguy De Araujo started the match with the kick off. After 7 played minutes Rocheville got a freekick which was hit by Luc Tramoni. The audience was convinced that Tanguy De Araujo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mathias Nouet was relentless in the 8th minute of the game. Célestin Guilbaud made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alexis Lussiez in the 13th minute of play. When Luc Tramoni fell near the penalty area in the 14th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Rocheville's protests and gave Luc Tramoni a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Gainneville's Rodrigue Boulet got a free kick in the 17th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alexis Lussiez in the 28th minute of play forced Gainneville's goalkeeper Célestin Guilbaud to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After recieving a nice pass, Gainneville's Richard Roy tried to score from far away in the 33rd minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. 35 minutes into the match, Rocheville's goal looked a bit too open when Tanguy De Araujo came free, but Mathias Nouet reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After having played for 37 minutes, Alexis Lussiez managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Rocheville's supporters crossed their fingers, but Alexis Lussiez was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 44 minutes into the game, Bilal Beuret cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Mathias Nouet was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Allan Vandevelde stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Allan Vandevelde in the 56th minute of play forced Gainneville's goalkeeper Célestin Guilbaud to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alexis Lussiez fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 57th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Célestin Guilbaud having to interfere. After 69 played minutes Rocheville got a freekick which was hit by Luc Tramoni. When the match had gone on for 70 minutes, Tanguy De Araujo put it in 2-1 from a short distance just to the right of Mathias Nouet. Mathias Nouet came out of the goal in the 75th minute to try and stop a shot by Gainneville's Bilal Beuret. But to his dismay, Bilal Beuret quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-1. Rodrigue Boulet's late challenge caught a Rocheville's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Rodrigue Boulet helped the player get up and apologised. After 78 played minutes Gainneville got a freekick which was hit by Rodrigue Boulet. Alexis Lussiez sent away a hard shot on goal in the 80th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Allan Vandevelde struck a weak shot in the 88th minute. Célestin Guilbaud didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Rocheville. Luc Tramoni received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 97th minute. Célestin Guilbaud tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The Gainneville support was delighted with a win in a match that could easily have ended differently.