castellomania 1 - 4 Völkerball (363778241)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 1434 to LORD TRAFFORD ARENA. Teodors Lazdins was the appointed referee. castellomania tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. Starters: Barbiroli - Valerio, Fatsoulis, Puusa, Čepurnovas - Perelman, de Nies, Đức Long, Entrala - Venuti, Careaga.

A 5-3-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Völkerball. They fielded: Meola - Di Leo, Carocci, Arosteguy, Maura, Castro - Ezquerra, Débole, Molina - Baroni, Villar.

castellomania saw most attack opportunities on the wings. Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of Völkerball. G. Carocci of Völkerball received a yellow card after 7 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. Some quick footwork on the left side of the field 34 minutes into the match left Völkerball's B. Baroni completely free to score. 0 - 1 for the visitors. Völkerball came close to extending their lead as B. Baroni delivered a low effort on goal from the right after 36 minutes, but the angle was too narrow and the shot went harmlessly into the side netting. After a scuffle in the guests' penalty area 37 minutes into the game, the home team was awarded a penalty. C. Entrala scored to make it 1 - 1. F. Débole would have preferred to play on, but his coach decided otherwise. R. Knoll entered the game for Völkerball as the match clock showed 38 minutes. It was 1 - 1 at the break. Völkerball claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 65 percent.

It was obvious that castellomania had instructions to attack on the wings instead of in the middle. Slack defending gave castellomania a chance to take the lead with 61 minutes played, but P. Đức Long's cross from the left flank was fumbled in front of the goal and easily dealt with by the opposition. Some good play on the left wing created an opportunity for the visitors 70 minutes into the match, and I. Maura wasn't about to let it go by. He got past the defenders and fired a shot that the keeper just missed. 1 - 2 for the visitors. The home crowd was not impressed when D. Di Leo came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 74 minutes. Völkerball were now up 1 - 3. Völkerball increased their lead after 84 minutes when D. Di Leo broke through on the right, upping the score to 1 - 4, much to the home crowd's dismay. Possession in this half belonged to Völkerball, who controlled the ball 67 percent of the time.

A. Careaga performed admirably for castellomania. R. Barbiroli was a disappointment, however. Völkerball's top performer was clearly R. Knoll. However, I. Maura made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 1 - 4.