marseille 8 - 0 Vippus (384947338)

The 28913 fans in attendance at LE BASTION e LA BOMBANERA were roasting in the hot sun. Harald Walter was the appointed referee. marseille started off with a 4-3-3 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Greenfeld - Conceição, Bartmann, Kaibinger, Inderkum - Gisi, Boari, Estrader - Sandmayer, Kreider, Antenen.

Vippus decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. The following players took the field: Erdt - Waeber, Annen, Vilcot, Branschi - Strässle, Sievi, Nifenecker, Allstetter - Curti, Baurer.

marseille fans held their breath as N. Gisi scampered down the left side. He successfully avoided all challenges and cracked home the shot for 1 - 0! marseille put in a good effort on the right, but N. Gisi saw his volley fly wide of the mark 7 minutes into the game. A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of marseille to 2 - 0 as J. Antenen finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. The players of marseille now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. G. Kreider increased the lead for marseille to 3 - 0, getting a head onto a hooked ball from the right. The ball looked to have taken a deflection on the way in, but he's claiming it! N. Gisi fired a shot from distance after 25 minutes, but the long shot couldn't find the net for marseille. 3 - 0 was the halftime score. marseille had most of the ball, with 86 percent of possession.

With 48 minutes played, marseille put themselves up 4 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to V. Bartmann, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. 50 minutes in, Vippus's M. Waeber received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. marseille managed to extend their lead to 5 - 0 when T. Sandmayer cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. The intense heat forced R. Nifenecker into making some errors because he couldn't seem to keep up with the others. Things were deteriorating for the away team as marseille scored another to make it 6 - 0 after a left side attack resulted in a goal for G. Kreider after 58 minutes. After 61 minutes, L. Boari put marseille ahead 7 - 0 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. After 65 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and J. Conceição gave the marseille supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 8 - 0. Possession in this half belonged to marseille, who controlled the ball 89 percent of the time.

marseille's best player was G. Kreider. L. Greenfeld was a disappointment, however. Vippus's top performer was clearly I. Strässle. E. Erdt turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 8 - 0.