Prohans 0 - 8 Bourgeois (386998791)

12000 spectators had come to Prohan's Trolls Arena this cloudy day. Kuba Klebacz was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Drazic Vercammen and Jérémy Auvray. Prohans decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. Starters: Shortland - Massegu, Waikari, Singh, Beckett - Fraser, Tuilaepa Lupesoliai, Te Wi, Green - Rotorangi, Afford.

Bourgeois had chosen a strategic 2-5-3 formation. The following players had been chosen: Linsmayer - Mallma, Dijoux - Dervarics, Legrand, Raumonen, Lomba, Bertrand - Makman, Penttinen, Gurevitz.

The wings were the focus of most of Bourgeois's attacks today. After 13 minutes, Bourgeois put themselves up 0 - 1, as I. Bertrand finished off a strike from the left with a real cannonball of a shot. After 23 minutes, there was a bit of a mixup on the field as Bourgeois found themselves out of position and their organisation level dropped to passable. With 24 minutes played, Bourgeois put themselves up 0 - 2 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was P. Dijoux. With 26 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed V. Lomba of Bourgeois to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 3. 31 minutes in, Prohans's J. Rotorangi received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. 33 minutes into the game, Bourgeois seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to passable. An indecisive keeper looked on as a free kick by Bourgeois's P. Dijoux put the visitors up 0 - 4 after 34 minutes. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Bourgeois lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. Halftime score was 0 - 4. Bourgeois had most of the ball, with 73 percent of possession.

During the break, Bourgeois's coach went through the team's tactics yet again, getting them up to solid organisation. After 52 minutes, the Bourgeois players received new instructions from their manager on how to keep in control of the game. Bourgeois had a good opportunity to attack in the middle, but remembered their instructions to focus on wing attacks instead. Some fine movement on the left led to a Bourgeois goal after 58 minutes, making it 0 - 5. E. Raumonen was noted down as the scorer. 68 minutes into the game, Bourgeois seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a solid level of organisation. V. Lomba wanted to play on, but the Bourgeois coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 69 minutes into the game by J. Verhulst. Content with how the game was proceeding, the Bourgeois coach let W. Engelage replace P. Makman after 69 minutes. O. Mallma was handed the Bourgeois captain's armband. Encouraged by their lead, after 70 minutes the Bourgeois coach asked P. Dijoux to change positions with J. Verhulst. B. Dervarics increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 0 - 6. Prohans's S. Afford was shown a yellow card after 75 minutes for slicing down an opponent. 77 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 7 as I. Bertrand finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. Bourgeois increased their lead after 78 minutes when W. Engelage broke through on the right, upping the score to 0 - 8, much to the home crowd's dismay. The referee showed Prohans's R. Beckett the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Due to a severely mistimed tackle, J. Verhulst of Bourgeois spent some time on the grass writhing in agony before he could get up and continue the game. I. Bertrand left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 83 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. A. Dymański was the replacement. Possession in this half belonged to Bourgeois, who controlled the ball 75 percent of the time.

Most important Prohans player was E. Fraser. However, T. Massegu made a disastrous appearance. The most dominating Bourgeois player was without a doubt E. Raumonen. On the other hand, A. Dymański's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 8.