Doro 4 - 2 Dudes (202799028)

Clouds darkened the skies at Dorolandia Arena as 36855 spectators turned up for the match. Koulis Kaliakatsos was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Remo Cuhulain and João Vestena. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Doro. Lineup: Imperi - Berategui, Mökkönen, Maldini - Wohlfahrth, Arcuato, Bevan, Lenzi, Di Puorto - Wapf, Manjarrés.

Dudes tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Gaio - Eagles, Domínguez, Mendracaveitia - de Azevedo, Cortelazzo, Bartnicki, Gheza, Marin - Trippodo, Azzolini.

The visitors grabbed the lead after K. Bartnicki's free kick succeeded, resulting in a score of 0 - 1. Doro's G. Lenzi put his head to a well placed ball, lifted in from the left, and scored to make the score 1 - 1 with 20 minutes showing on the scoreboard clock. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave E. Wohlfahrth from Doro a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 22 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! K. Bartnicki was the unlucky victim and couldn't continue the game, so Dudes's G. Chittaro had to come off the bench. After 34 minutes, the visitors nearly went up a goal, but D. Marin's free kick hit the crossbar. They were singing the praises of E. Wohlfahrth 38 minutes into the match after his speculative chip from the middle of the penalty box found its way over the visitors' keeper to make the score 2 - 1 to Doro. It was 2 - 1 at the break. Doro had most of the ball, with 58 percent of possession.

Cheers filled the stadium as L. Maldini broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 3 - 1 to Doro. The visitors got one back when S. Gheza finished off a pass from the left and scored after 49 minutes. 3 - 2 was the score. After 52 minutes, B. Bevan put Doro ahead 4 - 2 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. The game was close to savage at times, and Doro's E. Wohlfahrth received a second yellow card after 68 minutes; his ticket out of the game. The crowd roared its approval when D. Imperi somehow managed to block a shot which seemed to be a certain goal by Dudes's D. Marin 69 minutes into the game. After 76 minutes, Doro's D. Manjarrés fell awkwardly, but was determined to stay in the match. That's the spirit! Doro had most of the ball, with 55 percent of possession.

Doro's top performer was clearly E. Arcuato. However, H. Mökkönen made a disastrous appearance. Dudes's best player was E. de Azevedo. G. Chittaro turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 4 - 2.