Football 0 - 5 PFAR (385995116)

A brilliantly sunny day had enticed a crowd of 7960 to Stade Aimé Bergeal. Neşet Necef was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Herwig Schuler and Mickaël Belaud. Everyone was excited about the upcoming Île-de-France derby and the crowd was divided evenly. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Football. Lineup: Molden - Ottmann, Gimenez, Abrisqueta - Cangemi, Turbe, Vilaverde, Kerleau, Gauca - Nebesník, Brevet.

PFAR had chosen a strategic 3-4-3 formation. Starters: Doré - Kupala, Fedior, Huart - 西 (Nishi), Mansour, Žuvela, Konatić - Chartier, Gaizaráin, Colavitti.

Football clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. The wings were the focus of most of PFAR's attacks today. PFAR's G. Colavitti gave the visitors a 0 - 1 lead after 3 minutes with a superb strike from the right. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave Š. Nebesník from Football a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 8 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! The visitors' 丈. 西 (Nishi) took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 12 minutes into the match. 0 - 2 for PFAR. The sun seemed to put A. Cangemi in a great mood, and he showed off his technical skills all match long. After 15 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave G. Konatić a chance to increase the lead for PFAR, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 3. C. Vilaverde seemed highly inexperienced when, after 32 minutes, he was caught dilly-dallying with the ball and allowed J. Žuvela to intercept and strike home the goal for PFAR to make the score 0 - 4. The visitors almost increased their lead after 35 minutes when a sweetly hit free kick looked like it was heading for the top corner. However the keeper managed to get a fingertip to it, sending it over the bar. 0 - 4 was the halftime score. PFAR claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 65 percent.

After 47 minutes a well-practised indirect free kick routine by PFAR was easily anticipated by the defenders. The players forward were so well marked, they were left with few viable options. D. Molden kept the home side in the game with a magnificent save when 丈. 西 (Nishi) delivered an almost perfect free kick to the far post. PFAR were determined to attack on the wing and their central attempts were constantly abandoned in favour of the wings. PFAR came close to extending their lead as J. Žuvela delivered a low effort on goal from the right after 54 minutes, but the angle was too narrow and the shot went harmlessly into the side netting. The referee showed PFAR's J. Žuvela the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. A loud groan was heard from the fans of Football, as C. Vilaverde left the pitch in too much pain to finish the match. M. Coquel took his place on the field. PFAR had a good opportunity to attack in the middle, but remembered their instructions to focus on wing attacks instead. With 59 minutes played, PFAR put themselves up 0 - 5 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was D. Kupala. At this point, it was obvious that the players of PFAR lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. Football had to make a substitution after 66 minutes. M. Coquel limped off the field and was replaced by R. Da Costa. Possession in this half belonged to PFAR, who controlled the ball 66 percent of the time.

R. Da Costa performed admirably for Football. D. Molden on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important PFAR player was J. Chartier. However, D. Kupala made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 5.