League Play-Off

Stade Lillers
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Vivien Pontet fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 4th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Patrice De Souza having to interfere. Joel Conquet hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. If Vivien Pontet had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 12th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 18 played minutes Lillers got a freekick which was hit by Adam Cuisinier. After 18 played minutes, Richardménil's Leon Belval shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Paul Clere 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 Richardménil reached it. Joel Conquet's late challenge caught a Richardménil's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Joel Conquet helped the player get up and apologised. Joel Conquet hit a great freekick 20 minutes into the match. In the 24th of the match, Luka Rufin tried to place the ball in the upper right corner, but Patrice De Souza got in the way and made a wonderful save. After 28 minutes of play, Richardménil's Xavier Quillien made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Paul Clere was left in no man's land by his defense there! Luka Rufin received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Patrice De Souza came out and tried to block the shot, but Luka Rufin slotted it home off the left post making it 1-1 in the 33rd minute. Patrice De Souza made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luka Rufin in the 40th minute of play.

The wind increased when Xavier Quillien made the kick off in the second half. In the 58th minute Luka Rufin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Patrice De Souza saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Richardménil's Oscar Perrot got a free kick in the 59th minute. After 63 played minutes Lillers got a freekick which was hit by Joel Conquet. Xavier Quillien received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 67th minute. Paul Clere tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Richardménil's Patrice De Souza played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luka Rufin in the 71st minute of play. Patrice De Souza took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vivien Pontet, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 77 minutes, Leon Belval mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Richardménil and the Lillers players grew even worse after the yellow card. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 77th minute of the game. One of Richardménil:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Lillers:s goal. The referee gave Lillers a penalty, 80 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Maxime Courte, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Richardménil's Patrice De Souza. 2-2. In the 85th minute of the match, Xavier Quillien tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Paul Clere saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Xavier Quillien sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.