reaAal 4 - 2 paris (393843462)

2616 spectators arrived at persian gulf, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Valery Duginov was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Alper Urunlu and Bernard Bevilacqua. reaAal started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Starters: Entezar - Rostami, Amini Yekta, Amininejad - Ashoubi, Habibnejad, Vogelsanger, Haji Esmaeilipour, Khajehpour - Mochani, Martin.

paris had chosen a strategic 2-5-3 formation. They fielded: Swaffin-Smith - Bigot, Bekri - Andrieu, Thomas, Wingold, Hornowski, Paso - Primault, Gomes, Morgadinho.

They were singing the praises of J. Vogelsanger 2 minutes into the match after his speculative chip from the middle of the penalty box found its way over the visitors' keeper to make the score 1 - 0 to reaAal. reaAal's J. Vogelsanger was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 9 minutes. After 19 minutes, there was a bit of a mixup on the field as paris found themselves out of position and their organisation level dropped to weak. With 21 minutes played, reaAal put themselves up 2 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to E. Amini Yekta, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. N. Gomes made a nice dash down the wing after 23 minutes, but was unable to get the cross into the box. A goal kick was awarded. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in reaAal's J. Vogelsanger increasing the lead to 3 - 0. 31 minutes into the match, H. Rostami could have extended the lead, but his powerful free kick went just over the bar. The visitors' right side was dangerous today; G. Paso made the home team's keeper look foolish as he easily reduced the lead to make it 3 - 1 35 minutes into the match. 3 - 1 was the halftime score. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by reaAal, with 64 percent of the ball.

A review of the gameplan helped paris get back to a solid organisation when the referee blew his whistle again. After 46 minutes, paris switched N. Gomes with R. Gal, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. 51 minutes into the game, paris seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to passable. 65 minutes into the match, paris replied and reduced the lead to 3 - 2. T. Hornowski scored on a marvellous cross pass coming in from the left. 68 minutes into the game, paris seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a poor level of organisation. Cheers filled the stadium as M. Mochani broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 4 - 2 to reaAal. paris needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 70 minutes F. Andrieu made way for M. Wilmowski. reaAal claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 68 percent.

reaAal's best player was J. Martin. On the other hand, F. Entezar's play was disheartening. C. Primault performed admirably for paris. M. Wilmowski was a disappointment, however. The match ends 4 - 2.