Very good operations with a view to maintaining Fola and Mondercange. For Etzella on the other hand, it smells of fir.
Fola – Kärjeng (3-2)
Fola, 12th in the standings, has an imperative duty to win against a team of Käerjeng, even worse off (14th) and who are playing for the first time under the orders of Manuel Peixoto.
The start of the match is rather to the advantage of the locals. A fine movement orchestrated in midfield by Camara gave Quinol (2′) a first chance, then it was Lahrach’s turn to take off his shot too much (15′). The control is local, but here, the visitors do not let go and begin over the minutes to impose counter pressure on the Eschoise defense, like this counter initiated by Correia (31st). On returning from the locker room, Fola tries to impose a more sustained pace. In the 49th, Jeridi took advantage of a ball lost by the Bascharageois midfield, started from afar, shifted Diallo who delivered for Quinol who pushed the ball deep (1-0).
The locals did it again a quarter of an hour later, taking advantage of another loss of the ball from UNA. This time, it was B. Correia who picked up the ball and served at the far post Quinol whose powerful shot ended up under the bar (2-0, 65′). With a two-point lead on the scoreboard, the Red and Whites seem to be managing the end of the game. But Nicolas Fernandes’ teammates will find the necessary resources to come back in a completely crazy end to the game. It was first Klein, under pressure, who pushed the ball into his own net (2-1, 79th). Then, Muric perfectly served by Titizian puts his team on par with a low shot (2-2, 85th).
The show, there will be until the end since Quinol, at the reception at the far post of a cross from B. Correia will offer himself a hat-trick and deliver a whole bench after additional time (3-2, 90 +4).Gilles Tarral
Etzella – Rosport (1-5)
In this survival match, Rosport ignites the game from the start. Steinbach with a vicious home shot puts Galea to the test from the 3rd. In the 12th, Jimenez admirably launched in depth by Steinbach prefers to make a pass instead of shooting. Van Lingen from five meters misses the inevitable. What about the local team? She is amorphous and transparent, her actions lack precision and conviction. In short, it is nothingness, emptiness, the desert. The visitors dominate, yet appear too chaotic for a long time in front of the opposing goal.
Logically, however, Rosport opened the scoring in the 26th, by Van Lingen following a “one-two” with Jimenez. The non-performance of Etzella which borders on insolence continues and it is the same for the walk of the people of the Sûre. It was Steinbach, stirring and incisive who, with a shot in the skylight, widened the gap (36th). And it’s not over: Jimenez, in a solitary raid scores 0-3 again before the end of the first round.
Identical scenario when returning from the locker room. Yet another pass in the back of the local defenders allows Jimenez to shoot Galea. Etzella gave a sign of life shortly before the hour mark when Kramaric headed in for the 1-4. The minutes that follow are boring and played out in general indifference. The success of Rosport suffers from no dispute and Crowther establishes the final score (1-5 89th).
Georges Bassing
Mondercange – Hostert (1-0)
Match of fear or the loser risked a lot in this so-called “six point” match. In the end it was Mondercange who hit the jackpot inwinning 1-0 ahead of Hostert on a M’Barki penalty. During the 90 minutes the two formations are in the hard. On one side of the premisesmuch more dominating throughout the meeting but who will have difficulty in concretizing their domination. While on the other side,Hostert defends with a very low block! Yet they are the ones who will be able to plant the first banderilla, but Tshiabuiye, surprised, misses his recovery (31st).A free warning for the locals, who continue to push but in vain.On returning from the locker room, events will follow one another. First, the locals will benefit from a penalty but Grub intervenes brilliantlyahead of M’barki (51st). The attacker will redeem himself twenty minutes later by transforming a second penalty, which he will shoot despite everything by taking his responsibilities (1-0). Towards the end of the match, he could still have scored one (71st) or the other (88th) goal but the success was not there. In stoppage time, Hostert gets a final chance to equalize but Agovic’s return flies over the cage. Mondercange was very hot and breathes better unlike the Greens …Paulo Bastos