League Play-Off

Stade Poisat
Spectators: 33 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Alex Grivet kicked off to start the match. After a defensive mix-up in Poisat's zone, Freddy Caspar stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Julien Fabre came out of the goal and Freddy Caspar tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 10 minutes into the match, Poisat's goal looked a bit too open when Freddy Caspar came free, but Julien Fabre reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Poisat's Alex Grivet got a good chance for a goal in the 12th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Rene Ouali succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-0 in the 14th playminute. Karl Marinier's late challenge caught a Poisat's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Karl Marinier helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Poisat booed when Emerchicourt was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 21 match minutes in a wonderful position. Karl Marinier didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Alex Grivet came up free with the goalie in the 23rd minute, the Poisat 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 Alex Grivet couldn't finish the play. If Maurice Delangle had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Freddy Caspar received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 28th minute. Julien Fabre tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 31st match minute, Poisat was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Louis Darre to maneuver through the defense. After 33 played minutes Poisat got a freekick which was hit by Steven Crepy. Freddy Caspar recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 37th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 40th minute of the match, Rene Ouali got a very nice opportunity to score, but Billy Thoraval was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. After having played for 43 minutes, Alex Grivet managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Poisat's supporters crossed their fingers, but Alex Grivet was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Rene Ouali received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Billy Thoraval came out and tried to block the shot, but Rene Ouali slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 45th minute. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

Freddy Caspar fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Julien Fabre having to interfere. Maurice Delangle took the ball and in the 60 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Julien Fabre. Julien Fabre dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-1. Julien Fabre made a fantastic save in the 65th minute, when Freddy Caspar sent off a good shot on target. Jules Souchu's late challenge caught a Poisat's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jules Souchu helped the player get up and apologised. In the 71st match minute, Emerchicourt was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Leonard Minard to maneuver through the defense. 75 minutes into the match, Emerchicourt's Maurice Delangle sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Julien Fabre narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 78 minutes of play, Poisat's Rene Ouali made it 3-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Billy Thoraval was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 82nd minute Alex Grivet shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Billy Thoraval saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Poisat's Alex Grivet in the 85th minute got a chance for a shot 85th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Emerchicourt's goalie prevented a goal. Billy Thoraval showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Louis Darre, who was totally free with the ball in the 91st minute. Freddy Caspar sent away a hard shot on goal in the 93rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 95 minutes into the game, Emerchicourt's Freddy Caspar nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Julien Fabre made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-2. For all the effort they put into the match, the Emerchicourt players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Poisat.