Feyenoord-Zürich 5 - 3 KARTIER (393380673)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 2583 to De Kuip. Kris Elken was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Tom Bollinger and Axel Rosentritt. Feyenoord-Zürich started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players took the field: Queiró - Stillhart, Leray, Luccarini - Le Ny, Uradin, Fedier, Lalli, Bremer - Häckel, Perruchoud.

KARTIER decided to use a 5-3-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Bloquet - Blondet, Dez, Boylan, Amor, Bru - Campolunghi, Martinsson, Tissandier - Claudel, Morineau.

KARTIER clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. KARTIER's L. Campolunghi was shown a yellow card after 28 minutes for slicing down an opponent. In a fantastic display of determination, Feyenoord-Zürich's N. Uradin forced himself to his feet, after an opponent viciously knocked him down. Making his way up the middle 30 minutes into the match, A. Fedier almost managed to squeeze a goal past the visitors' keeper, but the alert E. Bloquet blocked it to keep the score level. After 31 minutes, the defensive line of KARTIER created a counterattack through the middle that gave L. Campolunghi a good look at the goal, but his shot glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, O. Lalli got himself booked. The manager of Feyenoord-Zürich was not happy. Feyenoord-Zürich took the lead after 33 minutes as a result of Y. Leray's peach of a shot from the right hand side of the box - placed beautifully in the top corner. 1 - 0. Cheers filled the stadium as I. Perruchoud broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 2 - 0 to Feyenoord-Zürich. One of many good crosses from S. Le Ny on the wing was received and skillfully taken care of by I. Perruchoud, who scored for Feyenoord-Zürich. 3 - 0 KARTIER earned themselves a free kick after a counterattack wasn't dealt with adequately by their opponents. L. Campolunghi powered the shot in for 3 - 1. The teams went for the halftime break at 3 - 1. Feyenoord-Zürich claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 60 percent.

Feyenoord-Zürich solidified their lead at the 48 minute mark, as W. Häckel dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 4 - 1. Confident in their lead, Feyenoord-Zürich's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. A. Fedier increased the lead for Feyenoord-Zürich to 5 - 1, getting a head onto a hooked ball from the right. The ball looked to have taken a deflection on the way in, but he's claiming it! Feyenoord-Zürich's I. Perruchoud saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates after 74 minutes. KARTIER fought on and, after 75 minutes, J. Claudel was able to reduce the deficit to 5 - 2 after some excellent moves on the right side were finished off with an incredibly clever chip. The referee showed KARTIER's D. Boylan the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Morale on the visitors' bench was greatly improved when their T. Morineau reduced the lead to make it 5 - 3 after 80 minutes, following a pass from the right. Feyenoord-Zürich enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 61 percent of possession.

Most important Feyenoord-Zürich player was O. Lalli. However, A. Fedier made a disastrous appearance. KARTIER's top performer was clearly L. Campolunghi. On the other hand, T. Morineau's play was disheartening. The match ends 5 - 3.