frolunda 4 - 1 HANNIBAL (345810693)

23602 spectators had come to vastra frolunda Arena this cloudy day. Björn Hagelbom was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Claude Beune and Raphaël Demugnier. frolunda started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players took the field: Ignatov - Chaves, Marcelis, García de Toledo - Bento, Ok, Törnling, Vilajuliu, Traçado - Cuenca, Nikol-Bub.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for HANNIBAL. The following players had been chosen: Zollner - Teichmann, Roed, Musolino - Żur, Steidinger, Iosifescu, Lorusso, Sota - Madeira, Pastor.

Making his way up the middle 3 minutes into the match, M. Nikol-Bub almost managed to squeeze a goal past the visitors' keeper, but the alert M. Zollner blocked it to keep the score level. A questionable penalty 12 minutes in gave the home side the lead, 1 - 0. The visitors' goalie didn't stand a chance as G. Bento knocked the ball home. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in frolunda's G. Bento increasing the lead to 2 - 0. frolunda's D. Ok was shown a yellow card after 16 minutes for slicing down an opponent. M. Nikol-Bub looked to be heading one way when he unexpectedly passed the ball to G. Bento. The move caught everyone off-guard, including his teammate, who panicked and kicked the ball out of play by accident. D. Ok could have increased the lead after 26 minutes, but his shot hit the post after a nice combination in the middle of the park. frolunda put themselves up 3 - 0 when X. Vilajuliu broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. The teams went for the halftime break at 3 - 0. frolunda had most of the ball, with 51 percent of possession.

With 49 minutes showing on the scoreboard clock, HANNIBAL showed some good skill and were able to reduce the score to 3 - 1 when S. Madeira got past the home side's central defenders right in front of the goal. The home side's G. Bento curled a free kick home after 55 minutes, putting frolunda ahead 4 - 1. That was his third goal of the match - a hat trick for G. Bento. After this, you could see that the players of frolunda were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. C. Traçado could have put frolunda up one more, but he fired into the side netting after breaking free on the left after 59 minutes. Coming from the right, M. Nikol-Bub almost managed to score another goal for frolunda, but his header was tipped over the bar by the visitors' keeper. After 70 minutes, HANNIBAL switched M. Roed with L. Iorga, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. With 72 minutes played, I. Sota of HANNIBAL fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. There was concern in the stands when, at the 74 minute mark, HANNIBAL's F. Pastor hit the ground hard, but he refused the attention of the trainer and rejoined his teammates on the pitch. With 88 minutes played, the HANNIBAL coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. E. Carlés came on, I. Sota had to leave the fray. Possession in this half belonged to frolunda, who controlled the ball 58 percent of the time.

The most dominating frolunda player was without a doubt A. Cuenca. However, M. García de Toledo made a disastrous appearance. HANNIBAL's best player was L. Iosifescu. M. Zollner turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 4 - 1.