FC_Glorieux 1 - 2 United (384296536)

25943 spectators arrived at Stade wider den neoliberalen Zeitgeist, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Andrei Grecu was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Mihael Mika and Ferruccio Diamanti. FC_Glorieux started off with a 4-5-1 lineup. Starters: Schinkels - Seling, Kowacz, Lefelon, Olives - Sörgel, von Wolffskeel, Kampen, Tatomir, Grégoire - Worrell.

United tactics involved an interesting 2-5-3 combination. The following players took the field: Apitius - Di Tullio, Spanovics - Judycki, Seigle, Muschelschubser, Fricke, Cappelletti - Jakl, van Aalen, Deloffre.

United mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. This was a good period for the visitors, with several opportunities to take the lead, particularly when N. van Aalen slipped through the defence on the right to come up alone against C. Schinkels, but the home side's keeper showed his lightning reflexes. United took the lead 20 minutes into the game, making the score 0 - 1 after some elegant movement down the middle. M. Judycki was the scorer. FC_Glorieux tried to even things up by sending a long ball towards the centrally placed strikers, but the visitors' defence got the best of this rather direct style of play. 0 - 1 was the score after the first half. United enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 56 percent of possession.

The crowd was on its feet 59 minutes into the match, as FC_Glorieux's A. Kowacz found himself unmarked in front of the goal after a dash up the left side. He calmly put away the 1 - 1 equaliser. United had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle attacks. A mistake by the home side's central defence after 64 minutes allowed D. Cappelletti to score for United. The scoreboard now read 1 - 2. After the ball was lifted in from the left, H. Muschelschubser was on his own in the home side's penalty area and should have scored after 79 minutes, but missed, probably due to lack of concentration. C. Schinkels kept the home side in the game with a magnificent save when S. Jakl delivered an almost perfect free kick to the far post. Possession in this half belonged to United, who controlled the ball 59 percent of the time.

A. Olives performed admirably for FC_Glorieux. H. Sörgel turned in a dismal performance, however. United's best player was F. Fricke. However, M. Judycki made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 1 - 2.