OR 5 - 0 ruffey (370425778)

29060 spectators had come to Le Stade Olympique this cloudy day. Reinhold Daecke was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Ralph Andersson and Kevin Geldmacher. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for OR. Lineup: Drancourt - Schnackenburg, Legendre, Tsekos - Arostegui, Gouet, Obert, Franchet, Carbonnier - Martin, Barnabé.

ruffey tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. Starters: Wintersgill - Rosnati, Öztimur, Cesqui, Aharonov - Fredriksson, Andrisani, Mundi, Codinats - Salmon, Kiening.

OR were mostly trying to use their skill at attacking on the flanks. Using their counter-attacking abilities was the strategy of choice for ruffey. After a fine move down the middle S. Gouet nearly gave the home side a goal after 2 minutes. However the finishing shot went just wide. ruffey had to manage with a reduced squad after 16 minutes, as J. Fredriksson got sent off for a needless foul away from the game's action. Players in OR heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their central attacks to the wings instead. ruffey were able to mount several counterattacks, such as the impressive one after 36 minutes, but A. Mundi lofted a free kick over the crossbar. OR fans held their breath as F. Barnabé scampered down the left side. He successfully avoided all challenges and cracked home the shot for 1 - 0! It was 1 - 0 at the break. OR claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 76 percent.

Although the whole team were struggling to impress, ruffey's V. Kiening was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 60 minutes. C. Fernandes was given a chance to change things around. With 65 minutes played, OR put themselves up 2 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to D. Carbonnier, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. After 68 minutes, ruffey switched M. Codinats with M. Suntitunyachot, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. With the clock showing 68 minutes played, a great pass from the defensive line of ruffey resulted in a counterattack that was smoothly brought under control by D. Andrisani in the centre of the opposition's penalty area, but his finish went high. OR increased the lead as B. Martin struck to make the score 3 - 0 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. 74 minutes in, ruffey's M. Suntitunyachot received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. The bench was restless, and with 79 minutes passed ruffey's coach gave M. Garbin the opportunity the player had been hoping for. D. Andrisani reluctantly left the field. OR managed to extend their lead to 4 - 0 when B. Martin cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. After this, you could see that the players of OR were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of OR to 5 - 0 as T. Obert finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. OR enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 73 percent of possession.

OR's top performer was clearly B. Martin. J. Drancourt on the other hand, had a terrible day. F. Salmon performed admirably for ruffey. On the other hand, R. Wintersgill's play was disheartening. The match ends 5 - 0.