League Play-Off

Stade Royat
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Brian Bougault took the kick off in the first half of the match. Hautée's Barthelemy Le Henaff proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 4th minute of the match, managed to save Hautée from getting a goal against them. Brian Bougault 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. After 6 minutes, Josselin Lequesne mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Hautée and the Royat players grew even worse after the yellow card. When Batiste Verin fell near the penalty area in the 9th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Hautée's protests and gave Batiste Verin a yellow card for diving instead. Batiste Verin kicked well hit freekick during the 9th minute of the match. Noe Beaufils showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Andre Flamand in the 13th minute of the match. In the 14th minute, Andre Flamand got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 17th match minute, Royat was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Philibert Isidore to maneuver through the defense. In the 20th minute, Steve Fayol left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Hautée fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Brian Bougault in the 35th minute of play forced Hautée's goalkeeper Barthelemy Le Henaff to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 40thth minute of the game Batiste Verin who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Royat's Noe Beaufils was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Pierrick Preau kicked well hit freekick during the 42nd minute of the match. After the first half Hautée were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

57 minutes into the match, Henri Rouiller notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of Hautée's Barthelemy Le Henaff. Barthelemy Le Henaff was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Brian Bougault recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 68th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Loic Lamand kicked well hit freekick during the 70th minute of the match. 71 minutes into the match, Hautée's goal looked a bit too open when Igor Huret came free, but Barthelemy Le Henaff reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Andre Flamand in the 76thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Noe Beaufils, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. In the 77th minute, Philibert Isidore hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Steve Fayol sent away a hard shot on goal in the 79th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Steve Fayol had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Theophile Adel hit a great freekick 90 minutes into the match. Steve Fayol fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 92nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Noe Beaufils having to interfere. In a very dangerous position, a player in Royat fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 94th minute. Penalty! When the match had been going on for 96 minutes, Hautée's Ahmid Pradeau got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Noe Beaufils. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Hautée had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.