déserteurs 4 - 0 Spider (370365441)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 37700 at Les déserteurs Arena today. Gianfranco Pala was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Ernest Achten and Wolfgang Krebs. déserteurs started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Lineup: Benucci - Irauqui, Vesić, Timou - Arnesi, Burnichon, Dardari, Van Damme, Chênot - Buonfantino, Esparon.

Spider had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. They fielded: Petrakos - Vialette, Marcolin, Crispim - Napoli, Monni, Van Steenberghe, Janjić, King - Medić, Martínez.

Spider mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. They were singing the praises of A. Chênot 5 minutes into the match after his speculative chip from the middle of the penalty box found its way over the visitors' keeper to make the score 1 - 0 to déserteurs. After 29 minutes, V. Van Damme sent the corner kick right to K. Timou who headed it sharply past the keeper. 2 - 0! Confident in their lead, déserteurs's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. Spider's T. Janjić had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 34 minutes having been played. K. Rytych was the replacement. déserteurs's J. Esparon increased the lead to 3 - 0, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 35 minutes. 3 - 0 was the halftime score. déserteurs had most of the ball, with 55 percent of possession.

With 69 minutes played, M. Burnichon could have brought this one home for déserteurs as he charged up on the left, but his hooked ball went just a bit too high. déserteurs put themselves up 4 - 0 when V. Van Damme broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by déserteurs, with 55 percent of the ball.

Most important déserteurs player was J. Esparon. V. Vesić on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating Spider player was without a doubt R. Medić. E. Napoli turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 4 - 0.