chepniers 7 - 3 PAPOU (385897285)

Clear skies welcomed the 33160 spectators who had made their way to Chaban Delmas. Radu Matei was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Romain Lafont and Rares Vasilescu. chepniers started off with a 3-4-3 lineup. Lineup: Narciso - Kagasheki, Martz, Bulatov - Kristensen, Talvi, de With, Hajda - Leduc, Mikkelsen, Manière.

PAPOU had chosen a strategic 3-4-3 formation. They fielded: de los ríos - Forest, Balabán, Garabedian - Laval, Hoffmann, Walliser, Matsson - Ben Frej, Hernandez, Carrizo.

PAPOU tried to focus their attacks down the middle. 0 - 1 was the score with 14 minutes played, after D. Carrizo cut through the central defence and chipped home a goal for PAPOU. The crowd chanted their encouragement as chepniers's M. Talvi came in from the right after 16 minutes and put the ball in the net to level the score at 1 - 1. After 23 minutes of play, Y. Bulatov gave the home team a 2 - 1 lead after an attack coming in from the right. chepniers managed to extend their lead to 3 - 1 when R. de With cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. Halftime score was 3 - 1. chepniers claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 58 percent.

A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in chepniers's M. Kristensen increasing the lead to 4 - 1. Content with how the game was proceeding, the chepniers coach let T. Hof replace C. Kagasheki after 60 minutes. With 64 minutes showing on the scoreboard clock, PAPOU showed some good skill and were able to reduce the score to 4 - 2 when A. Walliser got past the home side's central defenders right in front of the goal. A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of chepniers to 5 - 2 as L. Manière finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. A bit later, PAPOU's D. Laval easily reduced the lead to 5 - 3 after a misunderstanding in the home side's central defence. chepniers's F. Hajda was dominating his wing and kept sending fine balls into the opposition's box - A. Mikkelsen managed to volley one of them into the net to make it 6 - 3 after 78 minutes. R. de With left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 79 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. M. Cucurullo was the replacement. chepniers solidified their lead at the 79 minute mark, as M. Talvi dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 7 - 3. Confident in their lead, chepniers's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. PAPOU's A. Ben Frej was shown a yellow card after 84 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Possession in this half belonged to chepniers, who controlled the ball 61 percent of the time.

Most important chepniers player was C. Leduc. T. Hof turned in a dismal performance, however. PAPOU's top performer was clearly M. Hernandez. On the other hand, C. de los ríos's play was disheartening. The match ends 7 - 3.