Pourpres 0 - 3 FC Nantes (370549824)

5854 spectators arrived at Stade des Dragons, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Karl Kloeden was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Walter Forsgård and Ugo Nagel. Pourpres decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. They fielded: Stall - Lamour, Zagaceta, Panecaldo, Violet - Cotin, Rideau, Virassamy, Clabaux - Lemoine, Jubin.

FC Nantes tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Ganimet - Exbrayat, Chalopin, Dávila - Kostomanolakis, Siwko, Cianciullo, Santopietro, Pichimata - Rodriguez, Witmeur.

For their match strategy, Pourpres had decided to use their ability to counter-attack whenever possible. It was an obvious ambition of FC Nantes to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. It was obvious that FC Nantes had instructions to attack on the wings instead of in the middle. The guests took the lead 9 minutes into the match, after a right-side attack resulted in I. Cianciullo scoring to make it 0 - 1. The visitors' I. Rodriguez took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 12 minutes into the match. 0 - 2 for FC Nantes. FC Nantes's J. Pichimata got himself booked for a foul. With the scoreboard showing that 19 minutes had been played, FC Nantes nearly put themselves up another goal after I. Rodriguez came through on the left. Fortunately for the home crowd, the keeper made the save. After 32 minutes of game time, A. Chalopin had an excellent opportunity to add to the visitors' lead, clipping a volley hooked in from the right, but M. Stall was in the right place and tipped the ball over for a corner. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 2. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by FC Nantes, with 68 percent of the ball.

FC Nantes had a good opportunity to attack in the middle, but remembered their instructions to focus on wing attacks instead. A drive down the left side allowed I. Rodriguez to get in close and score another goal for FC Nantes after 74 minutes, taking the score to 0 - 3. 83 minutes into the match, N. Witmeur came through the middle and almost added to his team's lead, but the shot went wide. FC Nantes claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 66 percent.

Q. Lemoine performed admirably for Pourpres. M. Stall turned in a dismal performance, however. FC Nantes's best player was I. Rodriguez. N. Kostomanolakis on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 3.