Anarchistes 1 - 1 DFCO-dijon (354504364)

9333 punters turned up at Les Anarchistes Arena, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Jo Ligtvoet was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Reinhardt Banfi and Viggo Joha. Anarchistes had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players took the field: Schierling - Rafaeli, Montels, Corradi - Urbina Arce, Carmezim, Kmoníček, Legnick, Hél - Rougier, Roger.

A 4-5-1 alignment was the formation of choice for DFCO-dijon. The following players had been chosen: Gabriëls - Pauly, Baliu, Siembida, Alias - Henninger, Hyötylä, Rabatel, Chauvet, Lauwereys - Miraka.

Anarchistes tried to focus their attacks down the middle. Anarchistes had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle attacks. After 16 minutes, there was a bit of a mixup on the field as Anarchistes found themselves out of position and their organisation level dropped to solid. Anarchistes broke through on the left 21 minutes into the game, with F. Roger firing in from an acute angle to give the home side a 1 - 0 lead. After 26 minutes DFCO-dijon's C. Chauvet contracted a slight foot injury, but didn't want to leave the game. Halftime score was 1 - 0. DFCO-dijon had most of the ball, with 51 percent of possession.

A review of the gameplan helped Anarchistes get back to a solid organisation when the referee blew his whistle again. F. Legnick should probably have put his team up another goal after 53 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by G. Gabriëls kept the visitors in the game. Anarchistes's D. Carmezim was shown a yellow card after 60 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Coming through the middle S. Henninger almost scored the equaliser for DFCO-dijon after 67 minutes, but P. Schierling made an excellent save, tipping the awkwardly curled shot past the post. 74 minutes into the game, Anarchistes seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a passable level of organisation. With 75 minutes played, the visitors could have drawn level after A. Miraka came through the middle, but his kick went wide. One of many good crosses from S. Henninger on the wing was received and skillfully taken care of by A. Miraka, who scored for DFCO-dijon. 1 - 1 The guests almost went up by a goal after 85 minutes when A. Miraka came through and shot from the right. The ball bounced harmlessly off the post, though. With 87 minutes played, L. Corradi of Anarchistes fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. DFCO-dijon claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 58 percent.

S. Rougier performed admirably for Anarchistes. Č. Kmoníček was a disappointment, however. The most dominating DFCO-dijon player was without a doubt A. Rabatel. On the other hand, G. Baliu's play was disheartening. The match ends 1 - 1.