Who would have bet on a victory for Ludovic Montoro, Christophe Sarrio and Kévin Malbec at the Masters of Montluçon, Thursday, at the stroke of 10 am? Nobody !
At that time, the three friends were on the edge of the precipice, led most logically in the quarter-final by the local of the stage, Christian Fazzino, 12 to 3.
“We had a little something”, comments soberly Ludovic Montoro after his victorious final against Rocher, Suchaud and Quintais. “A big thing,” adds Kévin Malbec. This “big thing” is the three boxes received in quick succession by Fazzino, resulting in his expulsion and the defeat of his team 13 to 12.
Christian Fazzino is expelled from his game, unheard of at the Pétanque Masters
So lucky the Montoro team? No, because after all, it’s not his fault that the Montluçonnais champion has been penalized three times for a foot fault. Because in the semi as in the final, the winners of the day did not need another stroke of fate.
We pass quickly on the half quickly dispatched, 13 to 3, against the local team, to linger on a final which kept all its promises with a few strokes of brilliance and periods of lean hardships.
Ludovic Montoro, here in the quarterfinals against Christian Fazzino, was very valuable in shooting in the final.
“We alternated between the very good and the very bad,” sums up the pointer, Ludovic Montoro, who has shown himself faithful to his reputation. To know how to shoot the important balls.
This was verified from the first lead with two consecutive strikes which allowed his team to take the lead, 2-0. And especially at the seventh lead, where, 6-9, the underdogs chained six strikes, including one. Diamond for Montoro, in order to pass 11 to 9. The victory was close and it materialized the next end.
“I was bad at shooting”
Opposite, Philippe Quintais has nothing to be ashamed of. He “bottle-fed” for three games while Dylan Rocher recovered in the final. Philippe Suchaud, he did the “job” to the point. But… “I was terrible at marksmanship. Today (yesterday, Editor’s note), there was no ball that came out well ”. The Rocher team can console itself with a first place in the general classification of masters after two stages. The Montoro team can push a sigh of relief after the zero point in Saint-Tropez. “If we lost, we were last, launches Christophe Sarrio. It gives us a boost in the competition ”.
The results
Quarter-finals. Rocher, Suchaud, Quintais beat the Spanish team (F. Cardenas, J.Cardenas, Guasch), 13 to 11; the Italian team (Rizzi, Chiapelllo, Cometto) beats Jouffre, Doerr, Philipson 13 to 9, Montoro, Sarrio, Malbec beat Fazzino, Bonetto, Rivieira 13 to 12; Pailleret, Laleuf, Delage beat Durk, Puccinelli, Feltain 13 to 7.
Semi-finals. Rocher beats Italy 13 to 7; Montoro beats local team 13 to 3.
Finale. Montoro beats Rocher 13 to 9
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Fabrice Redon
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