vinounouteam 4 - 2 battants (385855776)

The 52984 fans in attendance at vinouStadium were roasting in the hot sun. Gosse Asselman was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Petri Latikka and Hank Love. vinounouteam tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players took the field: Pelosi - Gusmão, 靖嘉 (Jingjia), Godim - Pavlenko, Bouvet, Aarsleff, Boué, Tabares - Pescaglini, Polini.

battants had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Buisset - Fournier, Harder, Bardoux - Bidault, Lapouge, Chevalier, Fiévet, Philippe - Narcisse, Rossi.

vinounouteam were mostly trying to use their skill at attacking on the flanks. vinounouteam took the lead after 17 minutes as a result of B. Gusmão's peach of a shot from the right hand side of the box - placed beautifully in the top corner. 1 - 0. J. Rossi of battants displayed some of his fantastic technical abilities when he brought the ball down neatly using his instep before nutmegging the bewildered M. Godim and smashing an unstoppable shot past the goalkeeper to make it 1 - 1. Attacking on the wings was the choice for vinounouteam, and they were successfully passing the ball from the middle to the wings to attack. vinounouteam had a chance to take the lead after B. Gusmão's dazzling drive up the left, but the opportunity fizzled out as his shot went just over the bar after 20 minutes. vinounouteam had a good opportunity to take the lead as B. Gusmão came up the left side, but he struck the ball weakly and it went straight into the arms of S. Buisset. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave A. Bouvet from vinounouteam a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 27 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! Unfortunately for battants, C. Bidault was injured when the game became more physical, and he had to leave the field. F. Pagès replaced him. vinounouteam broke through on the left 37 minutes into the game, with A. Boué firing in from an acute angle to give the home side a 2 - 1 lead. It was 2 - 1 at the break. vinounouteam had most of the ball, with 59 percent of possession.

G. Narcisse enjoyed the sunshine and demonstrated his stunning technique over and over again. vinounouteam increased the lead as G. Pescaglini struck to make the score 3 - 1 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of vinounouteam to 4 - 1 as A. Boué finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. Confident in their lead, vinounouteam's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. battants's F. Pagès was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 71 minutes. vinounouteam had a good opportunity to attack in the middle, but remembered their instructions to focus on wing attacks instead. vinounouteam put in a good effort on the right, but R. Tabares saw his volley fly wide of the mark 74 minutes into the game. After 80 minutes, battants switched J. Harder with N. Brénet, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. 86 minutes in, an amazing pass from the left side resulted in a goal for the visitors, as N. Fiévet anticipated the through ball and scored, reducing the deficit to 4 - 2. vinounouteam were determined to attack on the wing and their central attempts were constantly abandoned in favour of the wings. A. Polini could have put vinounouteam up one more, but he fired into the side netting after breaking free on the left after 87 minutes. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by vinounouteam, with 59 percent of the ball.

vinounouteam's top performer was clearly A. Polini. M. Godim was a disappointment, however. Most important battants player was G. Narcisse. On the other hand, F. Pagès's play was disheartening. The match ends 4 - 2.