Fatals 5 - 0 altea88 (386033195)

19885 punters turned up at Stade velodrome, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Célestin Afonso was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Lenny Göransson and Peter Ingesson. A 2-5-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Fatals. The following players took the field: Pizarro - Leber, Dragonetti - Ternisien, Brisse, Widmann, Poort, Masson - Veeckman, Fantu, Hilgert.

altea88 started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. Starters: Lara Martínez - Labeau, Courivaud, Capron, Bazile - Morreale, Mangin, Perney, Lin - Coat, Vincent.

Fatals created a good opportunity to score 14 minutes into the match when W. Widmann's hooked ball from the left created a scuffle in front of the goal, and the visitors' defenders had a hard time clearing the ball. After 18 minutes, O. Hilgert came in from the right, feinted, then sped past the off-balance defender to make the score 1 - 0, giving Fatals the lead. A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of Fatals to 2 - 0 as W. Widmann finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. Confident in their lead, Fatals's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. With 32 minutes played, Fatals's M. Veeckman almost extended the lead, but his shot from the left glanced off the top of the bar to fall behind the net. Halftime score was 2 - 0. Fatals claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 73 percent.

Unhappy with the result so far in the game, the altea88 manager used a brief break in play after 60 minutes to give the players new directives. The score became 3 - 0 at 62 minutes into the game, when Fatals were given a penalty which K. Brisse blasted straight down the middle giving the keeper no chance! Although the whole team were struggling to impress, altea88's S. Coat was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 65 minutes. R. Gouget was given a chance to change things around. 79 minutes into the game, Fatals were awarded a penalty that K. Brisse turned into 4 - 0 without a problem. With 80 minutes played, Fatals put themselves up 5 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to Y. Poort, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Fatals, with 75 percent of the ball.

S. Pizarro performed admirably for Fatals. L. Ternisien was a disappointment, however. The most dominating altea88 player was without a doubt R. Gouget. On the other hand, J. Lara Martínez's play was disheartening. The match ends 5 - 0.