loube35fc 3 - 8 Poney (393338223)

Clear skies welcomed the 1240 spectators who had made their way to neuville Arena. Bence Tibor was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Serafino Guido and Marian Tãtãrãscu. loube35fc decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Lineup: Timershin - Nique, Vehkakoski, Lamotte - Pallot, Ruostetsaari, Talvio, Zoppellaro, Desira - Houel, Leitner.

Poney tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Dumoulin - Ceplītis, Saint-Marc, Tétu - Goux, Leroy, Szekeres, Bukin, Lemus - Dufaure, Martell.

Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of loube35fc. The home crowd was not impressed by the fancy moves of Poney's A. Dufaure after 3 minutes. He converted a pass from the left for a goal, resulting in the visitors taking the 0 - 1 lead. The crowd chanted their encouragement as loube35fc's F. Desira came in from the right after 19 minutes and put the ball in the net to level the score at 1 - 1. Poney had to make a substitution after 24 minutes. T. Leroy limped off the field and was replaced by S. Stümpfl. J. Saint-Marc showed why he is feared on the counterattack, breaking through in the middle and scoring for Poney after 29 minutes to make the score 1 - 2. With 29 minutes played, Poney put themselves up 1 - 3 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was J. Martell. After 32 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave R. Tétu a chance to increase the lead for Poney, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 1 - 4. M. Zoppellaro's inexperience was obvious when his continual hesitation to put in a tackle allowed H. Bukin plenty of time to pick an unguarded area of the goal for his shot, marking one for Poney. 1 - 5. loube35fc supporters cheered as good work down the right got the ball to D. Houel who reduced the visitors' lead after 35 minutes to 2 - 5. It was 2 - 5 at the break. Possession of the ball saw an equal split between the teams during the forty-five minutes.

The coach of Poney was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 46 minutes, F. Hurtaud came on for J. Martell. 56 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 2 - 6 as A. Dufaure finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. Confident in their lead, Poney's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. The home crowd was not impressed when A. Dufaure came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 68 minutes. Poney were now up 2 - 7. That made three goals for A. Dufaure and he was marked down for the hat trick. With 70 minutes played, M. Zoppellaro of loube35fc fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. F. Hurtaud increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 2 - 8. loube35fc's F. Leitner cut towards the middle after 75 minutes, receiving a brilliant pass and slicing through the visiting team's central defence, reducing the lead to 3 - 8. Poney claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 53 percent.

The most dominating loube35fc player was without a doubt F. Leitner. However, M. Timershin made a disastrous appearance. Poney's top performer was clearly A. Dufaure. R. Tétu was a disappointment, however. The match ends 3 - 8.