barbiducii 3 - 3 Scanteia (380887052)

19475 punters turned up at arena barbiducii, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Yiorgos Polymeris was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Aşan Aydınel and Thommas Bonnesen. barbiducii had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Starters: Molev - Saraolu, Märsch, Dieaconu - Holzhausener, Évrard, Virtuoso, Leandri, Pfalz - Guellec, Velloso.

Scanteia tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Lineup: Mardale - Dotan, Solivella, Canessa - Benedetti, Aitosalo, Kurtev, Cotte, Tzankov - Hoffinger, Ries.

The home crowd was not impressed by the fancy moves of Scanteia's H. Hoffinger after 2 minutes. He converted a pass from the left for a goal, resulting in the visitors taking the 0 - 1 lead. R. Ries increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 0 - 2. A. Velloso of barbiducii seemed to be floating in the air as he elegantly headed in to make the score 1 - 2 after a corner kick that was nicely executed by R. Guellec. Due to some great work on the right wing barbiducii's W. Märsch was able to even the score after 11 minutes to make the score 2 - 2. W. Märsch received some harsh words from his coach after he acted foolishly 29 minutes into the match, probably out of lack of experience, and almost let an opponent score. With 31 minutes played L. Virtuoso almost put the home team one ahead on a cross coming in from the right, but the shot went just wide. 2 - 2 was the score after the first half. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by barbiducii, with 53 percent of the ball.

The home side put themselves ahead 3 - 2 after 48 minutes courtesy of a breakthrough from A. Velloso, who scored with a stunning volley following a cross from the right wing. D. Leandri could have increased the lead after 65 minutes, but his shot hit the post after a nice combination in the middle of the park. A. Velloso should probably have put his team up another goal after 70 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by V. Mardale kept the visitors in the game. A. Solivella tied the game at 3 - 3 after 73 minutes, when he converted an incredible pass from the right. S. Kurtev of Scanteia was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. barbiducii could have put themselves ahead after 77 minutes but R. Évrard missed a volley shot on a ball coming in from the right. 78 minutes of the match played, and a comedy of errors by the home side gave the visitors a chance at the lead, but C. Canessa, after finding himself dashing down on goal from the left with only the keeper to beat, sliced his shot horribly wide. Possession in this half belonged to barbiducii, who controlled the ball 59 percent of the time.

Most important barbiducii player was L. Virtuoso. I. Saraolu turned in a dismal performance, however. Scanteia's best player was H. Hoffinger. On the other hand, V. Mardale's play was disheartening. The match ends 3 - 3.