League Play-Off

Stade Coutes
Spectators: 33 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) After 3 minutes of play, Argenteuil's Charly Bouin made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Junior Guyonnet was left in no man's land by his defense there! 10 minutes into the match, Marc Archer had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Junior Guyonnet. Coutes's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Marc Archer was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. In the 12th minute, Geoffrey Lapeyre hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Vivien Sagot received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 14th minute. Malik Rosa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Charly Bouin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Charly Bouin struck a weak shot in the 20th minute. Junior Guyonnet didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Argenteuil. The supporters of Coutes booed when Argenteuil was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 23 match minutes in a wonderful position. Robert Marc didn't get a good kick on the ball. Junior Guyonnet made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marc Archer in the 26th minute of play. 32 minutes into the match, Argenteuil's goalkeeper Malik Rosa had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Lionel Maurel. Lionel Maurel sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Vivien Sagot scored 1-2 in the 38th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Malik Rosa, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After a rather tough play, Argenteuil's Charly Bouin got a free kick in the 42nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vivien Sagot in the 43rd minute of play forced Argenteuil's goalkeeper Malik Rosa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The score stood at 2-2 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

After some fancy dribbling in the 56th minute, Marc Archer managed to get in a good position for a shot. Argenteuil's supporters rose to their feet, but Marc Archer was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Junior Guyonnet breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Donovan Garric hit a great freekick 57 minutes into the match. Marc Archer received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 62nd minute. Junior Guyonnet tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Lionel Maurel had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 66th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Lionel Maurel fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Malik Rosa having to interfere. In the 73rdth minute of the game Marc Archer who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Coutes's Junior Guyonnet was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 77 minutes into the match, Argenteuil's Charly Bouin sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Junior Guyonnet narrowly saved just below the crossbar. If Lionel Maurel had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The supporters of Argenteuil booed when Coutes was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 80 match minutes in a wonderful position. Emmanuel Filoche didn't get a good kick on the ball. Junior Guyonnet took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marc Archer, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Harry Schott's late challenge caught a Argenteuil's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Harry Schott helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Coutes getting a freekick after 84 minutes play. Harry Schott hit a great ball. In the 85th minute, one of Coutes:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Coutes. After some fancy dribbling in the 93rd minute, Lionel Maurel managed to get in a good position for a shot. Coutes's supporters rose to their feet, but Lionel Maurel was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Malik Rosa breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Geoffrey Lapeyre's late challenge caught a Coutes's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Geoffrey Lapeyre helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Coutes booed when Argenteuil was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 95 match minutes in a wonderful position. Geoffrey Lapeyre didn't get a good kick on the ball. Malik Rosa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lionel Maurel in the 97th minute of the match. Argenteuil's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.