Ligue 1 – The day when ASSE and MHSC challenged each other to skiing

Mr. Kalt, the referee, decided to kick off, especially since the weather forecast for the day was not pessimistic. The two teams were separated by only two small points in the standings and continued to perform well. Three consecutive victories for the Greens, three successes in four matches for the Héraultais. Nearly twenty-two thousand brave people had braved the cold and pushed ASSE who would open the scoring in the thirteenth minute, thanks to Brandao following a cross from Aubameyang. The Gabonese would add to the bill a quarter of an hour later. In the center-forward position he took back, with his heel, a deep cross from Cohade. Two to zero at halftime. The pitch had become playable and the rest of the match looked good, most thought.

It was a lack of knowledge of the Saint-Etienne climate, capable of unexpected changes. A real snowstorm was about to fall on the Cauldron, while the two teams were still in the locker rooms. As a result, the break was extended by fifteen minutes by Mr. Kalt, who then stopped the match while Mollo had worsened the score from the restart and Cabella, future Saint-Etienne, was quick to reduce it in the following minute. It was previously necessary to retrace the red lines after blowing away the snow that was hiding them, but we will have to start again.

While some were warming up in the refreshment bar, we witnessed an incredible spectacle: the green players, shovel in hand, clearing the lawn, while Christophe Galtier, who had taken out his down jacket from the big days, was having fun playing. throwing snowballs at his colleague René Girard. He, on the other hand, was pestering that the match should be stopped once and for all. Finally, to the great despair of Louis Nicollin's protégés, the game resumed after twenty minutes of “work”, while some spectators, discouraged and cold, had returned home. Bodmer took the opportunity to close the scoring ten minutes from time, heading in a cross from Renaud Cohade, author of three assists that day.
Four to one. Unforgettable green victory, we didn't freeze for nothing.