equips 4 - 1 BUGers (292649819)

23289 punters turned up at equips Arena, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Tinu Freshner was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Thorsten Danter and Gaudencijus Karaškevičius. equips tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Lineup: Díez de Medina - Boulay, Simić, Llaudet - Stajkovac, Savin, Pukka, Heyvaert, Lioret - Resende, Bucciaglia.

A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for BUGers. They fielded: Bombarda - Stoilov, Major, Schöne, Portillo - Longra, Morykh, Wojciechowski, Smakowski - Aramburu, Kubaś.

BUGers immediately set off using their skill at pressing their opponents. At this time in the match, BUGers were using their skill at pressing to successfully stifle the game. After a fine move down the middle M. Bucciaglia nearly gave the home side a goal after 32 minutes. However the finishing shot went just wide. BUGers's L. Morykh was shown a yellow card after 33 minutes for slicing down an opponent. equips were forced into a substitution as G. Díez de Medina couldn't continue due to some rough treatment, forcing L. Pauro to come in off the bench. After 38 minutes, the home side was awarded a penalty. The visitors protested wildly but the referee was adamant. M. Heyvaert easily put the ball away to give the lead to equips. 1 - 0 equips solidified their lead at the 42 minute mark, as L. Lioret dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 2 - 0. equips's A. Savin was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 43 minutes. 2 - 0 was the score after the first half. equips claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 52 percent.

BUGers managed to reduce the score to 2 - 1 as D. Smakowski finished off a well-played combination from the left, easily carving through the defence. L. Lioret should probably have put his team up another goal after 70 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by O. Bombarda kept the visitors in the game. equips were given a gift! The ref dubiously awarded them a penalty 80 minutes into the match, which was neatly put away by M. Heyvaert. 3 - 1 for the home side. A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of equips to 4 - 1 as M. Bucciaglia finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. equips had most of the ball, with 55 percent of possession.

equips's top performer was clearly G. Stajkovac. On the other hand, J. Pukka's play was disheartening. The most dominating BUGers player was without a doubt T. Kubaś. However, O. Bombarda made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 4 - 1.