League Play-Off

Stade Californie
Spectators: 33 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Jason Hidalgo made the kick off which started today's match. Marvin Pillot's late challenge caught a Californie's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Marvin Pillot helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Allières getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Marvin Pillot hit a great ball. Californie's Leopold Jullian couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 7th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Allières. Arnaud Rolando was extremely unlucky when he, in the 10th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. 11 minutes into the match, Allières's goalkeeper Noel Dupin had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Roger Giraudeau. After a defensive mix-up in Allières's zone, Roger Giraudeau stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Noel Dupin came out of the goal and Roger Giraudeau tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Faustin Le Pape struck a weak shot in the 16th minute. Noel Dupin didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Californie. Noel Dupin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arnaud Rolando in the 19th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Allières's Hocine Sagnard got a free kick in the 24th minute. In the 25th minute, Marvin Pillot hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Arnaud Rolando had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 32nd minute, Roger Giraudeau ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Noel Dupin was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. A collision led to Allières getting a freekick after 35 minutes play. Marvin Pillot hit a great ball. In the 37thth minute of the game Arnaud Rolando who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Allières's Noel Dupin was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The supporters of Allières booed when Californie was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 39 match minutes in a wonderful position. Arnaud Rolando didn't get a good kick on the ball. Noel Dupin came out of the goal in the 42nd minute to try and stop a shot by Californie's Arnaud Rolando. But to his dismay, Arnaud Rolando quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Arnaud Rolando to make the kick off. Noel Dupin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arnaud Rolando in the 53rd minute of the match. When Californie's Arnaud Rolando in 55 game minutes managed to cut through with the ball in front of the goal, only having to shoot. Noel Dupin guarding the goal like a pit bull was extremely focused and managed to reach the ball just by the crossbar before it went in. Roger Giraudeau fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Noel Dupin having to interfere. Lucas Osmont kicked well hit freekick during the 61st minute of the match. Julien Marescaux hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. In the 65thth minute of the game Roger Giraudeau who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Allières's Noel Dupin was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Jason Hidalgo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 67th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marc Santucci having to interfere. Jason Hidalgo recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 73rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Arnaud Rolando received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 80th minute. Noel Dupin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Jason Hidalgo's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Marc Santucci read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 83rd minute of play. In the 85th minute, Julien Marescaux hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Californie's Leopold Jullian couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 86th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Allières. Noel Dupin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Arnaud Rolando, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Allières's Noel Dupin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Roger Giraudeau in the 94th minute of play.