slapre 2 - 1 elbec (364467935)

It was an exceptionally sunny day for the crowd of 12000 that came out to daniele stadium. Dezyderiusz Cienciała was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Marc Fréchou and João Pedrosa. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for slapre. The following players took the field: Meurisse - Mina, Banelli, Gruenberger - Wolperth, Wennink, Berdor, Frattini, Kuzmitskiy - David, Nuñez.

elbec started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Lineup: Locke - Birkus, Danes, Johnson - Sotgia, Vilellas, Camalò, Rickman, Colledan - Barbareschi, Hang.

elbec mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. Several players seemed a little dazed by the warm weather, and were repeatedly tricked by the clever and agile M. Rickman. 28 minutes into the match, elbec nearly took the lead, as H. Hang broke through on the right. B. Meurisse made the save, however. S. Johnson delivered a good free kick from an excellent position 34 minutes into the game, but luck wasn't on elbec's side this time and the ball went wide. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 0. This part of the game was a standoff between the teams in terms of possession.

slapre created a good opportunity to score 54 minutes into the match when J. Berdor's hooked ball from the left created a scuffle in front of the goal, and the visitors' defenders had a hard time clearing the ball. elbec had several good opportunities to take the lead, especially 58 minutes in when M. Barbareschi came up alone against B. Meurisse who managed a block. 68 minutes into the game, slapre wanted to bring some new energy to their game. S. David gave D. Morant a quick hug as he left the field. slapre fans held their breath as U. Gruenberger scampered down the left side. He successfully avoided all challenges and cracked home the shot for 1 - 0! The bench was restless, and with 74 minutes passed elbec's coach gave G. Luppi the opportunity the player had been hoping for. A. Sotgia reluctantly left the field. U. Gruenberger could have increased the lead after 77 minutes, but his shot hit the post after a nice combination in the middle of the park. A really bad tackle inside the penalty area 80 minutes into the match gave the referee no other choice but to award the visiting elbec a penalty. S. Johnson knocked it home. 1 - 1 81 minutes into the match and the home team took a 2 - 1 lead after breaking through on the left. The scorer for slapre was U. Gruenberger. Possession in this half belonged to slapre, who controlled the ball 53 percent of the time.

A. Frattini performed admirably for slapre. S. Mina was a disappointment, however. elbec's top performer was clearly M. Barbareschi. However, M. Colledan made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 2 - 1.