OneXOne 2 - 2 assosiation (386092401)

Dark skies made the crowd of 3740 at OneXOne HTC Arena a little nervous, but the rain held off. Sílvio Calejo was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Rauno Kuvaja and Allard Blok. A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for OneXOne. Lineup: George - Débat, Buchard, Nerrière, Olivar - Périchon, Melliti, Collet, Sambou - Georges, Bouchard.

assosiation tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. Starters: Le Quère - Delhoume, Yvars, Bremond, Rivalland - Lopez, Le Moign, Bonnaventure, Villain - Loiseau, Auffret.

OneXOne could have put themselves ahead after 3 minutes but L. Collet missed a volley shot on a ball coming in from the right. assosiation showed their counterattack skill 4 minutes into the match by breaking through the middle, with S. Auffret scoring uncontested for 0 - 1. S. Auffret of assosiation received a yellow card after 11 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. After a fatal mistake from the away team's right side defence 16 minutes into the match, an alert M. Olivar bagged the ball for OneXOne, levelling the score to 1 - 1. Many thought H. Georges ought to have been awarded a penalty 19 minutes into the game, as he went down trying to dribble around D. Le Quère after a determined run through the middle. The visitors' central defence should have had no trouble clearing the pass to H. Georges, but the OneXOne player managed to shrug them off and fired a low shot past the keeper to give his team the lead. 2 - 1! With 32 minutes played, M. Le Moign of assosiation fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. The teams went for the halftime break at 2 - 1. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by OneXOne, with 61 percent of the ball.

E. Nerrière could have increased the lead after 56 minutes, but his shot hit the post after a nice combination in the middle of the park. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, F. Bremond got himself booked. The manager of assosiation was not happy. The visitors didn't give in and, after 79 minutes, M. Villain got through the home side's central line of defence, rolling in the equaliser to make it 2 - 2. Some things can only be learned through experience, and M. Olivar should take his lesson to heart after nearly gifting assosiation a goal with 80 minutes of the match played. 84 minutes into the game, C. Périchon had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came S. Caldas. 85 minutes had elapsed when a great chance for OneXOne to take the lead after a good cross from the right found D. Débat alone with the keeper, but he chipped it to the wrong side of the post. F. Delhoume of assosiation was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. OneXOne enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 58 percent of possession.

OneXOne's best player was L. Collet. C. George on the other hand, had a terrible day. Y. Loiseau performed admirably for assosiation. D. Le Quère was a disappointment, however. The match ends 2 - 2.