League

Stade Perrache
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Marco Biguet took the kick off in the first half of the match. After 4 minutes of play, Perrach's Émilien Giraudo made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jocelyn Vahirua was left in no man's land by his defense there! If Yoann Jeannet had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 7th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the match had gone on for 9 minutes, Marco Biguet took a quick shot and it went in 2-0 without a chance for Jocelyn Vahirua to make any attempt to save it. Amaury Mantel kicked well hit freekick during the 13th minute of the match. Sidney Thevenot showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Youri Guédon in the 14th minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Yoann Jeannet in the 19th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Sidney Thevenot saved Perrach from getting behind. Émilien Giraudo's late challenge caught a Kergoal's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Émilien Giraudo helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Kergoal booed when Perrach was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 22 match minutes in a wonderful position. Émilien Giraudo didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Émilien Giraudo came up free with the goalie in the 27th minute, the Perrach 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 Émilien Giraudo couldn't finish the play. Jocelyn Vahirua made a fantastic save in the 29th minute, when Émilien Giraudo sent off a good shot on target. In the 36th match minute, Perrach was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Quentin Le Page to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marco Biguet in the 38th minute of play forced Kergoal's goalkeeper Jocelyn Vahirua to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Yoann Jeannet made a kick off. Jocelyn Vahirua made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Émilien Giraudo in the 52nd minute of play. 54 minutes into the match, Kergoal's goal looked a bit too open when Ruben Biot came free, but Jocelyn Vahirua reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 57th minute, Jules Canivet ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jocelyn Vahirua was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-0. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Jules Canivet in the 61st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Jocelyn Vahirua prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Jocelyn Vahirua took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Émilien Giraudo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 68 minutes of play, Kergoal's Yoann Jeannet made it 3-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Sidney Thevenot was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 72nd minute Marco Biguet shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jocelyn Vahirua saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 75th minute, Quentin Le Page made a precise shot to the right of Jocelyn Vahirua. Kergoal's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-1. Jocelyn Vahirua showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Émilien Giraudo, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Yoann Jeannet in the 84th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Sidney Thevenot saved Perrach from getting behind. Yoann Jeannet could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 93rd minute of the match, but Sidney Thevenot made a huge save. Perrach were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Kergoal for a fine match.