originalista 5 - 0 METANOPOLI (330839654)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 2138 to NIKOS GOUMAS. Björn Pitkänen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Maciej Ożga and Voicu Vãsâi. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for originalista. The following players had been chosen: Couto - Plasson, Leontokardos, Tsoukalios - Tillsjö, Dhaoui, Kareklidis, Fouriozos, Lefkos - Kapelis, Miguel Valle.

METANOPOLI tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. Lineup: Boschiroli - Panigo, Maiolo, Faoro, Gheza - Zanini, Sdogati, Francisco, Lunardini - Tavecchio, Bancone.

originalista mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. It was obvious that METANOPOLI were using their pressing skill as their primary tactic. They were singing the praises of I. Kareklidis 4 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 1 - 0 to originalista. It was obvious that team originalista had instructions to attack in the middle instead of on the wings. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. L. Kapelis squirmed through their central defence after 21 minutes, increasing the lead to 2 - 0. originalista's G. Plasson increased the lead to 3 - 0, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 31 minutes. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in originalista's L. Kapelis increasing the lead to 4 - 0. Confident in their lead, originalista's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. A lunatic dribble by M. Sdogati, in front of his own keeper, set up originalista's M. Miguel Valle for an embarrassingly easy strike after 39 minutes. 5 - 0! 40 minutes into the game, G. Panigo had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came M. Sciarratta. It was 5 - 0 at the break. originalista had most of the ball, with 69 percent of possession.

After 53 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by L. Kapelis might have resulted in another goal for originalista. However, C. Boschiroli made a spectacular save. METANOPOLI's M. Tavecchio was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 69 minutes. With 76 minutes played, G. Plasson could have brought this one home for originalista as he charged up on the left, but his hooked ball went just a bit too high. Possession in this half belonged to originalista, who controlled the ball 73 percent of the time.

originalista's top performer was clearly C. Couto. A. Tsoukalios was a disappointment, however. Most important METANOPOLI player was M. Tavecchio. However, P. Francisco made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 5 - 0.