Duc 4 - 0 lorient27 (385933871)

22900 punters turned up at The Duc Stadium, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Daniel Dahlblom was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Siegfried Hini and Ole Hauger. Fans of both teams had been eagerly awaiting this Bretagne derby and were doing their best to outshout their opponents. A 2-5-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Duc. Starters: Buchert - McKenzie, Gargano - Harand, D'Andrès, Veloso, Jagsch, Pfäffli - 田辺 (Tanabe), Pupa, Rambocus.

lorient27 decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Heikinheimo - Kobalt, Delhaye, Houot, Grisoli - Clavreul, Wellershoff, Fay, Labarrière - Leunig, Maige.

The strategy for lorient27 was to use their ability to press. With 8 minutes played, the home side managed to get a 1 - 0 lead as T. Rambocus flipped the ball in after a cross from the right. lorient27's E. Grisoli got himself booked for a foul. R. Harand almost put Duc ahead another goal when he curled a free kick over the defensive wall and almost into the net, but the visitors' keeper got there just in time to knock it wide. 42 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as E. Pupa broke through, making the score 2 - 0 for Duc. The players of Duc now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. lorient27's talent at pressing frustrated the spectators as the game became a dire midfield struggle. Halftime score was 2 - 0. Duc claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 66 percent.

A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in Duc's E. Pupa increasing the lead to 3 - 0. With 63 minutes played, seemingly due to lack of experience, F. Delhaye needlessly tripped an opponent just outside the penalty area, but the free kick that followed didn't succeed. Coming from the right, D. McKenzie almost managed to score another goal for Duc, but his header was tipped over the bar by the visitors' keeper. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. 涼. 田辺 (Tanabe) squirmed through their central defence after 69 minutes, increasing the lead to 4 - 0. Duc's D. McKenzie was shown a yellow card after 82 minutes for slicing down an opponent. A. Jagsch really should have scored when he was chosen by fate to confront a wide open goal following a great play by D. McKenzie after a corner. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Duc, with 65 percent of the ball.

Duc's top performer was clearly E. Pupa. A. Jagsch on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important lorient27 player was T. Wellershoff. However, N. Labarrière made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 4 - 0.