the realistic Franciscans, prolix Josephins in R1

Friday evening (January 10), the Louis-Xercès stadium in Sainte-Marie hosted the flagship match of the series of scheduled matches. The Samaritaine – runner-up of the Franciscan Club – received the Golden Lion of Saint-Joseph.

The Joséphins controlled the game from start to finish which nevertheless ended in a goalless draw at halftime. At the start of the second half (46^e minute), Kenterly Faucher finds the opening by taking a ball pushed back by the Samaritan goalkeeper following a heavy strike from Norman Grelet (46th), 1 to 0 for the away Josephins.

Shortly after, the visitors obtained a penalty following a foul by Samaritan goalkeeper Jordan Robar, we then played 53^e minute. The last Samaritan rampart receives a red card. Alvyn Lamasine’s 11-meter shot was saved by Ronald Dogué who replaced his excluded teammate. The supporters of the local players are regaining hope and the yellow and green orchestra is giving voice to push its protégés. At 71^e minute, Alvyn Lamasine, the Josephin striker, redeems himself and scores the break goal, 2 to 0 for the Golden Lion.

And the visitors will weigh down the mark at the 82^e minute through Jordi Boriel, 3 goals to 0 it is with this score that Jean-Pierre Janvillier sends the players back to the locker room. As soon as they left the pitch, coach Fabrice Reuperné’s players dedicated this success to their teammate Thierry Catherine, who had undergone cruciate knee ligament surgery the day before.

In Saint-Joseph, Friday January 10, between the Racing Club de Saint-Joseph and the Golden-Star, many wondered how the Josephins had digested their great adventure in the Coupe de France. Things moved very quickly despite a rather timid start.

Jiovanie Barba quickly opened the scoring (14th minute) by taking a cross from the right, 1-0 for the locals. This is the halftime score.

It was in the second half that the Josephins hit the nail on the head. Barba, once again, took full advantage of the opposing goalkeeper’s poor clearance. Jiovanie Barba, with a volley at the entrance to the penalty area, found the net, a double from Barba which then brought the score to 2 to 0 for the Racing Club in the 49th minute.

And with its advantage, RC Saint-Joseph aggravated the score by Emmanuel Elismar who, with a subtle spiked ball in the 77th minute of play, gave greater scale to the score. Finally, Jeremy Ludon’s players won 3-0 at the expense of the Golden Star who did not provide the performance expected by Jean-Marc Grégoire, their coach who did not recognize his group.

Last match of the series of 3 of the weekend, Saturday January 11, Club Péléen hosted Club Franciscain, the leader of R1 at the Georges Charles-Alfred stadium in Morne-Rouge. Before this match, the two teams were separated by 3 points to the advantage of the Franciscans, which means that this match was an opportunity for the Peleans to join the Franciscans in the general classification.

Tactical match, match closed for a very long time, at the break the score was 0-0.

In the second half, it was the same situation and it was in the last moments of the match that the visitors found the fault. Killian Polomat offers the winning goal to the Franciscan Club in the 88th^e minute, the Franciscans keep the lead in the ranking while waiting for the rest of the event calendar to be updated.