Neuville 0 - 3 RODERN (370409898)

The crowd of 15255 turning up at Stade de la Vallée du Cerf today were greeted with some nasty showers of rain. Donathan Feiken was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Wienus Farenhout and Cătălin Stănescu. Neuville tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Carme - van der Oord, Lake, Watson - Schelinger, Pajares, Quillevère, Ørvad, Iváncsik - Alesworth, Gény.

RODERN had chosen a strategic 4-5-1 formation. Lineup: Mottola - Doucet, Gruyer, Trolese, Meriah - Józwik, Franceschetti, Søndberg, Silva, Skogbeck - Charron.

Pressing was the tactic of the day for Neuville. RODERN were mostly trying to use their skill at attacking on the flanks. S. Józwik slipped and slithered in the wet grass. His usual rapid runs were nowhere to be seen today. RODERN's D. Charron could have put the guests one up after 20 minutes after chasing a through ball from the right, but G. Carme was as fast as a snake, grabbing the ball from under his nose. With 26 minutes played P. Quillevère almost gave the home side the lead with an unexpected free kick set up, but the visitors' J. Mottola was onto it, grabbing the would be breakthrough ball. The game was characterised by rough play and many physical challenges on the wet field, but Q. Gény showed great heart and had a good game. RODERN's T. Gruyer gave the visitors a 0 - 1 lead after 37 minutes with a superb strike from the right. 0 - 1 was the halftime score. RODERN claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 54 percent.

Content with how the game was proceeding, the RODERN coach let S. Regev replace S. Franceschetti after 60 minutes. With 62 minutes played, the Neuville coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. O. Ivanišević came on, G. Schelinger had to leave the fray. M. Silva increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 0 - 2. Neuville's P. Quillevère had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 74 minutes having been played. F. Cuniã was the replacement. The bench was restless, and with 76 minutes passed Neuville's coach gave C. Annette the opportunity the player had been hoping for. L. van der Oord reluctantly left the field. With 76 minutes played, RODERN put themselves up 0 - 3 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was D. Charron. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, Q. Gény got himself booked. The manager of Neuville was not happy. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by RODERN, with 56 percent of the ball.

Q. Gény performed admirably for Neuville. F. Cuniã on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important RODERN player was D. Charron. C. Trolese was a disappointment, however. The match ends 0 - 3.