{"id":71,"date":"2012-11-10T22:48:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-10T22:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lesguis.com\/wp\/?p=71"},"modified":"2017-07-12T11:16:57","modified_gmt":"2017-07-12T11:16:57","slug":"what-an-extraordinary-football-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesguis.com\/wp\/?p=71","title":{"rendered":"Saturday 10th November 2012 – WHAT AN EXTRAORDINARY …"},"content":{"rendered":"

… football match!<\/p>\n

I’ve just come back from Pionsat where I’ve been watching the FC Pionsat St Hilaire’s 1st and 2nd XIs in action tonight.<\/p>\n

\"fcpsh<\/a>As for the 2nd XI, despite havng a decent team out there tonight, and despite their rather dramatic improvement over the last couple of matches, they ran out of steam tonight.<\/p>\n

It seemed to me that several of the players out there tonight just weren’t “with it”.<\/p>\n

That’s quite a contrast to the last couple of matches against the Goatslayers and Miremont.
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\"fcpsh<\/a>In those matches they played with real enthusiasm, but somehow tonight they couldn’t come up with the goods, and ended up losing 3-1. <\/p>\n

This wasn’t really a difficult match either because the opposition didn’t seem to be up to much either. <\/p>\n

The three points were definitely there for the taking but they ended up being thrown away.
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\"fcpsh<\/a>As for the 1st XI’s match against St Bonnet, I’m still shaking my head even now.<\/p>\n

The FC Pionsat St Hilaire’s defence was ripped to shreds by a lightning-quick St Bonnet attack team which played in a very robust, even physical manner.<\/p>\n

And things didn’t go very well from an official’s point of view either.
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\"fcpsh<\/a>Pionsat were denied an absolute stone-wall penalty when one of their players was pushed (and a clear two-handed push at that) off the ball.<\/p>\n

They also were awarded a penalty for something that only the referee saw – even the FC Pionsat St Hilaire linesman, who was down at that end, said later that he saw nothing to get excited about – and they contrived to miss it.<\/p>\n

All in all, you had the feeling that it was going to be “one of those days”
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\"fcpsh<\/a>And so when I tell you that FC PIonsat St Hilaire ran out 2-1 victors at the final whistle, you will be just as surprised as I am.<\/p>\n

One slice of good fortune, one spectacular long range effort that could have gone anywhere – and usually does – but this time finds the back of the net, and some dogged last-minute defending, and FCPSH stole the points.<\/p>\n

It’s not every day that they come out with three points from a match like this so they should make the most of it.
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Despite what I said last night about an early night, it was after 04:00 when I went to bed – clearly my guilty conscience is pricking me. And with going to bed at 04:00, you can imagine just how difficult it was to raise myself at 07:45.<\/p>\n

I was rather like a zombie for an hour or two this morning – “only an hour or two? … ed –<\/i> although I managed to finish my rock music radio programme for Radio Anglais.<\/p>\n

Off then for a flying visit to the shops in St Eloy-les-Mines and then round to Rosemary’s to help her move some stuff and to receive the low-down on her date on Thursday night. <\/p>\n

If you ask me, I think that it’s cute, all these people going out on dates. As for me, I can still chase after the women, even if I can’t remember why.<\/p>\n

>So tomorrow it’s my weekly lie-in and then bits and pieces until the afternoon when I shall be off to Terjat to see AS Terjat in action at home – no footy tomorrow in the Puy-de-Dome. <\/p>\n

I aren’t ‘arf getting about these days, aren’t I?<\/p>\n

-3<\/span><\/a><\/div> <\/div>
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