Firstly Pionsat's 3rd XI lost 6-1 to Manzat. Not very impressive you might think but Manzat are top of the league by a country mile and beat one of the other teams in the division 14-1 the other day, and they have recorded several wins where they have scored in double figures. 6-1 is a good result.
At 13:00 the 1st XI took on hated local rivals St Gervais and defeated them comfortably 2-0 and that in itself is astonishing (here is Nico scoring the team's - and his - first of the two). Even more surprising is that they played the latter part of the match with just 10 men. but even so they never really looked in any serious danger
That match finished at 14:45 and just 15kms away the 2nd XI were playing against Charensat - kickoff 15:00 so I had a hectic drive through the lanes.
Now there's a goalkeeping crisis again at Pionsat as they currently have two keepers out injured and Phillipe had been called out of retirement to keep goal for the 2nd XI. But he hadn't turned up and with no other volunteer Christophe was "persuaded" to go between the posts. Now he's the first to admit that he's no keeper and he let in two goals that maybe some other keeper might have kept out. But he made up for that by having excellent positional sense, excellent timing, quick reactions and a good deal of bravery. He can be quite pleased with what he accomplished today especially as up at the other end Pionsat scored three times to win the match! Well done Christophe!
After that I went round to see Liz and Terry but they were out. Simon was there doing some plastering so we had a good chat and then I came home. I was sorry to have missed them as I had had need of Liz, in her role as the "Auvergne Snake Murderer", this morning. Moving a pile of damp and rotting wood I put my hand about half an inch away from a viper. Luckily my reactions were quicker than his!
it was probably a slow worm LOL
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