Factoryideas 4 - 3 Football (362803681)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 683 at "Luna" Factory Park Arena today. Nathan Grömling was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Hélder Barroca and Arthur Liesenkötter. A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Factoryideas. The following players had been chosen: Torrezelo - Di Blasi, Serra, Faria Lima, Persson - Josfal, Larsen, Bizjak, Calatayud - Zizzari, Rosano.

Football had chosen a strategic 3-4-3 formation. Lineup: Pulido - Pestrin, Prins, Pezzoli - Bärenfaller, Västilä, Haldern, Villegas - Pleşu, Darmer, Amdurski.

Today, Factoryideas's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. After 2 minutes, R. Calatayud came in from the right, feinted, then sped past the off-balance defender to make the score 1 - 0, giving Factoryideas the lead. P. Pestrin's lack of experience almost gave Factoryideas a goal after 5 minutes, but the shot went right into the keeper's arms. 11 minutes into the match, A. Bizjak could have extended the lead, but his powerful free kick went just over the bar. Football's P. Pestrin was shown a yellow card after 12 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Football's right side looked dangerous 18 minutes in, but A. Torrezelo made a good save on S. Prins's hard shot to the top corner. Football tied it all up, 22 minutes in, after a spectacular goal by G. Pezzoli, who miraculously broke through the home side's central defence, making it 1 - 1. 37 minutes into the match and the home team took a 2 - 1 lead after breaking through on the left. The scorer for Factoryideas was R. Calatayud. It was 2 - 1 at the break. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Factoryideas, with 57 percent of the ball.

N. Rosano wanted to play on, but the Factoryideas coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 46 minutes into the game by J. Biagiotti. R. Calatayud left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 50 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. J. Eltink was the replacement. With 76 minutes played, Football's well-worked indirect free kick caused havoc in the penalty area, and when the ball eventually fell to B. Amdurski he gleefully slotted the ball home to make it 2 - 2. Factoryideas's C. Persson got himself booked for a foul. Factoryideas took the lead 81 minutes in, as J. Eltink broke through on the left and put the 3 - 2 shot just beyond the reach of the outstretched keeper. The referee was not popular with the home supporters after he awarded Football a controversial penalty after 87 minutes. G. Pezzoli made no mistake, levelling the score at 3 - 3. Making his way up the middle 88 minutes into the match, J. Eltink almost managed to squeeze a goal past the visitors' keeper, but the alert Ó. Pulido blocked it to keep the score level. Factoryideas claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 59 percent.

As neither team had managed to win, extra time was called. Some great play up the middle by Factoryideas led to a chance for J. Biagiotti to score after 94 minutes, but the shot hit the crossbar. After some beautiful movement down the left wing, M. Serra scored for Factoryideas putting them ahead 4 - 3, after 103 minutes. What a dramatic win for Factoryideas! Factoryideas's top performer was clearly J. Biagiotti. On the other hand, A. Torrezelo's play was disheartening. Most important Football player was C. Darmer. A. Bärenfaller on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 4 - 3.