Official Cup

Stade Mathieu-Curt
Spectators: 163 (Terracing: 123, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Green Madness's Philippe Wartel 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. A collision led to Green Madness getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Fabrice Béziat hit a great ball. Green Madness's defense didn't have a chance, in the 4th minute, when Simon Collinet scored to the left of an out of position Mourad De Barros, making the score, 1-0. When Philippe Wartel came up free with the goalie in the 8th minute, the Green Madness fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Philippe Wartel couldn't finish the play. In the 11th minute, Simon Collinet 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. Mourad De Barros showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Simon Collinet in the 12th minute of the match. Salim Pariset hit a great freekick 13 minutes into the match. Mourad De Barros didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Léonard Beuve went, in the 15th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. When the match had gone on for 18 minutes, Simon Collinet took a quick shot and it went in 3-0 without a chance for Mourad De Barros to make any attempt to save it. Mourad De Barros took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Léonard Beuve, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 23 minutes into the match, Avel Vat's goal looked a bit too open when Noël Saliou came free, but Yves Amet reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 24 played minutes Avel Vat got a freekick which was hit by Léonard Beuve. Mourad De Barros didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Simon Collinet went, in the 26th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-0 was the resulting score. Léonard Beuve succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 5-0 in the 30th playminute. Walter Abed hit a great freekick 35 minutes into the match. Rémy Franco hit a great freekick 38 minutes into the match. Mourad De Barros took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Simon Collinet, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Philippe Wartel received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 46th minute. Yves Amet tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 5-0.

Léonard Beuve fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 52nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mourad De Barros having to interfere. Simon Collinet took the ball and in the 54 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Mourad De Barros. Mourad De Barros dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 6-0. Mourad De Barros made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Simon Collinet in the 60th minute of play. If Philippe Wartel had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 62nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. If Léonard Beuve had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After having played for 65 minutes, Léonard Beuve managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Avel Vat's supporters crossed their fingers, but Léonard Beuve was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 67th minute, Léonard Beuve ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Mourad De Barros was frozen by the shot and now it was 7-0. When the match clock showed 73 minutes, the score became 8-0 when Simon Collinet sped through Green Madness's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Mourad De Barros. The supporters of Green Madness booed when Avel Vat was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 83 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bakary Soula didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Simon Collinet in the 92nd minute of play forced Green Madness's goalkeeper Mourad De Barros to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Tristan Fontana during the 95th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Avel Vat booed when Green Madness was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 95 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tristan Fontana didn't get a good kick on the ball. There was no doubt that Avel Vat were the better team. Avel Vat's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.