psg 3 - 2 Gribouille (393043699)

The crowd of 37937 turning up at le parc des princes today were greeted with some nasty showers of rain. Per Risbeck was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Odisseas Skarmpatonis and Mogens Brodersen. psg had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Starters: Di Grazia - Loria, Nedović, Schicha - Danielsson, Gustavsson, Índio, Roškar, Pacheco - Maldonado, Brahinsky.

A 2-5-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Gribouille. The following players took the field: Greiner - Villabona, Best - Ohlah, Kandrač, Köhler, Górecki, Isturiz - Long Wen, Kudrycki, Petiot.

After 13 minutes, psg sent a free kick in high over the penalty box. In what looked like a well-rehearsed move, the ball was headed backwards and reached W. Loria, who had plenty of space to place a well aimed shot - 1 - 0. Always quick and a menace to his opponents, B. Ohlah was very close to getting through after 21 minutes, but he could only put the ball into the keeper's arms. The home crowd was dismayed when the referee called a penalty for Gribouille after 22 minutes. J. Best calmly took the shot and scored. The game was level at 1 - 1. It was a bad day for the usually speedy B. Ohlah. The mud seemed to slow him down. L. Long Wen had a good opportunity to give Gribouille the lead as he charged down the right and struck the ball towards the top corner, but the home team's goalkeeper made the save. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 1. Possession in this half belonged to Gribouille, who controlled the ball 51 percent of the time.

With the match clock at 46 minutes, Gribouille modified their style of play a little bit. After 46 minutes, the Gribouille coach had a quick word about the tactical set-up and decided to try another approach. Gribouille had several good opportunities to take the lead, especially 47 minutes in when L. Long Wen came up alone against M. Di Grazia who managed a block. F. Pacheco really should have scored when he was chosen by fate to confront a wide open goal following a great play by R. Gustavsson after a corner. E. Schicha gave psg the lead with a beautiful free kick after 54 minutes. 2 - 1! After 60 minutes, Gribouille switched P. Kudrycki with I. Nikolai, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. The home team will be cursing S. Górecki for weeks; he finished off a great pass from the left, knocking it past the keeper without a problem. The match was level at 2 - 2 after 69 minutes. After 80 minutes, the Gribouille coach wanted to see a new face on the pitch, waving A. Köhler off the field. P. Pavard took his place. Priding himself in being an active coach, the psg manager gave new instructions to his players after 80 minutes. 80 minutes into the match, the psg manager wanted to try a new tactic, and the players loyally obliged. The coach of psg wanted to try to change things around after 80 minutes, and gave new tactical instructions. psg took the lead 80 minutes into the game by 3 - 2, as K. Roškar elegantly received a long range pass through the middle, finishing off with a half-volley shot just below the bar. Gribouille had most of the ball, with 51 percent of possession.

The most dominating psg player was without a doubt K. Roškar. On the other hand, E. Schicha's play was disheartening. Gribouille's best player was I. Nikolai. However, P. Pavard made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 3 - 2.