UPG 0 - 4 LyonOlympique (386158918)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 40000 had shown up at Rhondda Stadium for the match. Gazi Yülük was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Yvon Perrier and Chris Erwin. UPG had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Lineup: Jaromin - Boon, Streflik, Falkenhagen - Parkkinen, Håkansson, Serra, Brodsky, Karbonade - Beretta, Luthuli.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for LyonOlympique. Starters: Fortier - Goodman, Lebeckas, Correia - Krook, Schneppe, Wermuth, Venturini, Schöngau - Malecký, Evrov.

Today, LyonOlympique's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. The home crowd was not impressed by the fancy moves of LyonOlympique's M. Wermuth after 28 minutes. He converted a pass from the left for a goal, resulting in the visitors taking the 0 - 1 lead. T. Krook really should have scored when he was chosen by fate to confront a wide open goal following a great play by N. Goodman after a corner. After 33 minutes a well-practised indirect free kick routine by LyonOlympique was easily anticipated by the defenders. The players forward were so well marked, they were left with few viable options. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, P. Brodsky got himself booked. The manager of UPG was not happy. 0 - 1 was the score after the first half. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by LyonOlympique, with 52 percent of the ball.

P. Streflik of UPG was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. The bench was restless, and with 70 minutes passed UPG's coach gave R. Brügmann the opportunity the player had been hoping for. P. Brodsky reluctantly left the field. With 72 minutes played, the UPG coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. P. Jagielski came on, S. Boon had to leave the fray. After 75 minutes, UPG switched R. Luthuli with K. Scheuzger, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave R. Brügmann from UPG a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 78 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! LyonOlympique increased their lead after 81 minutes when A. Lebeckas broke through on the right, upping the score to 0 - 2, much to the home crowd's dismay. A drive down the left side allowed R. Malecký to get in close and score another goal for LyonOlympique after 84 minutes, taking the score to 0 - 3. The referee showed UPG's F. Serra the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. F. Correia of LyonOlympique had to be helped off the pitch as an injury meant he was unable to finish the game. B. Avon came in to finish the match. P. Evrov increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 0 - 4. The players of LyonOlympique now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. Possession in this half belonged to UPG, who controlled the ball 54 percent of the time.

Most important UPG player was H. Parkkinen. On the other hand, R. Brügmann's play was disheartening. The most dominating LyonOlympique player was without a doubt R. Malecký. However, B. Avon made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 4.