Marseillais 0 - 1 OM-fc-974 (392668192)

A brilliantly sunny day had enticed a crowd of 836 to stade Velodrome. Arkadiy Khvostenko was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Ingo Tillmann and Olivier Hegetschwiler. A 5-4-1 alignment was the formation of choice for Marseillais. The following players had been chosen: Seidinger - Viguier, Bocquet, Auffray, Kaster, Brillaud - Yermo, Guérault, Mignon, Gharzoul - Pitault.

OM-fc-974 had chosen a strategic 4-5-1 formation. The following players took the field: Débat - Perret, Tramier, Legrand, Gueguen - Mourlon, Riou, Gillette, Prioul, Poulet - Jacob.

OM-fc-974 showed off their creative tactics. T. Gueguen received some harsh words from his coach after he acted foolishly 10 minutes into the match, probably out of lack of experience, and almost let an opponent score. D. Mourlon's early cross saw the defenders caught out of position and the alert F. Jacob was able to pounce and roll the ball past the hapless goalkeeper to score for OM-fc-974. 0 - 1. After the ball was lifted in from the left, T. Gueguen was on his own in the home side's penalty area and should have scored after 18 minutes, but missed, probably due to lack of concentration. 26 minutes in, OM-fc-974's D. Mourlon received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. It was a hot and sunny day, and several players seemed worn out. Maybe this was why J. Gillette found an unusual amount of space for his snappy footwork. With 28 minutes gone, OM-fc-974's D. Mourlon had to leave the pitch after talking back to the referee and receiving his second booking. Marseillais's J. Bocquet was shown a yellow card after 34 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Halftime score was 0 - 1. This part of the game was a standoff between the teams in terms of possession.

Still ahead in the game after 46 minutes, OM-fc-974 made some tactical adjustments. T. Gueguen and C. Débat swapped positions. The intense heat forced J. Bocquet into making some errors because he couldn't seem to keep up with the others. Content with how the game was proceeding, the OM-fc-974 coach let V. Nesvik replace T. Gueguen after 70 minutes. The OM-fc-974 players could smell victory in the air. C. Débat wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for D. Johnston after 70 minutes. F. Jacob wanted to play on, but the OM-fc-974 coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 70 minutes into the game by F. Scotta. F. Scotta really should have scored when he was chosen by fate to confront a wide open goal following a great play by D. Poulet after a corner. With 86 minutes played, D. Poulet of OM-fc-974 fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. OM-fc-974 claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 55 percent.

Most important Marseillais player was Á. Yermo. J. Bocquet turned in a dismal performance, however. OM-fc-974's best player was F. Scotta. However, D. Poulet made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 1.