Sigma 6 - 4 abadons (385856686)

37254 spectators had found their way to Stade, despite the heavy rain. Alex Borzì was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Dragan Kasparek and Ioan Georgescu. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Sigma. The following players took the field: Tregouet - Anolli, Herbreteau, Joulie - Barzagli, Shutov, Bezault, Révol, Bellier - Jacquet, Gogoşoiu.

abadons tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. They fielded: Nieborak - Verhaeg, Mouquet, Pogeez, Scharmbeck - Sáenz Barrio, Pujol, Chevalier, Ačanski - Degortes, Seppä.

For their match strategy, abadons had decided to use their ability to counter-attack whenever possible. S. Jacquet caused the crowd to go mental with his goal up the middle after 2 minutes. This gave Sigma the 1 - 0 lead. The home team will be cursing A. Seppä for weeks; he finished off a great pass from the left, knocking it past the keeper without a problem. The match was level at 1 - 1 after 3 minutes. A. Seppä knocked one home from a counterattack down the right wing, making the score 1 - 2 after 19 minutes. After 22 minutes of play, D. Gogoşoiu equalised for Sigma after an elegant attack from the right. They were singing the praises of R. Shutov 28 minutes into the match after his speculative chip from the middle of the penalty box found its way over the visitors' keeper to make the score 3 - 2 to Sigma. 29 minutes in, Sigma's D. Gogoşoiu received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. The boggy pitch disrupted the game, especially for technical players like M. Ačanski. Things were deteriorating for the away team as Sigma scored another to make it 4 - 2 after a left side attack resulted in a goal for D. Gogoşoiu after 34 minutes. The visitors replied 35 minutes into the game, reducing the home side's lead to 4 - 3, as K. Scharmbeck dashed up the middle, easily lobbing the ball over the home team's keeper. Halftime score was 4 - 3. Sigma enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 64 percent of possession.

A. Seppä of abadons seemed to be floating in the air as he elegantly headed in to make the score 4 - 4 after a corner kick that was nicely executed by A. Pogeez. At that, A. Seppä was noted down for a hat trick! With 60 minutes played, the home side managed to get a 5 - 4 lead as S. Jacquet flipped the ball in after a cross from the right. A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of Sigma to 6 - 4 as S. Bezault finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. The game was close to savage at times, and Sigma's D. Gogoşoiu received a second yellow card after 64 minutes; his ticket out of the game. After 70 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by S. Jacquet might have resulted in another goal for Sigma. However, A. Nieborak made a spectacular save. Possession in this half belonged to Sigma, who controlled the ball 66 percent of the time.

The most dominating Sigma player was without a doubt S. Jacquet. A. Bellier on the other hand, had a terrible day. A. Seppä performed admirably for abadons. É. Mouquet was a disappointment, however. The match ends 6 - 4.