torinuss 2 - 0 Pickwick (350983621)

9359 spectators had come to arena nuss this cloudy day. Jesús Comunero was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Christophe Depré and Göpf Strittmatter. torinuss tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Lineup: Polverini - Möllerborg, Segura, Valdivia - Michal, Melgarejo, Gildenmeister, Menzani, Mäntylä - Rivera, Grundholt.

A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Pickwick. The following players had been chosen: Rives - Zeni, Guardiola, Galardini, Flottwell - Heertje, Silberschneider, Lamprou, Haugen - Thomassen, De Milato.

Today, Pickwick's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. 11 minutes into the game, C. Zeni had a great chance to put his team ahead, but his kick from the left went wide. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave S. Lamprou from Pickwick a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 31 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! A. Silberschneider behaved like an inexperienced youth player after 37 minutes as he gave the ball away to C. Menzani. Lucky for him though, there was no goal. The crowd groaned its disapproval when S. Rivera missed a free kick that would have given torinuss the lead after 40 minutes. G. Polverini looked great 43 minutes into the match after stopping a shot from the middle of the penalty area from the visitors' C. Zeni. Halftime score was 0 - 0. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by torinuss, with 62 percent of the ball.

At 81 minutes played, M. Mäntylä came in from the right with the intention of giving torinuss the lead, but his rocket of a shot rattled the crossbar. Pickwick had to make a substitution after 82 minutes. C. Zeni limped off the field and was replaced by A. Saracina. C. Melgarejo caused the crowd to go mental with his goal up the middle after 86 minutes. This gave torinuss the 1 - 0 lead. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. A. Michal squirmed through their central defence after 89 minutes, increasing the lead to 2 - 0. At this point, it was obvious that the players of torinuss lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. torinuss had most of the ball, with 68 percent of possession.

S. Rivera performed admirably for torinuss. On the other hand, C. Gildenmeister's play was disheartening. The most dominating Pickwick player was without a doubt J. Guardiola. However, E. Rives made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 2 - 0.