New Caledonia in training at Clairefontaine, where the
Pacific islanders stayed during the latest Coupe de l’Outre Mer along with
three other squads: Tahiti, Mayotte and Martinique.
Mayotte and Tahiti players board the bus to Issy-les-Moulineaux
on ther outskirts of southern Paris, where the two teams will face each other
in the opening round of the 2012 Coupe de l’Outre Mer.
Mayotte and Tahiti players walk out at FC Issy.
The half-time entertainment during the opening round of
matches at the home of FC Issy.
Mayotte’s explosive striker Chamsidine Attoumani from the
ESP d’Iloni club leaves the field after his hat-trick destroyed 2012 Oceania
Cup winners Tahiti, 3-1.
2010 winners Martinique, who would go on to make the latest
final only to lose to Reunion. The same two sides have contested every final of
Le Coupe de l’Outre Mer since the biennial tournament was first staged in 2008.
Former Real Madrid star and 1998 World Cup Christian
Karembeu arrives with lady-friends to watch his native New Caledonia take on
holders Martinique.
An exhausted St Pierre et Miquelon defender with a TV presenter after his team’s 10-0 thumping from Reunion.
The
virtually empty main stand at Red Star’s Stade Baeur in Saint Ouen shortly
before Reunion take on St Pierre et Miquelon, a tiny French territory off
eastern Canada.
Steve Marlet talks to the media before kick-off
at Stade Bauer, where the Former Fulham and France player is now on the
coaching staff. Marlet is eligible to play for Martinque, but he turned down an opportunity to come out of retirement and play again.
In the stands at Stade Baeur, the French Guiana squad look
on unimpressed as St Pierre et Miquelon struggle to cope with eventual winners
Reunion.
A French Guiana player prefers to reads up on his team’s next
opponents Guadeloupe rather than watch the preceeding game.
Guadeloupe’s
side before their 4-2 win over French Guiana.
2 comments:
Amazing pics Steve ! Have you been there ?
I unfortunately did not have enough time. Would have loved to see them, though.
Yes I was there, covering the tournament for some magazines like World Soccer and 442 and also the BBC
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