Young Boys' golden joker Seydou Doumbia came off the bench to score a late equalizer that preserves his side's faint chances of progressing into the group stage of the UEFA Cup. The Swiss have opened the scoring on 16 minutes through Schneuwly, but Sonck made it one all after a horrible defensive error by Ghezal. The visitors have remained on top in the second half, and Clement put them ahead on 73 minutes, but Doumbia's 88th minute goal was a fair reward for the effort the home side have put in after conceding.

Young Boys have started the match in their usual 3-4-3 formation with Degen coming into the starting lineup as a part of the attacking trident instead of the suspended Varela. The visitors, on the other side, have opted to go for a two men striking force, so Sonck got a start up front alongside Akpala.

Well known for being an extremely difficult side to beat at home due to their artificial turf, the Young Boys have shown nothing in the early stages to confirm this reputation - as the visitors were in control from the very beginning and Akpala and Vargas both went close before the Berners have taken the lead out of the blue on 16 minutes - with Schneuwly beating the away keeper with an accurate shot. The goal was a big morale boost for the home side, who have managed to create a balance on the pitch and were holding onto their advantage with relative ease. Late in the first half, the home crowd have received a cold shower -as Ghezal needlessly lost the ball in defence, hence allowing Sonck to score an easy equalizer for the visitors. The second half saw both of the sides enjoying a few scoring chances, with Haeberli recording two decent attempts for the home side, but the Belgians have always looked as the more likely team to score and have done so on 73 minutes, when skipper Clement headed in a brilliant cross by Vargas to give his side the lead. The Swiss have entered the remainder of the match in determined fashion, with the visitors happy to sit back and lurk for counter attacking opportunities. The deserved goal for Young Boys came on 88 minutes, with Doumbia tapping in from close range after a neat team move involving Haeberli and Regazzoni - it was the striker's third goal for Young Boys, with all of them scoring in the dying minutes of the game! Young Boys have tried to push late on in search of a winner, but all they got was a disallowed goal of Regazzoni.

The visitors look like the clear favorites to progress after the first match, not only because of the away goal advantage, but also because they've looked as the more skilled and experienced unit. Young Boys did perform better away from home than in front of their own fans so far in their domestic league, but look far away from the level of the Belgian side and the UEFA Cup group stage will most likely once again remain a dream for them, after they've been knocked out by Lens in the first round last year.