League

Au City
Spectators: 9000 (Terracing: 6750, Seating: 2070, VIP seats: 180) Elegance Dijon's Stéphane Gaudy 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. Régis Catoire could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 3rd minute of the match, but Tristan Vicente made a huge save. Tristan Vicente took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from David Kopa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dave Rinaldi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arnaud Konieczny in the 8th minute of the match. 9 minutes into the match, Elegance Dijon's goal looked a bit too open when Antonin Dagorne came free, but Dave Rinaldi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 12 minutes, Antonin Dagorne mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Herblay and the Elegance Dijon players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Herblay's Antonin Dagorne got a free kick in the 12th minute. Tristan Vicente showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from David Kopa, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. Antonin Dagorne sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 18th minute, Elegance Dijon's Stéphane Gaudy ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Tristan Vicente. Tristan Vicente yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. After having played for 20 minutes, Stéphane Gaudy managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Elegance Dijon's supporters crossed their fingers, but Stéphane Gaudy was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Dave Rinaldi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arnaud Konieczny in the 24th minute of the match. Dave Rinaldi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Antonin Dagorne in the 25th minute of the match. In the 27th minute Stéphane Gaudy shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tristan Vicente saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 31 minutes into the match, Elegance Dijon's goal looked a bit too open when Antonin Dagorne came free, but Dave Rinaldi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Dave Rinaldi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arnaud Konieczny in the 35th minute of the match. Norbert Cadart received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 41st minute. Dave Rinaldi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Roger Hauguel had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The wind increased when Arnaud Konieczny made the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, Herblay's Antonin Dagorne got a free kick in the 53rd minute. Thanks to some nice moves Arnaud Konieczny could shoot a difficult shot in the 72nd minute, which Dave Rinaldi however easily saved by the left post. 74 minutes into the game, Dimitri Bougault was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Herblay's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Elegance Dijon the free kick. The supporters of Herblay booed when Elegance Dijon was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 77 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alexis Bajeux didn't get a good kick on the ball. Dave Rinaldi made a fantastic save in the 79th minute, when Arnaud Konieczny sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Antonin Dagorne in the 81st minute of play forced Elegance Dijon's goalkeeper Dave Rinaldi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 82 minutes into the match, Elegance Dijon's goal looked a bit too open when Antonin Dagorne came free, but Dave Rinaldi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Dave Rinaldi made a fantastic save in the 83rd minute, when Arnaud Konieczny sent off a good shot on target. Tristan Vicente didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Christian Minaud went, in the 85th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. Dimitri Bougault could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 88th minute of the match, but Dave Rinaldi made a huge save. Dave Rinaldi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Antonin Dagorne, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. After 92 played minutes Elegance Dijon got a freekick which was hit by Stéphane Gaudy.