Lyon 5 - 1 Cahuin (392520418)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and Templo Sureño saw a crowd turnout of 25204. Rémi Gaillard was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Nikos Daktilidis and Deng Teck Onn. Lyon had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Siripaka - Bakovic, Cardei, Gomboş - Alanis, Monteagudo, Bokhanov, Drapiewski, Aronson - Sennrich, Martone.

Cahuin decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. Starters: Suhami - Smok, Ulibarri, Besteiro, Fantini - Zabala, Casas, Facchin, Pontoni - Abaroa, Comastri.

Today, Lyon's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. A mistake by the home side's central defence after 8 minutes allowed M. Comastri to score for Cahuin. The scoreboard now read 0 - 1. With 29 minutes played, Lyon's C. Martone found an opening in the visitors' left side defence, but his shot was handled easily by the keeper. With the crowd on their feet chanting wildly, some great moves down the right hand side after 35 minutes gave Lyon a wonderful opportunity to level the score, and C. Martone stepped up to the challenge. 1 - 1 The home side put themselves ahead 2 - 1 after 36 minutes courtesy of a breakthrough from C. Cardei, who scored with a stunning volley following a cross from the right wing. C. Martone's speed is always a threat when he gets a little room to move, and 38 minutes into the match was no different as he broke free of his man to send a delightful through ball to M. Sennrich who knocked it in for Lyon. 3 - 1! 43 minutes into the game, Cahuin had difficulty finding their positions and their organisation dropped to weak. 3 - 1 was the score after the first half. Lyon had most of the ball, with 76 percent of possession.

The coach gave his players an extra tactical briefing during the break, and after that Cahuin had passable organisation. A well-executed free kick by M. Sennrich after 49 minutes made it 4 - 1 for Lyon. Confident in their lead, Lyon's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. Lyon were determined to attack on the wing and their central attempts were constantly abandoned in favour of the wings. 64 minutes into the game, Lyon were awarded a penalty that M. Sennrich turned into 5 - 1 without a problem. That was his third goal of the match - a hat trick for M. Sennrich. The home side failed to add to their score as M. Sennrich shot a penalty wide after 68 minutes. After 69 minutes, the defensive line of Cahuin created a counterattack through the middle that gave C. Abaroa a good look at the goal, but his shot glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. After 75 minutes, Cahuin used a short break in the game to take new instructions from their coach. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Lyon, with 74 percent of the ball.

Lyon's best player was D. Drapiewski. J. Aronson was a disappointment, however. The most dominating Cahuin player was without a doubt P. Ulibarri. However, M. Facchin made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 5 - 1.