League Play-Off

Stade Trossy
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Rodolphe Bouchart took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 7th minute, Josselin Cojean hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Josselin Cojean's late challenge caught a Grabels's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Josselin Cojean helped the player get up and apologised. Joris Viola showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rodolphe Bouchart in the 12th minute of the match. After having played for 13 minutes, Donald Cante managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Grabels's supporters crossed their fingers, but Donald Cante was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Omer Duville recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 16th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After 18 played minutes, Trossy's Gael Crepin shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Mathys Bianco came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Trossy reached it. Pierre-Antoine Tournant's late challenge caught a Trossy's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Pierre-Antoine Tournant helped the player get up and apologised. If Gregory Labarre had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Omer Duville fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mathys Bianco having to interfere. In the 36th minute, Serge Gitton hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 39th minute, Trossy's Omer Duville dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. After having played for 44 minutes, Gregory Labarre managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Trossy's supporters crossed their fingers, but Gregory Labarre was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The supporters of Trossy booed when Grabels was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 46 match minutes in a wonderful position. Serge Gitton didn't get a good kick on the ball. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Gregory Labarre to make the kick off. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Omer Duville in the 54th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Mathys Bianco prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Mathys Bianco took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Omer Duville, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Joris Viola took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rodolphe Bouchart, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Omer Duville had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Joris Viola made a fantastic save in the 77th minute, when Donald Cante sent off a good shot on target. After 77 played minutes Trossy got a freekick which was hit by Roman Lebourgeois. 82 minutes into the match, Trossy's goal looked a bit too open when Rodolphe Bouchart came free, but Joris Viola reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Joris Viola made an important save on a dangerous shot by Donald Cante in the 85th minute. When Donald Cante came up free with the goalie in the 87th minute, the Grabels 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 Donald Cante couldn't finish the play. Felix Boizard hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Rodolphe Bouchart's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Joris Viola was relentless in the 89th minute of the game. Mathys Bianco made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Omer Duville in the 91st minute of play. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Trossy fully deserved thier win.