sarrazine 1 - 2 Cap-ferret (393941451)

1121 fans braved the pouring rain at la sarrazine Arena. Tomas Bohlund was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Sam Van Coillie and Márton Szekeres. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for sarrazine. The following players took the field: Rousselet - Carme, Rousseau, Charrin - Nabli, Tricot, Sosa, Dorbeck, Heggblum - Gaertner, Werries.

Cap-ferret tactics involved an interesting 5-4-1 combination. Lineup: Bodereau - Carmignani, Aniska, van den Hanenberg, Lardo, Usahakit - Mignotte, Perron, Landon, Chapeau - Fromentin.

Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of Cap-ferret. The rain made it hard for players like T. Fromentin to show their technical control of the ball on this soggy day. sarrazine had a chance to take the lead after C. Gaertner's dazzling drive up the left, but the opportunity fizzled out as his shot went just over the bar after 18 minutes. The counterattacks of Cap-ferret were deadly and 19 minutes into the game, T. Fromentin received a nice pass from the right flank, making it 0 - 1. With the clock showing 38 minutes played, R. Tricot equalised for sarrazine after curling a free kick around the defensive wall to make the score 1 - 1. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave R. Tricot from sarrazine a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 39 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! 42 minutes in, sarrazine's U. Sosa received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. The player down was M. Perron. The Cap-ferret bench looked worried for a while, but in the end he managed to get up. 1 - 1 was the score after the first half. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by sarrazine, with 70 percent of the ball.

52 minutes of the match played, and a comedy of errors by the home side gave the visitors a chance at the lead, but M. Perron, after finding himself dashing down on goal from the left with only the keeper to beat, sliced his shot horribly wide. Cap-ferret had to make a substitution after 61 minutes. L. Landon limped off the field and was replaced by A. Buffery. sarrazine created a good opportunity to score 79 minutes into the match when O. Nabli's hooked ball from the left created a scuffle in front of the goal, and the visitors' defenders had a hard time clearing the ball. Cap-ferret's counterattacks were lethal to the opposing defence, allowing A. Buffery to score easily from the right flank for 1 - 2. S. Heggblum charged down the left and had a wonderful opportunity to score the equaliser for sarrazine, but the shot went well wide of the goal. G. Pomatta was called on to replace sarrazine's R. Tricot after 84 minutes following a nasty collision. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, A. Buffery got himself booked. The manager of Cap-ferret was not happy. sarrazine enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 70 percent of possession.

U. Sosa performed admirably for sarrazine. T. Rousseau turned in a dismal performance, however. The most dominating Cap-ferret player was without a doubt E. van den Hanenberg. G. Bodereau was a disappointment, however. The match ends 1 - 2.