Servette 1 - 2 united (369564210)

Dark skies made the crowd of 9417 at Servette AC Arena a little nervous, but the rain held off. Moisés Figo was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Inge Aspenstål and Klaas Jan Modderman. A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Servette. The following players had been chosen: Neubrecht - Brunschwiler, Nieberle, Parollo, Loeffel - Goebel, Lenherr, Hof, Reinwarth - Breysse, Schaefer.

united had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. The following players took the field: Geller - Rousseau, Braghini, Assini, Nunziante - Koerner, Sainte-Luce, Deggelmann, Cicetti - Windesheim, Rimbach.

With 2 minutes played, the excellent ball from the wing by united's R. Cicetti reached T. Rimbach's head, and he is not one to miss such an opportunity - 0 - 1. 11 minutes into the game, R. Schaefer came close to levelling the score with a dangerous shot from the centre of the area that went just over the bar. united's D. Windesheim got himself booked for a foul. 0 - 1 was the score after the first half. Servette enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 64 percent of possession.

With a shot curled in from just outside the middle of the penalty area after 48 minutes played, J. Hof of Servette made the score 1 - 1. After a fine move down the middle R. Lenherr nearly gave the home side a goal after 58 minutes. However the finishing shot went just wide. The corner kick from B. Rousseau was powerfully met by the head of A. Deggelmann to make the score 1 - 2. The referee showed Servette's R. Lenherr the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. In a fantastic display of determination, united's A. Deggelmann forced himself to his feet, after an opponent viciously knocked him down. Servette claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 63 percent.

The most dominating Servette player was without a doubt R. Schaefer. J. Breysse turned in a dismal performance, however. united's top performer was clearly B. Rousseau. N. Assini on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 1 - 2.