AuZa-ViLLa 0 - 2 MEDros7 (379564288)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 1824 at ViLLa Stadium today. Henrik Pieron was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Lumír Soukup and Rene van Ulzen. AuZa-ViLLa tactics involved an interesting 5-4-1 combination. They fielded: Couval - Guiton, Demuth, Deprez, Hutton, Kheliffa - Landais, Msallem, Vincent, Hascoët - Richeux.

MEDros7 decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Valdenaire - Fernandes, Huttary, Freitas Sá - Ismail, Lopičević, Camenzind, Baar, Ragnander - Moinho, Charrua.

Using their counter-attacking abilities was the strategy of choice for AuZa-ViLLa. P. Demuth couldn't do anything to stop the technically gifted A. Moinho as he dodged past on his way to scoring a wonderful goal for MEDros7 - 0 - 1! With 30 minutes played, the AuZa-ViLLa coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. T. Chamoux came on, A. Landais had to leave the fray. A. Lopičević was ever so close to scoring after an excellent corner was beautifully flicked on by R. Camenzind, but the ball bounced off the post to safety. A defender managed to keep the ball from crossing the goal-line after a curling shot coming in from the right from H. Ragnander after 40 minutes, and prevented MEDros7 from going up another goal. Coming in from the right, AuZa-ViLLa had a good opportunity to convert on a counterattack after 41 minutes, but T. Chamoux's attempt to finish was easily stopped. With 42 minutes gone, B. Hascoët suddenly found himself completely free on the right wing when a counterattack by AuZa-ViLLa caught their opponents by surprise. Only a great save by the opposing keeper prevented him from scoring. It was 0 - 1 at the break. MEDros7 had most of the ball, with 66 percent of possession.

The home crowd was not impressed when C. Charrua came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 52 minutes. MEDros7 were now up 0 - 2. The referee showed AuZa-ViLLa's T. Chamoux the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. AuZa-ViLLa's T. Chamoux had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 82 minutes having been played. C. Noizet was the replacement. AuZa-ViLLa mounted an inspired counterattack down the right wing after 86 minutes, but O. Kheliffa was unable to convert from short range. 89 minutes in, AuZa-ViLLa's C. Noizet received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Possession in this half belonged to MEDros7, who controlled the ball 65 percent of the time.

P. Richeux performed admirably for AuZa-ViLLa. On the other hand, B. Hascoët's play was disheartening. The most dominating MEDros7 player was without a doubt A. Baar. However, V. Fernandes made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 2.