Star 0 - 3 bordeaux (392446664)

The crowd of 645 turning up at OM Star Club Arena today were greeted with some nasty showers of rain. Anthony Verhoeff was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Rafael Nalón and Konstanty Węsiora. Star tactics involved an interesting 5-3-2 combination. Starters: Tarricone - Cumbis, Tzenov, Prionas, Jelaginas, Rose - bin Ahmad, Rosillo, Berriotxoa - Métais, Ducher.

bordeaux had chosen a strategic 5-3-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Gheţe - Longoria, Wacław, Olalla, Sandling, Rodano - Grecco, Abadía, Paraense - Cretel, Pepi.

Star mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. bordeaux seemed to prefer attacking in the middle. This was a good period for the visitors, with several opportunities to take the lead, particularly when I. Grecco slipped through the defence on the right to come up alone against A. Tarricone, but the home side's keeper showed his lightning reflexes. B. Longoria was having a great game - if anything the pouring rain seemed to be spurring him on! bordeaux's goal to make the score 0 - 1 came via a questionable penalty, but I. Grecco struck it home without a second thought. An indecisive keeper looked on as a free kick by bordeaux's I. Grecco put the visitors up 0 - 2 after 25 minutes. By now, the players in bordeaux felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. The head of W. Cretel connected with a corner kick after 26 minutes, and the ball ended up with J. Abadía of bordeaux who blasted the ball into the net, making the score 0 - 3. 30 minutes into the game, bordeaux worked the left side industriously creating several opportunities to add to their lead, but just couldn't apply the finishing touch. It was 0 - 3 at the break. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by bordeaux, with 57 percent of the ball.

Content with how the game was proceeding, the bordeaux coach let K. Abedzadeh replace J. Abadía after 46 minutes. W. Cretel wanted to play on, but the bordeaux coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 46 minutes into the game by V. Mozgovoy. The coach of bordeaux was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 46 minutes, M. Borges came on for C. Olalla. Star were determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up centrally. It was obvious that team bordeaux had instructions to attack in the middle instead of on the wings. The boggy pitch disrupted the game, especially for technical players like M. bin Ahmad. bordeaux players heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their wing attacks to the middle instead. With their counter attack move halted 76 minutes into the game, Star were left with a free kick. The ball is passed straight through to the other end of the penalty area, with hopes for it to reach A. Ducher. However, he didn't have his wits about him and the ball went out. bordeaux had most of the ball, with 59 percent of possession.

Most important Star player was N. Tzenov. A. Tarricone was a disappointment, however. The most dominating bordeaux player was without a doubt V. Mozgovoy. However, U. Wacław made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 3.