mad`s 6 - 0 FCAlbin (385064964)

Clouds darkened the skies at Mad placE as 22104 spectators turned up for the match. Jesper Thomasen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Alex Maier and Brodeigh Hare. A 5-3-2 alignment was the formation of choice for mad`s. The following players had been chosen: Falck - Cabreira, Aceña, Minnig, Trichkov, De Backer - Morgagni, Mion, Nadal - Grand, Steigerwald.

FCAlbin tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. Lineup: Muller - Berger, Hervy, Zarro, Perret - Touil, Aldebert, Geissmann, Auge - Gargioni, Alboncio.

Many thought L. Nadal ought to have been awarded a penalty 3 minutes into the game, as he went down trying to dribble around A. Muller after a determined run through the middle. The visitors' central defence should have had no trouble clearing the pass to J. De Backer, but the mad`s player managed to shrug them off and fired a low shot past the keeper to give his team the lead. 1 - 0! 12 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as R. Minnig broke through, making the score 2 - 0 for mad`s. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave C. Cabreira from mad`s a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 15 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! mad`s's R. Grand increased the lead to 3 - 0, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 16 minutes. The teams went for the halftime break at 3 - 0. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by mad`s, with 75 percent of the ball.

V. Trichkov wanted to play on, but the mad`s coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 65 minutes into the game by B. Xenopol. J. Aceña unleashed a swerving effort from the right that the visitors' keeper did well to tip wide. With 77 minutes played, mad`s put themselves up 4 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to A. Morgagni, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. Confident in their lead, mad`s's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. It was a fine day for C. Touil on his wing, his cross pass to V. Alboncio was especially delicate 78 minutes into the game, but the keeper saved. Things were deteriorating for the away team as mad`s scored another to make it 5 - 0 after a left side attack resulted in a goal for R. Grand after 79 minutes. A. Morgagni left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 82 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. J. Jongkind was the replacement. mad`s managed to extend their lead to 6 - 0 when M. Steigerwald cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. mad`s's T. Mion saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates after 84 minutes. Possession in this half belonged to mad`s, who controlled the ball 77 percent of the time.

The most dominating mad`s player was without a doubt R. Minnig. J. Aceña on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important FCAlbin player was M. Zarro. On the other hand, A. Muller's play was disheartening. The match ends 6 - 0.