SBV 1 - 3 marseille (369242370)

30976 spectators had found their way to Bier-Brauerei, despite the heavy rain. Pierre-Antoine Lavallee was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Jean-Jacques Barrere and Dorus Clephas. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for SBV. They fielded: Crouzat - Kübli, Schwehn, Inhelder - Kirvelavičius, Brechbühl, Acebedo, Schlayer, Galvão - Stamen, Schalks.

marseille had chosen a strategic 4-3-3 formation. The following players took the field: Greenfeld - Conceição, Bartmann, Kaibinger, Inderkum - Gisi, Boari, Estrader - Häuselmann, Bamert, Kreider.

SBV's Q. Schalks tried to break through in the middle repeatedly, but couldn't get past the visitors' defenders. SBV's B. Acebedo had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 13 minutes having been played. A. Kocian was the replacement. The visiting A. Inderkum was booed thoroughly by the home crowd 25 minutes into the game, after he broke through the middle and scored, resulting in the visitors taking the lead. 0 - 1 was the score. S. Brechbühl could have scored for SBV with his free kick after 31 minutes, but the visitors' keeper just managed to get a hand on it. 0 - 1 was the halftime score. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by marseille, with 51 percent of the ball.

After 59 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for L. Boari who increased marseille's lead to 0 - 2. L. Boari did not have a good day today, often losing his footing on the muddy pitch. A. Stamen was the first to reach the corner kick, but his header was blocked by the keeper. However, SBV's T. Schlayer managed to get hold of the rebound and tucked the ball into the empty net. 1 - 2 F. Häuselmann received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 68 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 1 - 3. The marseille fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. After 69 minutes A. Kocian could have reduced the lead with a blistering strike from the left wing, had it not been for an excellent block by the visitors' keeper. marseille's F. Häuselmann was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 75 minutes. Possession in this half belonged to marseille, who controlled the ball 52 percent of the time.

SBV's top performer was clearly A. Stamen. A. Kocian was a disappointment, however. G. Kreider performed admirably for marseille. On the other hand, L. Greenfeld's play was disheartening. The match ends 1 - 3.