yoaverpool 0 - 0 freedom (365489250)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and yoaverpool Arena saw a crowd turnout of 60517. Leopoldo Cabeza was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Edward MacEvoy and Franco Boonen. yoaverpool had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Lineup: L'Estrange - Ferrari, Konijn, Entin - Halfon, Petro, Bergen, Poppleton, Atias - Chatzopoulos, De Cauwsemaecker.

freedom tactics involved an interesting 5-4-1 combination. The following players took the field: Bratu - Furginele, Vendrame, Trumpaitis, Sterile, Ipelkofer - Vaňoch, Remacle, Gojani, Yovev - Maimiño.

freedom clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. After 10 minutes, the defensive line of freedom created a counterattack through the middle that gave S. Yovev a good look at the goal, but his shot glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. After 15 minutes, the yoaverpool coach had a quick word about the tactical set-up and decided to try another approach. 20 minutes into the game, yoaverpool wanted to bring some new energy to their game. A. Halfon gave O. Ilay a quick hug as he left the field. What was B. Gojani thinking? That's what everyone wondered when, for no apparent reason, he shot a cross pass over his own penalty area, giving J. De Cauwsemaecker an extra chance, but unfortunately for yoaverpool, he didn't get the shot right. yoaverpool made a bid to take the lead as a ball coming in on the right hand side left O. Ilay completely alone with keeper I. Bratu, who made a spectacular block. With 34 minutes gone, a long pass from the defence of freedom resulted in a counterattack that set S. Furginele free through the middle, but the keeper made a spectacular diving save. With 36 minutes played J. De Cauwsemaecker almost put the home team one ahead on a cross coming in from the right, but the shot went just wide. With the clock showing 39 minutes played, a great pass from the defensive line of freedom resulted in a counterattack that was smoothly brought under control by B. Gojani in the centre of the opposition's penalty area, but his finish went high. 0 - 0 was the halftime score. Possession in this half belonged to yoaverpool, who controlled the ball 66 percent of the time.

With the match clock at 46 minutes, yoaverpool modified their style of play a little bit. yoaverpool could have put themselves ahead after 60 minutes but E. Entin missed a volley shot on a ball coming in from the right. 61 minutes into the match, the referee signalled for a freedom substitution. S. Partaolas came on for D. Remacle. S. Chatzopoulos would have preferred to play on, but his coach decided otherwise. L. Keysi entered the game for yoaverpool as the match clock showed 80 minutes. After 85 minutes, freedom were awarded a free kick as their counter attack broke down. The set piece was lifted over the top, intended to open up the defence. However, the target man seemed to be taken by surprise, and could not reach the ball before it crossed the line for a goal kick. yoaverpool claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 67 percent.

yoaverpool's best player was E. Atias. V. Ferrari was a disappointment, however. freedom's top performer was clearly M. Vendrame. S. Yovev on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 0.