ilgioco 0 - 9 Futagotamagawa (190260513)

The 15000 spectators at portaportese were in for an afternoon of sunshine. Víctor Elespuru was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Stefano Crea and Nino Džepina. ilgioco decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Lineup: Chirino - Ardoni, Emmering, Rossi - Kotte, Cauwelier, Larsson, Ganea, Sommer - Caserta, Cowcher.

Futagotamagawa had chosen a strategic 3-4-3 formation. They fielded: Ðorđević - Flitcroft, Topuzov, Verbustel - Lauriola, van Grunsven, Filip, Kruger - Oicatá, Riveros, Falcón.

Today, ilgioco's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. Futagotamagawa mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. After 6 minutes, Futagotamagawa put themselves up 0 - 1, as J. Oicatá finished off a strike from the left with a real cannonball of a shot. ilgioco's M. Ardoni got himself booked for a foul. The visitors' V. Flitcroft took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 14 minutes into the match. 0 - 2 for Futagotamagawa. After 31 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave J. Oicatá a chance to increase the lead for Futagotamagawa, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 3. After 37 minutes, Futagotamagawa 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 A. Kruger, who had plenty of space to place a well aimed shot - 0 - 4. Confident in their lead, Futagotamagawa's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 4. Futagotamagawa claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 67 percent.

A drive down the left side allowed L. Filip to get in close and score another goal for Futagotamagawa after 49 minutes, taking the score to 0 - 5. After 71 minutes, ilgioco's H. Sommer fell awkwardly, but was determined to stay in the match. That's the spirit! After 82 minutes, Futagotamagawa's J. Oicatá burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 6. That made three goals for J. Oicatá and he was marked down for the hat trick. It was a hot and sunny day, and several players seemed worn out. Maybe this was why A. Kruger found an unusual amount of space for his snappy footwork. The visitors' R. Riveros took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 85 minutes into the match. 0 - 7 for Futagotamagawa. R. Riveros received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 86 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 0 - 8. The Futagotamagawa fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. 88 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 9 as J. Verbustel finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, J. Falcón got himself booked. The manager of Futagotamagawa was not happy. Futagotamagawa claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 70 percent.

ilgioco's best player was C. Cowcher. G. Rossi on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important Futagotamagawa player was R. Riveros. However, A. Kruger made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 9.