oraison 1 - 0 RLU (370399417)

25212 spectators arrived at new lavande oxygene stadium, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Edmund Krogh was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Gerardo Furnari and Iman Eskandari Nasab. oraison tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Vega - Joerger, Dragomir, Shtúrbanov - Eussen, Sunyovszky, Belandria, Lefkovits, Hrušica - Günter, Verdina.

RLU had chosen a strategic 5-4-1 formation. The following players took the field: Şükür - Fabre, Ledoux, Renaudeau, Thomas, Simonet - Angebault, Vieira, Leroy, Mercier - Diot.

RLU saw most attack opportunities on the wings. oraison took the lead after 20 minutes as a result of S. Eussen's peach of a shot from the right hand side of the box - placed beautifully in the top corner. 1 - 0. oraison put in a good effort on the right, but E. Joerger saw his volley fly wide of the mark 25 minutes into the game. Ş. Şükür was caught napping as Á. Sunyovszky lifted a ball over him following a free kick, but the ball hit the bar, rebounding into the keeper's arms. L. Simon was called on to replace RLU's A. Ledoux after 37 minutes following a nasty collision. 1 - 0 was the halftime score. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by oraison, with 63 percent of the ball.

RLU needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 60 minutes G. Leroy made way for J. Poli. With 60 minutes played, the RLU coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. J. Eudes came on, C. Diot had to leave the fray. After 65 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by E. Joerger might have resulted in another goal for oraison. However, Ş. Şükür made a spectacular save. An equalising goal seemed certain after 66 minutes when L. Simon attacked down the left wing, but M. Vega just managed to make a save to keep the ball out of the net. oraison had most of the ball, with 61 percent of possession.

G. Verdina performed admirably for oraison. On the other hand, M. Vega's play was disheartening. RLU's best player was J. Eudes. L. Simon was a disappointment, however. The match ends 1 - 0.