Lumières 7 - 3 united (385864814)

Clear skies welcomed the 41000 spectators who had made their way to Stade des Lumières. Óscar Benedit was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Nguyễn Văn Tự and Daniel van Bronkhorst. Lumières tactics involved an interesting 2-5-3 combination. They fielded: Ökcan - Khorkin, Bulancea - Falling, Kushlyk, Božović, González Priorío, Garrido López - Leivo, Lantavos, Simon.

united decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. The following players took the field: Suevos - Le Tallec, Teske, Rollán, Renault - Soler, Reynaud, Joffre, Schwartz - Dorey, Massy.

Lumières took the lead after 6 minutes as a result of M. Lantavos's peach of a shot from the right hand side of the box - placed beautifully in the top corner. 1 - 0. After 12 minutes Lumières's K. Simon limped slightly after a late challenge, but he was able to continue. Lumières put themselves up 2 - 0 when M. Lantavos broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. After 34 minutes, J. González Priorío made a complete fool of himself when he presented the ball to the feet of E. Massy who smashed it into the open goal for united. 2 - 1. Lumières managed to extend their lead to 3 - 1 when A. Leivo cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. By now, the players in Lumières felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. T. Schwartz's early cross saw the defenders caught out of position and the alert J. Dorey was able to pounce and roll the ball past the hapless goalkeeper to score for united. 3 - 2. After 38 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and K. Simon gave the Lumières supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 4 - 2. The teams went for the halftime break at 4 - 2. Possession in this half belonged to Lumières, who controlled the ball 64 percent of the time.

Lumières's T. Falling increased the lead to 5 - 2, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 49 minutes. united had to make a substitution after 52 minutes. R. Suevos limped off the field and was replaced by J. Rantala. After 54 minutes, B. Garrido López put Lumières ahead 6 - 2 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in Lumières's Y. Kushlyk increasing the lead to 7 - 2. 63 minutes in, an amazing pass from the left side resulted in a goal for the visitors, as E. Massy anticipated the through ball and scored, reducing the deficit to 7 - 3. K. Simon should probably have put his team up another goal after 64 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by J. Rantala kept the visitors in the game. Lumières enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 60 percent of possession.

Most important Lumières player was A. Leivo. However, T. Falling made a disastrous appearance. united's top performer was clearly E. Massy. L. Rollán on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 7 - 3.