Friendly League

Stade J.SNELLA
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) R.C. Marseille's Cyrille Melon 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. The supporters of R.C. Marseille booed when Cats and dogs was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 10 match minutes in a wonderful position. Salim Vera didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Renan Bouzat in the 12th minute of play forced Cats and dogs's goalkeeper Joe Camp to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Joe Camp 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 17th minute. In the 20th minute Gaétan Bouchard shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Didier Lafargue saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Didier Lafargue made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nicolas Hamard in the 27th minute of play. 28 minutes in the game Jean-Marc Buisson did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Cyrille Melon. Didier Lafargue made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Franklin Boch in the 31st minute of play. The supporters of R.C. Marseille booed when Cats and dogs was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 37 match minutes in a wonderful position. Téo Aguiar didn't get a good kick on the ball. Gaétan Bouchard fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Didier Lafargue having to interfere. After 42 played minutes Cats and dogs got a freekick which was hit by Egoitz Lagunas. The supporters of R.C. Marseille booed when Cats and dogs was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 44 match minutes in a wonderful position. Redouane Goude didn't get a good kick on the ball. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Gaétan Bouchard was the one to do the kick off. A collision led to R.C. Marseille getting a freekick after 51 minutes play. Jean-Marc Buisson hit a great ball. If Gaétan Bouchard had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 52nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Joe Camp showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cyrille Melon in the 54th minute of the match. If Cyrille Melon had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Joe Camp showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mihail Toader in the 58th minute of the match. Didier Lafargue showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nicolas Hamard, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. Renan Bouzat received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 65th minute. Joe Camp tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. R.C. Marseille made a substitution. Djibril Mourot replaced Mihail Toader. Cats and dogs's Terry Sauvestre was substituted for Gaétan Bouchard. The supporters of R.C. Marseille booed when Cats and dogs was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 69 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sam Yilmaz didn't get a good kick on the ball. 71 minutes into the match, Cyrille Melon notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Cats and dogs's Joe Camp. Joe Camp was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After having played for 77 minutes, Djibril Mourot managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. R.C. Marseille's supporters crossed their fingers, but Djibril Mourot was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Joe Camp took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cyrille Melon, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 90 played minutes Cats and dogs got a freekick which was hit by Sam Yilmaz. Renan Bouzat struck a weak shot in the 91st minute. Joe Camp 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. When Renan Bouzat fell near the penalty area in the 92nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored R.C. Marseille's protests and gave Renan Bouzat a yellow card for diving instead. Renan Bouzat hit a great freekick 92 minutes into the match. R.C. Marseille's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.