LAlsacien 1 - 0 OLYMPIQUE (370324375)

Clear skies welcomed the 31136 spectators who had made their way to s'Elsassicher Stadium. Manuele Betta was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Bastien Kanthen and Manfred Summerside. LAlsacien decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. Lineup: Lacroix - Masset, Lehn, Chung, Coupry - Endrefi, Staib, Grecu, Pierman - Cornu, De Langhe.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for OLYMPIQUE. The following players had been chosen: Quintelles - Håkansson, Musayev, Humala - Abel, Iivainen, Duc, Larsen, Alejo - Hoppe, Klinkenberg.

Today, OLYMPIQUE's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. 22 minutes in, LAlsacien's R. Cornu received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. This was a good period for the visitors, with several opportunities to take the lead, particularly when J. Alejo slipped through the defence on the right to come up alone against A. Lacroix, but the home side's keeper showed his lightning reflexes. LAlsacien mounted an inspired counterattack down the right wing after 28 minutes, but R. Cornu was unable to convert from short range. LAlsacien could have put themselves ahead after 33 minutes but L. Endrefi missed a volley shot on a ball coming in from the right. It was 0 - 0 at the break. OLYMPIQUE claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 52 percent.

73 minutes into the match, the referee signalled for a OLYMPIQUE substitution. C. Jacoby came on for D. Duc. J. Larsen became the new OLYMPIQUE captain. Good work by the LAlsacien defensive line after 76 minutes produced a good counterattack chance, which cut elegantly down the middle of the pitch and found J. Chung alone in front of the goal, but his shot whistled just wide. R. Pierman caused the crowd to go mental with his goal up the middle after 81 minutes. This gave LAlsacien the 1 - 0 lead. With 84 minutes played, R. Cornu could have brought this one home for LAlsacien as he charged up on the left, but his hooked ball went just a bit too high. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by OLYMPIQUE, with 53 percent of the ball.

LAlsacien's best player was G. De Langhe. L. Endrefi was a disappointment, however. The most dominating OLYMPIQUE player was without a doubt J. Klinkenberg. J. Alejo on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 1 - 0.