marseille 0 - 11 guen (386005972)

Clear skies welcomed the 7168 spectators who had made their way to les gitans de marsei Arena. Nico Benedict was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Per Ljungen and Gabriele Perrucci. marseille tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Akaichi - Pommeret, Bellance, Mugnier, Norbert - Perrard, Boivin, Picou, Fleuriot - Serrano, Guignard.

guen had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players took the field: van den Berg - Doña, Beer, Frach - Wellens, Battazza, De Vree, Machet, Miranda - Säike, Trucillo.

Some quick footwork on the left side of the field 17 minutes into the match left guen's L. Beer completely free to score. 0 - 1 for the visitors. J. Doña received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 19 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 0 - 2. The guen fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. guen made it 0 - 3 as M. Trucillo got a touch to the floated corner kick and flicked the ball to D. Machet who whipped a low drive in off the far post. Confident in their lead, guen's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. Some things can only be learned through experience, and L. Frach should take his lesson to heart after nearly gifting marseille a goal with 30 minutes of the match played. guen increased their lead after 37 minutes when S. Säike broke through on the right, upping the score to 0 - 4, much to the home crowd's dismay. The home crowd was not impressed when S. Säike came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 41 minutes. guen were now up 0 - 5. A. Roland was called on to replace marseille's T. Serrano after 42 minutes following a nasty collision. After 43 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed M. Trucillo to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 6. It was 0 - 6 at the break. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by guen, with 87 percent of the ball.

The visitors' C. Battazza took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 53 minutes into the match. 0 - 7 for guen. After 54 minutes marseille's A. Roland limped slightly after a late challenge, but he was able to continue. A drive down the left side allowed D. Machet to get in close and score another goal for guen after 61 minutes, taking the score to 0 - 8. With 65 minutes played, guen put themselves up 0 - 9 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was M. Trucillo. After 72 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for M. Trucillo who increased guen's lead to 0 - 10. This third goal completed a hattrick for M. Trucillo. After 74 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave S. Säike a chance to increase the lead for guen, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 11. That made three goals for S. Säike and he was marked down for the hat trick. guen claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 89 percent.

A. Roland performed admirably for marseille. A. Akaichi turned in a dismal performance, however. The most dominating guen player was without a doubt J. De Vree. On the other hand, A. Wellens's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 11.