Baggiolino 3 - 3 full (393943311)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 3724 to Stadio Communale. Jesper Branderberg was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Rami Koskivirta and Gilles Juppé. Baggiolino decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. They fielded: Bertoglio - Soula, Gille, Chauvineau - Miras, Chollet, Callier, Tournaire, Martin Fernández - Lebosse, Peyrou.

full had chosen a strategic 2-5-3 formation. The following players took the field: Nalda - Ma'Atuk, Finnland - Hristov, Moreaux, Brito, Salina, Hertzog - Collandra, Agirre, Öttl.

full clearly preferred using their ability to attack in the middle. M. Martin Fernández caused the crowd to go mental with his goal up the middle after 9 minutes. This gave Baggiolino the 1 - 0 lead. full were close to putting the equaliser away after 32 minutes as the opposing defence lost control of the ball to G. Brito in a scuffle towards the left of the goal, but in the end the ball was cleared over the dead ball line. The visitors were awarded a penalty by the referee 38 minutes into the match, much to the anger of the home crowd. A. Agirre took advantage of the situation and scored to make it 1 - 1. After 40 minutes full's M. Ma'Atuk contracted a slight foot injury, but didn't want to leave the game. full's F. Salina placed the ball right at his teammate's feet after a corner, but T. Finnland couldn't finish. full took the lead 42 minutes into the game, making the score 1 - 2 after some elegant movement down the middle. F. Salina was the scorer. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 2. Possession in this half belonged to full, who controlled the ball 51 percent of the time.

After 46 minutes, Baggiolino switched J. Chollet with J. Fouassier, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. The bench was restless, and with 46 minutes passed Baggiolino's coach gave Q. Besnier the opportunity the player had been hoping for. R. Miras reluctantly left the field. Due to some great work on the right wing Baggiolino's Q. Besnier was able to even the score after 58 minutes to make the score 2 - 2. After a fine move down the middle J. Peyrou nearly gave the home side a goal after 63 minutes. However the finishing shot went just wide. full's A. Collandra had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 64 minutes having been played. J. Lacroix was the replacement. With 76 minutes played, Baggiolino's well-worked indirect free kick caused havoc in the penalty area, and when the ball eventually fell to C. Lebosse he gleefully slotted the ball home to make it 3 - 2. Undaunted, full managed to tie it all up after 82 minutes, with A. Agirre's lucky free kick. The score was 3 - 3. full enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 52 percent of possession.

Baggiolino's top performer was clearly L. Callier. D. Bertoglio on the other hand, had a terrible day. A. Agirre performed admirably for full. However, L. Nalda made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 3 - 3.