OLYMPIQUE_LIONE 2 - 2 Ventura (378633174)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 1323 had shown up at Stadio di Gerland for the match. Johan Hörerberg was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Dawid Kuberski and Guillaume Garraud. A 2-5-3 alignment was the formation of choice for OLYMPIQUE_LIONE. The following players had been chosen: Sarıasma - Tropiano, Saletnik - Farneti, Moscatello, Fuso, Marcon, Almaas - Paneghini, Iversen, Miolato.

Ventura had chosen a strategic 5-5-0 formation. They fielded: Kirkeby - Barbier, Ullen, Rocca, Parigi, Kürem - Skrętkowicz, Gherrini, Stefansson, Craioveanu, Weissglass -.

After 2 minutes, Ventura put themselves up 0 - 1, as A. Weissglass finished off a strike from the left with a real cannonball of a shot. With a shot curled in from just outside the middle of the penalty area after 42 minutes played, A. Saletnik of OLYMPIQUE_LIONE made the score 1 - 1. As H. Ullen had, completely unprovoked, swept the legs out from under an opponent in front of a linesman, the referee gave the Ventura player a red card without batting an eyelid. Unfortunately for OLYMPIQUE_LIONE, T. Moscatello was injured when the game became more physical, and he had to leave the field. M. Zorrilla replaced him. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 1. Possession in this half belonged to OLYMPIQUE_LIONE, who controlled the ball 61 percent of the time.

With the match clock at 46 minutes, Ventura modified their style of play a little bit. 46 minutes into the game, Ventura wanted to bring some new energy to their game. A. Parigi gave A. Masdeu a quick hug as he left the field. OLYMPIQUE_LIONE were very close to putting themselves one up after 47 minutes as S. Iversen got through on the left, but failing in concentration, he shot the ball wide. OLYMPIQUE_LIONE had a good opportunity to take the lead as S. Iversen came up the left side, but he struck the ball weakly and it went straight into the arms of R. Kirkeby. J. Stefansson would have preferred to play on, but his coach decided otherwise. S. Svensson entered the game for Ventura as the match clock showed 65 minutes. Ventura took the lead after 71 minutes making the score 1 - 2. N. Craioveanu placed the ball out of reach for the home side's keeper after a fine move, coming in from the left. The crowd was on its feet 76 minutes into the match, as OLYMPIQUE_LIONE's M. Marcon found himself unmarked in front of the goal after a dash up the left side. He calmly put away the 2 - 2 equaliser. OLYMPIQUE_LIONE claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 57 percent.

Most important OLYMPIQUE_LIONE player was M. Zorrilla. A. Saletnik turned in a dismal performance, however. Ventura's top performer was clearly İ. Kürem. B. Barbier was a disappointment, however. The match ends 2 - 2.