burdigala 1 - 1 Fanatik (370321785)

43470 punters turned up at burdigala Arena Star, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Gianni Bucelli was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Peleg Sheinzinger and Conrado Gorzy. burdigala decided to use a 3-4-3 set up. The following players took the field: Martín - Suligoy, Ameneiro, Välimäki - Sevanyan, Ferhat, Marzin, Trancart - Almeida, Aimard, Jabbalah.

Fanatik had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. They fielded: Cagliostro - Michałowski, Zbarskiy, Lindenbaum - Houpert, Lunardi, Chesne, Boujon, Lemétayer - Nogaj, Rampon.

20 minutes into the game, F. Martín had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came K. Radło. Fanatik's B. Michałowski got himself booked for a foul. M. Jabbalah gave burdigala the lead as he successfully challenged the guests' central defenders, then slotted the ball into the bottom corner, giving the keeper no chance. 1 - 0 burdigala's A. Aimard had an excellent opportunity after 37 minutes, shooting after receiving a pass from the right hand side, but he missed the goal by miles! 41 minutes in, Fanatik's M. Lemétayer received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. M. Jabbalah could have put burdigala up one more, but he fired into the side netting after breaking free on the left after 42 minutes. The visitors kept the pressure on to tie the game when, after 43 minutes, F. Rampon broke through the centre and found himself alone with the keeper. K. Radło made a great block, though. 1 - 0 was the halftime score. burdigala claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 56 percent.

Coming through the middle B. Nogaj almost scored the equaliser for Fanatik after 65 minutes, but K. Radło made an excellent save, tipping the awkwardly curled shot past the post. M. Suligoy got left behind when Fanatik's M. Lemétayer made a sudden run forward after 82 minutes, finishing off with a neat strike. 1 - 1! Possession in this half belonged to burdigala, who controlled the ball 54 percent of the time.

burdigala's top performer was clearly M. Almeida. On the other hand, K. Radło's play was disheartening. Fanatik's best player was B. Nogaj. S. Houpert was a disappointment, however. The match ends 1 - 1.