bezier 0 - 7 F.C.P.Q. (386098323)

It had rained all day, but 3351 hardy fans still made it out to bezier Arena. Tião da Matta was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Kennet Reimer and Ernest Karachun. bezier decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Cœur - Seguin, Royer, Liègeois, Durand - Roye, Cruchon, Sautereau, Régnard - Jouan, Lacroix.

F.C.P.Q. started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Starters: Mungai - Le, Beitia, Marrucci - De Castris, Merlier, Duque de Estrada, Makalama, Al-Mansour - Skipper, Perrod.

Today, F.C.P.Q.'s strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. K. Weisglas was called on to replace F.C.P.Q.'s J. Duque de Estrada after 7 minutes following a nasty collision. 18 minutes into the match, F.C.P.Q. nearly took the lead, as A. Al-Mansour broke through on the right. T. Cœur made the save, however. C. Perrod had a good opportunity to give F.C.P.Q. the lead as he charged down the right and struck the ball towards the top corner, but the home team's goalkeeper made the save. After 37 minutes, F.C.P.Q. put themselves up 0 - 1, as V. Marrucci finished off a strike from the left with a real cannonball of a shot. 38 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 2 as B. Skipper finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. By now, the players in F.C.P.Q. felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave R. Beitia from F.C.P.Q. a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 40 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! O. Roye was the unlucky victim and couldn't continue the game, so bezier's F. Verrière had to come off the bench. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 2. Possession in this half belonged to F.C.P.Q., who controlled the ball 68 percent of the time.

Attacking on the wings was the choice for F.C.P.Q., and they were successfully passing the ball from the middle to the wings to attack. T. Merlier increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 0 - 3. With 66 minutes played, F.C.P.Q. put themselves up 0 - 4 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was T. Merlier. After 69 minutes, F.C.P.Q.'s A. Al-Mansour burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 5. F.C.P.Q. had a good opportunity to attack in the middle, but remembered their instructions to focus on wing attacks instead. After 76 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed T. Merlier to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 6. That made three goals for T. Merlier and he was marked down for the hat trick. Some fine movement on the left led to a F.C.P.Q. goal after 84 minutes, making it 0 - 7. T. De Castris was noted down as the scorer. F.C.P.Q. enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 73 percent of possession.

Most important bezier player was Q. Lacroix. On the other hand, T. Cœur's play was disheartening. K. Mungai performed admirably for F.C.P.Q.. However, T. De Castris made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 7.