R0om 1 - 5 volamiopony (333493102)

16132 punters turned up at Arena, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Benjamin Richard Morlock was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Bodo Freiberg and Ugis Dreilings. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for R0om. The following players took the field: Endrõdi - Kapuvári, Pirttiluoma, Fliegner - Achtersteven, Puerto, Pacifico, van Acht, Grazioso - Pinzuti, Tegelaar.

volamiopony had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Mouré Romanillos - Villar, Dathorne, Gaioni - Agov, Panov, Delagarde, Yeng Wai, Kriegstein - Antall, Carrión.

R0om were mostly trying to use their skill at attacking on the flanks. Today, volamiopony's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. This was a good period for the visitors, with several opportunities to take the lead, particularly when D. Carrión slipped through the defence on the right to come up alone against T. Endrõdi, but the home side's keeper showed his lightning reflexes. volamiopony's G. Antall managed to lose the defenders as he advanced down the right wing and scored, putting the visitors ahead after 6 minutes. 0 - 1. It was obvious that R0om had instructions to attack on the wings instead of in the middle. The crowd chanted their encouragement as R0om's J. Pirttiluoma came in from the right after 19 minutes and put the ball in the net to level the score at 1 - 1. Down the middle came D. Carrión, making a fantastic play that nearly had volamiopony take the lead after 25 minutes, but T. Endrõdi preserved the tie. 1 - 1 was the score after the first half. R0om had most of the ball, with 52 percent of possession.

The terraces were silenced after 61 minutes when volamiopony's D. Carrión put the guests ahead 1 - 2, following an attack on the right. G. Gaioni of volamiopony received a yellow card after 66 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. volamiopony increased their lead after 70 minutes when X. Yeng Wai broke through on the right, upping the score to 1 - 3, much to the home crowd's dismay. After 79 minutes R0om's L. van Acht limped slightly after a late challenge, but he was able to continue. 84 minutes into the game a free kick by D. Carrión found its way through the home side's poorly assembled defensive formation, making volamiopony's lead 1 - 4. volamiopony had a good opportunity to attack in the middle, but remembered their instructions to focus on wing attacks instead. After 86 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed G. Gaioni to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 1 - 5. volamiopony claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 54 percent.

The most dominating R0om player was without a doubt L. Pacifico. C. Pinzuti turned in a dismal performance, however. volamiopony's top performer was clearly X. Yeng Wai. G. Gaioni on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 1 - 5.