aigles 0 - 0 Verdun (385971147)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 20609 had shown up at hannibal aréna for the match. Willian Koppel was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Puck Wagenaar and Gottfried Paldan. aigles had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Lencsés - Olaerts, Dumont, Charlot - Bargain, Zleovszki, Draganov, Barajas, Haschke - Pałyski, Duthil.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Verdun. Lineup: Apo - Eőry, Gillis, Lampa - Pineau, Kelsterbach, Martínez, Pautasso, Melucci - menos, Lanteri.

aigles used their ability to concentrate their attacks in the middle of the pitch, rather than on the wings. L. Kelsterbach came close to putting the visiting team one up 9 minutes into the match, following a solo raid down the middle, but O. Lencsés managed to tip the ball to a corner. Some great play up the middle by aigles led to a chance for A. Pałyski to score after 33 minutes, but the shot hit the crossbar. 0 - 0 was the score after the first half. Neither team were able to dominate possession this half.

After 52 minutes aigles's N. Charlot contracted a slight foot injury, but didn't want to leave the game. Verdun's A. menos got himself booked for a foul. 70 minutes into the match, the referee signalled for a aigles substitution. M. Podda came on for S. Duthil. Q. Bargain would have preferred to play on, but his coach decided otherwise. B. Pierrot entered the game for aigles as the match clock showed 70 minutes. Verdun's L. Kelsterbach left the field after 75 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was K. Isometsä. L. Apo became the new Verdun captain. After a fine move down the middle M. Podda nearly gave the home side a goal after 75 minutes. However the finishing shot went just wide. Possession in this half belonged to aigles, who controlled the ball 53 percent of the time.

Most important aigles player was A. Pałyski. N. Charlot on the other hand, had a terrible day. J. Pautasso performed admirably for Verdun. On the other hand, L. Apo's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 0.