To conclude this week of derbies, which began with a success against Nice (3-1) on Tuesday then a surprising setback on the ice of the Briançon red lantern (1-4) on Friday, the Spartans of Marseille received this Sunday the Raptors of Gap, in a copiously filled Palais omnisports Marseille Grand-Est. Although the La Capelette venue was not full, it still welcomed 4,860 spectators.
The Marseille public, particularly family-oriented given the Sunday programming, had to raise their voice in the stands to compete with the fervent Gapençaise colony, who gave drums and megaphones to be heard – very well – and even tifo to make themselves heard. make see.
On the ice, Luc Tardif's men had one objective: to resume their march forward, undermined in Briançon less than 48 hours earlier in the Hautes-Alpes, and to begin a new series of victories (the last had reached 7 all competitions combined).
45 seconds that change everything
The Marseillais took the match from the right end, shooting much more on goal than their opponents, which defender Fabien Bourgeois made concrete (1-0, 18th). But this relatively sterile domination left the Raptors in the match, and Jackson Camp was quick to put the two teams back on level terms (1-1, 34th). The third third was therefore going to be decisive, and once again, the Spartans took the advantage thanks to the native of Marseille, Colin Morillon, author of a beautiful off-center shot (2-1, 47th).
And then, the Raptors turned the match around, helped by their opponents (penalty for Sacha Djigaouri just before the equalizer for Romain Gutierrez, 48th) and… by a member of the refereeing body who hit a Marseille defender. And if Stefan Steen won his face to face in front of LoÏc Coulaud, he could not stop the recovery of Julien Correia (49th).
To finish, Luc Tardif's men chased the score, putting a lot of traffic in front of Antoine Gilbert's cage and making the Pomge shudder, and even having to play in an empty cage (exit of the goalkeeper to add an outfield player) in the last moments. Without success, until the top scorer Czech Spartans, Jan Dufek, comes to snatch the equalizer… 8 seconds from the end. But here again, the referees did not help the locals and refused the goal for Marseille obstruction on Antoine Gilbert.
Next week, the Spartans will go to Chamonix on Tuesday before hosting Grenoble, leader of the championship.
