League Play-Off

Stade Poulx
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Xavier Costantini got the match started through his kick off. Michel Pernet kicked well hit freekick during the 9th minute of the match. 12 minutes into the game, Lourches's Valentin Thevenon nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Lorenzo Pepin made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Lorenzo Pepin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ethan Guillermin in the 15th minute of play. Poulx's Lorenzo Pepin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Valentin Thevenon in the 21st minute of play. After 23 played minutes Poulx got a freekick which was hit by Serge Chaumeil. In the 23rd minute, Gabriel Petitjean sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Poulx's Lorenzo Pepin didn't even have to move. When Lourches's Ethan Guillermin in the 26th minute got a chance for a shot 26th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Poulx's goalie prevented a goal. Valentin Thevenon received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 28th minute. Lorenzo Pepin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Lorenzo Pepin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ethan Guillermin in the 29th minute of the match. Theo Cotard charged in rather forcefully in the 31st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Theo Cotard the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Lourches booed when Poulx was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 32 match minutes in a wonderful position. Theo Cotard didn't get a good kick on the ball. Matthieu Favennec fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mathys Carminati having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Xavier Costantini in the 41st minute of play forced Lourches's goalkeeper Mathys Carminati to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Xavier Bridoux's late challenge caught a Poulx's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Xavier Bridoux helped the player get up and apologised. In the 45th minute, Xavier Bridoux hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 46 minutes into the match, Poulx's Matthieu Favennec sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Mathys Carminati narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Valentin Thevenon during the 48th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Valentin Thevenon stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. If Valentin Thevenon had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 53rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Mathys Carminati took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Xavier Costantini, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 61 minutes of play Poulx's Theo Cotard was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 62 minutes into the match, Valentin Thevenon had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Lorenzo Pepin. Poulx's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Valentin Thevenon was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Lorenzo Pepin came out of the goal in the 65th minute to try and stop a shot by Lourches's Timothe Lheritier. But to his dismay, Timothe Lheritier quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. In the 69th match minute, Lourches was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gustave Lefrancois to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to Lourches getting a freekick after 73 minutes play. Gustave Lefrancois hit a great ball. 77 minutes into the game, Lourches's Valentin Thevenon nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Lorenzo Pepin made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-4. Lourches's Mathys Carminati played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Matthieu Favennec in the 81st minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 84th minute, Matthieu Favennec managed to get in a good position for a shot. Poulx's supporters rose to their feet, but Matthieu Favennec was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Mathys Carminati breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Gustave Lefrancois was shown his second yellow card after 87 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. Matthieu Favennec fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mathys Carminati having to interfere. Matthieu Favennec received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 93rd minute. Mathys Carminati tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The Lourches supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Lourches would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.