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Match Report
Fourqueux
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25,
Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Sceaux's Valerien Cossec started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Valerien Cossec sent away a hard shot on goal in the 5th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Tim Villaret received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 10th minute. Jean-Baptiste Bouche tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Jean-Baptiste Bouche made a fantastic save in the 13th minute, when Tim Villaret sent off a good shot on target. Tim Villaret received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Jean-Baptiste Bouche tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Sceaux's Jean-Baptiste Bouche played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Xavier Bertron in the 28th minute of play. Valerien Cossec sent away a hard shot on goal in the 32nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Paul-Henri Dame in the 39th minute of play forced Fourqueux's goalkeeper Thomas Flandrin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 40th minute the ball was on its way in behind Fourqueux's goalkeeper Thomas Flandrin, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The supporters of Sceaux booed when Fourqueux was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 40 match minutes in a wonderful position. Blaise Samuel didn't get a good kick on the ball. Fourqueux's Thomas Flandrin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Valerien Cossec in the 42nd minute of play. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.
Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Xavier Bertron to make the kick off. Thomas Flandrin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Valerien Cossec in the 52nd minute of play. Blaise Samuel hit a great freekick 54 minutes into the match. When Tim Villaret came up free with the goalie in the 57th minute, the Fourqueux 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 Tim Villaret couldn't finish the play. Xavier Bertron received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 58th minute. Jean-Baptiste Bouche tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Xavier Bertron fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jean-Baptiste Bouche having to interfere. The supporters of Sceaux booed when Fourqueux was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 63 match minutes in a wonderful position. Calvin Boix didn't get a good kick on the ball. Thomas Flandrin stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Valerien Cossec's shot from short distance in the 64th minute. After 72 minutes, Marin Bihan mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Sceaux and the Fourqueux players grew even worse after the yellow card. Marin Bihan hit a great freekick 73 minutes into the match. If Tim Villaret had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a defensive mix-up in Fourqueux's zone, Valerien Cossec stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Thomas Flandrin came out of the goal and Valerien Cossec tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Blaise Samuel's late challenge caught a Sceaux's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Blaise Samuel helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Sceaux booed when Fourqueux was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 89 match minutes in a wonderful position. Blaise Samuel didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 90 played minutes, Sceaux's Pacome Servais shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Thomas Flandrin 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 Sceaux reached it. In the 95th minute Valerien Cossec shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Thomas Flandrin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.
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