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RUGBY - TOP 14: First staggering to Montpellier, qualified for the finals of Top 14

REUTERS - Montpellier beat Racing Metro 26-25, on a last-minute penalty Saturday in Marseille and tore the right to play one final novel in the Top 14 rugby against Toulouse next Saturday.

The goal of Martin Bustos Moyano Argentina was the last shot scene of a semi-final winners that have played for 20 to 14 minutes due to temporary evictions Fabien Rofes (15th minute) and Francois Trinh-Duc ( 52e).

At the 50th minute of play, gained the victory seemed to Montpellier which led 23-6 but the Racing-Metro came back and took the lead 25-23 with three minutes remaining.

Martin Bustos Moyano then succeeded his 30-yard penalty against the posts.The opener at Racing Jonathan Wisniewski had another match point on a drop in a good position he has missed in the final seconds.

The 26 points Montpellier came from two trials Sylvain Mirande and Santiago Fernandez in the first half and two conversions and four penalties from Bustos Moyano.

Racing scored three tries by Sireli Bobo, Jonathan Wisniewski and Jone Qovu, two conversions and a penalty from Jonathan Wisniewski and another penalty from Francois Steyn.

There was no observation time between the club Ile, which no longer reached the final since the last of his five titles in 1990 and the team never Hérault
experienced such a consecration.

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Racing took the scoring in the 3rd minute of play on a penalty in the South African Francois Steyn but was exposed to fast-attack against Montpellier who came from behind in the bunch Bustos Moyano shortly before a quarter of hour of play

Reduced to 14 by the temporary exclusion of hooker Rofes for percussion at the shoulder, Montpellier believed to mark a first attempt by his replacement hooker Joan Caudullo but action has not been confirmed by the video referee.

It was only a postponement.A half-hour mark, a breakthrough in the second line center shifted Fakaté Sylvain Mirande for the first try of the match.

Another breakthrough Fulgence Ouedraogo could push more a vacillating Racing before half-time but the captain of Montpellier was taken by Bobo to two meters from the line and the gap was only six points at 13-6 break.

In the heat of the Velodrome stadium in Montpellier Paris began the dream by scoring a second try from the restart. Trinh-Duc escaped along the touchline, sent the ball to Santiago Fernandez, who has flattened corner.On transformation, Bustos Moyano continued his work as a metronome.

Racing has responded on a long run cross Benjamin Fall, who served ideally Sireli Bobo unprocessed for a test, the eighth of the season winger Ile.

It was on this same action as Trinh-Duc received his yellow card for delaying plating on Fall.

Now master of the ball, Racing continued its ascent by testing Wisniewski and that of Jone Qovu seemed to give him a victory that Montpellier has resumed thanks to their courage and boot Bustos Moyano.