Friday evening took place the first D3 play-off meeting which will crown the 2023-2024 champion; it pitted the Astrac reserve against the Duran II team. Pushed by a large and enthusiastic public, the Astaracais group achieved the perfect blow by winning 3 goals to 2 on a free kick from Yannick Lahille in the 93rd minute which, after flying into the Duran night, went house under the bar.
Before that, the opposition had kept all its promises: the Duran individuals will have held their rank, while the solidarity and the Astarac state of mind, a hallmark of this team for two years, will have done much better than resist. After the first scare after 20 seconds and this sharp Duran raid which could have cooled the group, the debates are balanced. Twice, the team responded on corners hit by Charlie Lamarque and taken by Baptiste Roumeguere and Daniel Roucolle to Duran’s achievements. In the meantime, the match is unbridled and Mory Kourouma could have scored his goal without the saving gesture of the local defender on his line.
The 2nd act is pleasant and, with a quarter of an hour to go, Thomas Dutrey makes the perfect double save to preserve the result and salute his father, Jean-Christophe, who, after having made many saves in his cage, prepares the club’s goalkeepers for this type of exploit. The shots on goal seemed to be looming before Yannick Lahille decided otherwise, to the delight of the Astrac public who could treat themselves to a party on Saturday June 15, at 6 p.m., in Bézues-Bajon, during the reception of Touget and end of the season.
