SBV 2 - 3 marseille (384947339)

Clouds darkened the skies at Bier-Brauerei as 36143 spectators turned up for the match. Mario Luongo was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Peder Møller and Erich Wicker. SBV had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Starters: Crouzat - Chiarani, Schwehn, Inhelder - Kirvelavičius, Ramírez, Chevrot, Le Bihan, Galvão - Stamen, Schalks.

A 4-3-3 alignment was the formation of choice for marseille. They fielded: Greenfeld - Conceição, Bartmann, Kaibinger, Inderkum - Gisi, Boari, Estrader - Häuselmann, Kreider, Antenen.

marseille were relying on their ability to counter-attack. SBV broke through on the left 2 minutes into the game, with A. Stamen firing in from an acute angle to give the home side a 1 - 0 lead. Given a free kick close to the byline, marseille tried a move that loyal fans may recognise from training. A pass to the side pulled the defence out of position which let J. Conceição slip through on goal. He didn't have to break his stride, and slipped the ball past the keeper to make it 1 - 1, 14 minutes into the game. After 16 minutes, marseille put themselves up 1 - 2, as J. Antenen finished off a strike from the left with a real cannonball of a shot. With 17 minutes played, SBV's V. Le Bihan found an opening in the visitors' left side defence, but his shot was handled easily by the keeper. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave E. Schwehn from SBV a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 26 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! It was 1 - 2 at the break. Possession in this half belonged to marseille, who controlled the ball 52 percent of the time.

After 67 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for F. Häuselmann who increased marseille's lead to 1 - 3. It took several tries, but SBV managed to break through on the left after 71 minutes, getting the ball to A. Inhelder who easily reduced the lead to make the score 2 - 3. SBV 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. marseille enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 51 percent of possession.

SBV's best player was A. Stamen. J. Chevrot on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating marseille player was without a doubt G. Kreider. On the other hand, L. Greenfeld's play was disheartening. The match ends 2 - 3.