Friendly League

Lionel S. Scaloni
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Cyrille Melon made the kick off which started today's match. Hocine Croix struck a weak shot in the 6th minute. Ewan Davin didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for R.C. Marseille. Pierre Dole received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Gustave Souchu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The supporters of R.C. Marseille booed when La Scaloneta was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 14 match minutes in a wonderful position. John Costes didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 15thth minute of the game Hocine Croix who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but La Scaloneta's Ewan Davin was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 16 minutes had been played when some careless play by La Scaloneta's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Renan Bouzat was slow to take the kick. During this time R.C. Marseille's players had a chance to rest. R.C. Marseille's Renan Bouzat was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Ewan Davin in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Gustave Souchu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Madjid Pauly in the 18th minute of play. With his leg Gustave Souchu managed to avoid a goal in the 20thth minute, when La Scaloneta's Pierre Dole fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 21st minute, Cyprien Auguste made a precise shot to the right of Ewan Davin. La Scaloneta's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Ewan Davin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cyrille Melon, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. La Scaloneta's Ewan Davin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cyrille Melon in the 32nd minute of play. The supporters of La Scaloneta booed when R.C. Marseille was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 36 match minutes in a wonderful position. Maxence Demay didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 36th minute, La Scaloneta's Madjid Pauly dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-1. In the 39th minute, Cyrille Melon left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The R.C. Marseille fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. After 42 played minutes La Scaloneta got a freekick which was hit by Chris Falcon. After having played for 43 minutes, Hocine Croix managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. R.C. Marseille's supporters crossed their fingers, but Hocine Croix was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Cyrille Melon scored 1-3 in the 45th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ewan Davin, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Disappointed in the 1-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Madjid Pauly to make the kick off. In the 51st minute Madjid Pauly shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gustave Souchu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cyrille Melons short, quick shot in the 54thth minute got Ewan Davin to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. In the 64th minute Pierre Dole shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gustave Souchu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 68 minutes into the match, R.C. Marseille's goal looked a bit too open when Madjid Pauly came free, but Gustave Souchu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, R.C. Marseille's Hocine Croix got a free kick in the 69th minute. In the 74th match minute, La Scaloneta was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Darren Teisseire to maneuver through the defense. In the 79th minute, Madjid Pauly hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 85th minute Pierre Dole shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gustave Souchu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ewan Davin didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Sébastian Casse went, in the 86th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-8 was the resulting score. In the 90th minute, Darren Teisseire hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.