Brechetière 3 - 4 TICOT (385861482)

Dark skies made the crowd of 31195 at Moulin de Boisseau a little nervous, but the rain held off. Arjan van Goethem was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Killian Stramel and Gunter Andres. Brechetière had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Starters: Tobai - Kuiper, Boulbeba, Wallerich - Rezende, Apuzzo, Goudal, Acerbi, Di Puccio - Rakovski, Liljenflod.

TICOT decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Reninger - Lacour, Lhermet, Bernard, Castilleja - Garon, Vrachnos, Salaun, Antoniou - Bon, Vignon.

Brechetière saw most attack opportunities on the wings. TICOT were relying on their ability to counter-attack. Brechetière took the lead 2 minutes in, as M. Liljenflod broke through on the left and put the 1 - 0 shot just beyond the reach of the outstretched keeper. Attacking on the wings was the choice for Brechetière, and they were successfully passing the ball from the middle to the wings to attack. Coming from the right, M. Liljenflod almost managed to score another goal for Brechetière, but his header was tipped over the bar by the visitors' keeper. TICOT's counterattacks were lethal to the opposing defence, allowing P. Antoniou to score easily from the right flank for 1 - 1. After 21 minutes, TICOT's P. Antoniou made his way through the middle and nonchalantly placed the ball out of the keeper's reach, putting the visitors up 1 - 2. N. Vrachnos of TICOT was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. TICOT increased the lead to 1 - 3 as N. Lacour scored from the penalty spot, putting the ball in near the top left corner. After 23 minutes, Brechetière used a short break in the game to take new instructions from their coach. Brechetière's R. Goudal was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 29 minutes. 1 - 3 was the score after the first half. Brechetière claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 65 percent.

After 63 minutes, R. Goudal had a good opportunity to reduce the scoreline for Brechetière with a chance created through the middle, but wasn't cool enough. The ball went miles over the bar. J. Castilleja knocked one home from a counterattack down the right wing, making the score 1 - 4 after 64 minutes. Brechetière's P. Rakovski got the home crowd going when he finished off a left wing charge, reducing the away team's lead to 2 - 4. Brechetière had a brilliant opportunity to reply as P. Rakovski received a high ball from the right, striking the ball in the air. Only M. Reninger's reflexes saved him. 82 minutes into the match, Brechetière's M. Liljenflod collected a ball sent down the right and put it in the back of the net, narrowing the score to 3 - 4. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Brechetière, with 65 percent of the ball.

M. Liljenflod performed admirably for Brechetière. On the other hand, S. Wallerich's play was disheartening. Most important TICOT player was C. Vignon. However, R. Bernard made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 3 - 4.