League Play-Off

Stade Cormarin
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Stephane Grolier started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Victor Freitas hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. Batiste Frere fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 5th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Harry Gourgues having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Cormarin's Noa Mazet got a free kick in the 7th minute. Romain Couffin could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 10th minute of the match, but Albert Vales made a huge save. In the 13th minute Théophile Guitton shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Albert Vales saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Théophile Guitton had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 16th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Stephane Grolier received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. Harry Gourgues tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Hagondange's Albert Vales proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 24th minute of the match, managed to save Hagondange from getting a goal against them. In the 28th minute Stephane Grolier shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Harry Gourgues saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Antonin Borie hit a great freekick 31 minutes into the match. Armand Kerjean was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 32nd played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Batiste Frere sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Romain Couffin recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 36th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Romain Couffin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. Albert Vales tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Antonin Borie fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Harry Gourgues having to interfere. Cormarin's Harry Gourgues played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Batiste Frere in the 44th minute of play. Stephane Grolier blasted a shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Harry Gourgues having to make a save. In the 48th minute, Stephane Grolier made a precise shot to the right of Harry Gourgues. Cormarin's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Théophile Guitton made a kick off. Batiste Frere succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-2 in the 54th playminute. In the 57th minute, Romain Couffin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a little luck, Cormarin's Harry Gourgues got control of the ball when Batiste Frere tried to sneak it across the goal line. Romain Couffin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 71st minute. Albert Vales tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Harry Gourgues made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Stephane Grolier in the 75th minute of play. When Théophile Guitton came up free with the goalie in the 77th minute, the Cormarin 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 Théophile Guitton couldn't finish the play. Cormarin's Noa Mazet got his second yellow card of the match in the 81st minute. The referee ordered Noa Mazet off the ground. In the 82nd minute, Noa Mazet hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 83 minutes in the game, Batiste Frere dribbled his way through the penalty area and after maneuvering past an opponent, drilled a quick shot at the goal. The ball looked like it was going in, but it was hit a bit too hard and flew over the goal. The crowd rose to their feet as Hagondange's Antonin Borie slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Harry Gourgues. That made the score 0-3 after 88 minutes of play. 92 minutes into the match, Hagondange's Stephane Grolier sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Harry Gourgues narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Stephane Grolier fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Harry Gourgues having to interfere. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Stephane Grolier in the 97th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Harry Gourgues saved Cormarin from getting behind. Stephane Grolier received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 99th minute. Harry Gourgues tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Hagondange eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.