Perpignan-canet 0 - 5 manchester (386061034)

It had rained all day, but 9187 hardy fans still made it out to PCFC DarkStadium. Michael Vyčítal was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Mathis Poyet and Doğuş 'Turco' Türkay. Perpignan-canet started off with a 4-5-1 lineup. Lineup: Cavalcanti - Le Vaillant, Morycki, Mihãescu, Le Pennec - Ćuto, Dahlsgaard, Battut, Nãstase, Chatel - Jonasson.

A 4-5-1 alignment was the formation of choice for manchester. The following players had been chosen: Delalonde - Deletraz, Alarcón, Sobieszczański, Wrzawiec - Renerberg, Juzyszyn, Houweling, Manevskiy, Mathis - Hampel.

V. Manevskiy didn't let the weather get him down and made some great moves on the pitch in spite of the rain. After 17 minutes, manchester's V. Manevskiy made his way through the middle and nonchalantly placed the ball out of the keeper's reach, putting the visitors up 0 - 1. Unfortunately for Perpignan-canet, M. Chatel suffered a concussion after 25 minutes and had to be taken for tests. The coach had his head in his hands after realising he could not send a replacement onto the pitch, and the team had to continue a man short. After 26 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for G. Houweling who increased manchester's lead to 0 - 2. A penalty was awarded after 29 minutes, and W. Sobieszczański made the most of his chance to put manchester up by another goal. 0 - 3 for the visitors. A drive down the left side allowed G. Houweling to get in close and score another goal for manchester after 39 minutes, taking the score to 0 - 4. At this point, it was obvious that the players of manchester lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. 0 - 4 was the score after the first half. manchester had most of the ball, with 59 percent of possession.

The coach of manchester was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 61 minutes, J. Fuchs came on for G. Houweling. The home crowd was not impressed when K. Hampel came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 69 minutes. manchester were now up 0 - 5. Content with how the game was proceeding, the manchester coach let J. Ducoin replace K. Wrzawiec after 70 minutes. G. Mathis could have put his team up another goal 75 minutes into the game, after a rush down the left, but his closing shot hit the post. The referee showed manchester's J. Fuchs the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. J. Ćuto couldn't finish the match after being injured, leaving Perpignan-canet a man down. G. Mathis left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 78 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. R. Macià was the replacement. Possession in this half belonged to manchester, who controlled the ball 69 percent of the time.

The most dominating Perpignan-canet player was without a doubt I. Nãstase. S. Le Pennec was a disappointment, however. manchester's top performer was clearly V. Manevskiy. However, M. Delalonde made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 5.