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Stade Gaston Petit
Spectators: 7500 (Terracing: 5625, Seating: 1725, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Sarwat Imam got the match started through his kick off. Lions de Châteauroux's Sarwat Imam was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 4th play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. Xavier Tissot kicked well hit freekick during the 6th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 7th minute, Youri Richou managed to get in a good position for a shot. Lions de Châteauroux's supporters rose to their feet, but Youri Richou was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Matheo Carrer breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 9th minute Fabien Lamour clashed with another player. He fell to the ground and was in great pain. It was obvious that he couldn't finish the game. Denis Giurăscu's late challenge caught a Eguisheim's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Denis Giurăscu helped the player get up and apologised. When the match clock showed 11 minutes, the score became 1-1 when Mathys Félix sped through Lions de Châteauroux's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Nolan Bernede. Matheo Carrer was out of position in the 18 minute of play, and Eugène Chassin capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Eugène Chassin really showed his touch with that goal: 3-1. After some careless play in the Eguisheim defense, Sarwat Imam kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Matheo Carrer. The Eguisheim fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Matheo Carrer should have stopped the shot. Eguisheim's Xavier Tissot got a good chance for a goal in the 31st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Eguisheim's Matheo Carrer proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 34th minute of the match, managed to save Eguisheim from getting a goal against them. Sarwat Imam who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 38thth minute tested the skills of Matheo Carrer when he managed to save the team from getting behind. With a little luck, Eguisheim's Matheo Carrer got control of the ball when Sarwat Imam tried to sneak it across the goal line. The audience was convinced that Sarwat Imam's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Matheo Carrer was relentless in the 40th minute of the game. Eguisheim's defense didn't have a chance, in the 41st minute, when Fabiano Paraense scored to the left of an out of position Matheo Carrer, making the score, 5-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sarwat Imam in the 47th minute of play forced Eguisheim's goalkeeper Matheo Carrer to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.

The wind increased when Mathys Félix made the kick off in the second half. Matheo Carrer stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Sarwat Imam's shot from short distance in the 52nd minute. In the 54th match minute, Eguisheim was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Xavier Tissot to maneuver through the defense. In the 55th minute, Youri Richou 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. Julio Arangua made in the 67th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Robert De Coster. In the 68th minute Youri Richou shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Matheo Carrer saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The Lions de Châteauroux fans' excitement grew in the 71st match minute when Lions de Châteauroux's Sarwat Imam looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 7-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. In the 75th minute, Achille Moulis 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 78th minute Sarwat Imam shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Matheo Carrer saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Youri Richou received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 80th minute. Matheo Carrer tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 82ndth minute of the game Sarwat Imam who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Eguisheim's Matheo Carrer was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 83rd minute, Sarwat Imam left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Lions de Châteauroux fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 8-1. When the match had gone on for 86 minutes, Sarwat Imam put it in 9-1 from a short distance just to the right of Matheo Carrer. In the 90th minute, Youri Richou made a precise shot to the right of Matheo Carrer. Eguisheim's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 10-1. Matheo Carrer showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sarwat Imam in the 93rd minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Sarwat Imam's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Matheo Carrer was relentless in the 97th minute of the game. Lions de Châteauroux's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.