Sedunis 2 - 2 lausanne (384892890)

The crowd of 30703 turning up at Drousomagos today were greeted with some nasty showers of rain. Uku Tali was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Bert Jan Adriaans and Ib Bang Christiansen. Sedunis decided to use a 2-5-3 set up. The following players took the field: Falsone - Tosto, Tuwet - Roussel, Nak, Gerez, de Sadeleer, Granatiero - Waldis, Congedo, Ardelean.

lausanne had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Kimmel - Gualeni, Egudin, Dubik - Laffon, Trommer, Felber, Bidmon, Christen - Pretto, Stull.

M. Laffon had a good try after 12 minutes, coming in on a fine move from the left, but the ball went wide. 26 minutes in, Sedunis's G. Gerez received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. R. Kimmel of lausanne had to be helped off the pitch as an injury meant he was unable to finish the game. C. Bellinger came in to finish the match. 32 minutes had elapsed when a great chance for Sedunis to take the lead after a good cross from the right found G. Ardelean alone with the keeper, but he chipped it to the wrong side of the post. S. Tuwet caused the crowd to go mental with his goal up the middle after 36 minutes. This gave Sedunis the 1 - 0 lead. With 37 minutes played, S. Tuwet could have brought this one home for Sedunis as he charged up on the left, but his hooked ball went just a bit too high. 1 - 0 was the score after the first half. Neither team was controlling the possession at this point in the match, with the stats showing a 50:50 split.

A. de Sadeleer left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 60 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. T. Hogedoorn was the replacement. 75 minutes into the game lausanne's P. Felber found a gap in the home side's central defence and scored with a fabulous shot, making it 1 - 1. H. Morks was called on to replace lausanne's M. Laffon after 78 minutes following a nasty collision. Down the middle came J. Gualeni, making a fantastic play that nearly had lausanne take the lead after 82 minutes, but F. Falsone preserved the tie. After a fine move down the middle I. Congedo nearly gave the home side a goal after 86 minutes. However the finishing shot went just wide. With the clock showing 87 minutes played, a great pass from the defensive line of lausanne resulted in a counterattack that was smoothly brought under control by M. Pretto in the centre of the opposition's penalty area, but his finish went high. lausanne took the lead after 88 minutes making the score 1 - 2. K. Stull placed the ball out of reach for the home side's keeper after a fine move, coming in from the left. N. Granatiero's lightning pace was too much for L. Egudin who could only look on as the Sedunis player blasted one home. 2 - 2. The muddy pitch made the game a gritty affair, which seemed to suit M. Trommer just fine. F. Falsone looked great 89 minutes into the match after stopping a shot from the middle of the penalty area from the visitors' M. Dubik. 89 minutes into the game, G. Ardelean had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came R. Rimbeaux. lausanne claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 52 percent.

Sedunis's top performer was clearly V. Waldis. T. Hogedoorn turned in a dismal performance, however. lausanne's best player was H. Bidmon. C. Bellinger was a disappointment, however. The match ends 2 - 2.