Olympique 3 - 0 liverpaul23 (385920479)

Clear skies welcomed the 38000 spectators who had made their way to SC Olympique Stadium. Jürgen Epple was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Šimon Holčapek and Marco Balslev. Olympique had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players took the field: Katan - Füllmann, Richli, Quintanilla - Gramstad, Cubillos, Darnowski, Schekotilin, Skula - Montay, Biasatti.

A 2-5-3 alignment was the formation of choice for liverpaul23. They fielded: Maçon - Mony, Lhermite - Dehedin, Fontenay, Jennequin, Deloffre, Batard - Douteau, Grossemy, Pons.

Today, Olympique's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. L. Darnowski gave Olympique the lead as he successfully challenged the guests' central defenders, then slotted the ball into the bottom corner, giving the keeper no chance. 1 - 0 It was obvious that Olympique had instructions to attack on the wings instead of in the middle. With 20 minutes played, Olympique put themselves up 2 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to M. Biasatti, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. Coming in on the left, R. Grossemy did everything right to get a goal for liverpaul23 after 28 minutes, but his finishing shot was stabbed clear by the keeper. Olympique had a good opportunity to attack in the middle, but remembered their instructions to focus on wing attacks instead. Coming from the right, M. Schekotilin almost managed to score another goal for Olympique, but his header was tipped over the bar by the visitors' keeper. There was concern in the stands when, at the 42 minute mark, Olympique's M. Biasatti hit the ground hard, but he refused the attention of the trainer and rejoined his teammates on the pitch. N. Montay should probably have put his team up another goal after 43 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by L. Maçon kept the visitors in the game. liverpaul23 had to make a substitution after 44 minutes. G. Lhermite limped off the field and was replaced by J. Lebrun. It was 2 - 0 at the break. Olympique enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 55 percent of possession.

With 49 minutes played, N. Montay could have brought this one home for Olympique as he charged up on the left, but his hooked ball went just a bit too high. E. Skula could have increased the lead after 73 minutes, but his shot hit the post after a nice combination in the middle of the park. Players in Olympique heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their central attacks to the wings instead. Olympique's C. Cubillos increased the lead to 3 - 0, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 76 minutes. Confident in their lead, Olympique's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. liverpaul23's L. Maçon had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 82 minutes having been played. P. Cousin was the replacement. Olympique claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 54 percent.

M. Schekotilin performed admirably for Olympique. E. Skula on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important liverpaul23 player was B. Fontenay. However, J. Lebrun made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 3 - 0.