League Play-Off

Nerthe
Spectators: 33 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Sam Havard kicked off to start the match. Sam Havard received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Karim Marsac tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 14th minute, Gildas Robinot hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Sam Havard had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 16th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a defensive mix-up in Labbeville's zone, Rodrigue Izard stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Karim Marsac came out of the goal and Rodrigue Izard tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The supporters of Labbeville booed when Nerthe was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 20 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sam Havard didn't get a good kick on the ball. Sam Havard sent away a hard shot on goal in the 25th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 26th minute, Nerthe's Rodrigue Izard ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Karim Marsac. Karim Marsac yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. In the 29th minute, Danny Boschet hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Martin Simian in the 30th minute of play forced Nerthe's goalkeeper Louis Lechartier to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Raoul Bizet fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Louis Lechartier having to interfere. With a little luck, Labbeville's Karim Marsac got control of the ball when Sam Havard tried to sneak it across the goal line. When Melvin Pedron came up free with the goalie in the 39th minute, the Nerthe 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 Melvin Pedron couldn't finish the play. Louis Lechartier showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Raoul Bizet, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. Louis Lechartier showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Martin Simian in the 44th minute of the match. After having played for 45 minutes, Martin Simian managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Labbeville's supporters crossed their fingers, but Martin Simian was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Martin Simian stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes into the match, Raoul Bizet had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Louis Lechartier. Nerthe's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Raoul Bizet was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. In the 56thth minute of the game Martin Simian who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Nerthe's Louis Lechartier was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Karim Marsac stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Sam Havard's shot from short distance in the 60th minute. The supporters of Labbeville booed when Nerthe was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 62 match minutes in a wonderful position. Melvin Pedron didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 65th minute, Labbeville's Martin Simian dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-2. Raoul Bizet succeeded in the game's 70th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-3. Pierre-Antoine Vanhee's late challenge caught a Nerthe's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Pierre-Antoine Vanhee helped the player get up and apologised. Rodrigue Izard fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Karim Marsac having to interfere. Karim Marsac made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sam Havard in the 95th minute of play. The Labbeville supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Labbeville would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.