34-13, Solid Win Over Cougars

The Flash de La Courneuve improved to 6-1 with a victory of the St. Ouen Cougars 'samedi soir', 34-13 infront of a modest crowd of about 1,500. It was different starting the game in the daylight, and gametime tempature was in the mid-fifties. This was the first game since the Molosses victory the team played an all-around good football game. We still had many penalties and alignment mistakes, as well as horrible refereeing, but Jeff connected on three first-half touchdown passes, including a 70-yard bomb on the our first offense play to Marc Soumah.

I am nursing a bit of a sore shoulder, and only played the first half. It was the first rest I've had all season , and I was only taken out after we had gotten ahead 21-7. I hope to be fully recovered by the big EFL game against Berlin in 3 weeks. Most of the team stayed after the game and had drinks and sandwiches in the team clubhouse to celebrate the win.

I will attach photos as soon as I get them.

Jeff and I caught a ride from Davide, or 'petit' tight end, into downtown Paris after the game. We were dropped off at the end of Pont Neuf, and headed to a Canadian bar named the Moosehead near St. Germain that I knew would be showing the Final Four matches. With the six hour time difference we caught the Michigan State v. UCONN game, but the bar closed at 3 a.m., so we had to move it on to a late-night bar named Le Pomme d'Eve to watch the UNC v. Villanova.

Note on Le Pomme d'Eve: Le Pomme d'Eve is built into a former holy wine cellar of the 12th centurty Gothic cathedral St. Etienne-du-Mont. From the photo you can notice the dungeon, cellar, catacombish feel even with neon liquor signs and a mirrored dancefloor. We had to descend 10m below street-level just to enter the bar. The drunk Canadians that showed us this hidden spot, introduced me to the bar's manager, George, who gave me the history of the Le Pomme, with Jager shots, and at 5 a.m.

With the amount of traveling I've been doing over the past month, it was great to get out again in downtown Paris for a late-night out. Even though I woke up with cotton-mouth!