liverpaul23 1 - 4 Madinia (385920458)

34857 fans braved the pouring rain at liverpaul23 Arena. Jamie Verdonk was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Peer Fischer and Johan Johansen. A 3-4-3 alignment was the formation of choice for liverpaul23. The following players took the field: Roslund - Mony, Lhermite, Larsson - Fontenay, Jennequin, Dehedin, Batard - Dubois, Douteau, Pons.

Madinia started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Starters: Souza Dias - Guazola, Carlier, Bekyarov - Santana, Fernández Madrigal, Naumov, Montes, Hagér - Sergent, Doumenc.

0 - 1 was the score with 18 minutes played, after M. Sergent cut through the central defence and chipped home a goal for Madinia. 30 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 2 as J. Carlier finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. A defender managed to keep the ball from crossing the goal-line after a curling shot coming in from the right from J. Guazola after 42 minutes, and prevented Madinia from going up another goal. liverpaul23's S. Douteau got himself booked for a foul. With 43 minutes played, liverpaul23's well-worked indirect free kick caused havoc in the penalty area, and when the ball eventually fell to C. Jennequin he gleefully slotted the ball home to make it 1 - 2. With 44 minutes played, Madinia put themselves up 1 - 3 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was M. Sergent. The players of Madinia now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. It was 1 - 3 at the break. Madinia claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 51 percent.

Madinia increased their lead after 50 minutes when M. Sergent broke through on the right, upping the score to 1 - 4, much to the home crowd's dismay. At that, M. Sergent was noted down for a hat trick! Madinia's B. Naumov was shown a yellow card after 55 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Possession in this half belonged to liverpaul23, who controlled the ball 51 percent of the time.

liverpaul23's top performer was clearly B. Mony. Q. Dubois turned in a dismal performance, however. The most dominating Madinia player was without a doubt M. Sergent. J. Fernández Madrigal on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 1 - 4.