Regent 0 - 3 Bourgeons (393150373)

2908 spectators had come to Regent F.C. Arena this cloudy day. Iuliu Zãvoianu was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Raphaël Pinson and Gustavo Vizcaino. Regent decided to use a 4-3-3 set up. The following players had been chosen: Kellner - Anastasio, Hein, Vlaše, Heller - Sackl, Carabalí, Reninger - Gkiozis, Florian, Prem.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Bourgeons. Lineup: Hoarau - Trichet, Sjödahl, Ziemczyk - Kapeta, Pietrowicz, Garcia, Greiller, Boiteau - Bertrand, Prudent.

Using their counter-attacking abilities was the strategy of choice for Regent. Bourgeons tried to focus their attacks down the middle. Y. Prudent had a good opportunity to give Bourgeons 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. With 10 minutes played, Y. Prudent of Bourgeons fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. Bourgeons's R. Ziemczyk gave the visitors a 0 - 1 lead after 19 minutes with a superb strike from the right. 21 minutes into the game Regent managed a counterattack, but M. Prem took a soft shot from the left flank that was easy prey for the alert keeper. The home crowd cheered when, after 30 minutes, P. Kapeta's charge up the middle resulted in the keeper making one of his best saves of the day. Halftime score was 0 - 1. Bourgeons enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 74 percent of possession.

P. Hoarau wanted to play on, but the Bourgeons coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 46 minutes into the game by J. Crépin. The coach of Bourgeons was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 46 minutes, D. Willem came on for G. Bertrand. 51 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 2 as Y. Prudent finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave G. Reninger from Regent a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 53 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, J. Boiteau got himself booked. The manager of Bourgeons was not happy. The Bourgeons players could smell victory in the air. Y. Prudent wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for L. Kúnev after 70 minutes. Central attacks were the recipe of the day for Bourgeons, as they moved the ball from the wings to the middle with startling regularity. After 75 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave P. Kapeta a chance to increase the lead for Bourgeons, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 3. The players of Bourgeons now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. Regent mounted an inspired counterattack down the right wing after 80 minutes, but R. Gkiozis was unable to convert from short range. 81 minutes were showing on the scoreboard when Bourgeons's J. Boiteau received his second yellow card and was sent off. The player down was V. Anastasio. The Regent bench looked worried for a while, but in the end he managed to get up. Bourgeons claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 70 percent.

Regent's best player was V. Anastasio. M. Hein turned in a dismal performance, however. The most dominating Bourgeons player was without a doubt L. Kúnev. However, J. Crépin made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 3.