excoto 7 - 1 Mousa (365990146)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 57886 at new tuning stadium today. Paris Wolfisberg was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Lars Gripenborn and Karl Heinz Wolf. excoto tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Stuifzand - 寒興 (Hanxing) , Domingues, Mastai - Vooremaa, Kipkoech, Ketilsson, Sonaglia, Strand - Saja, Lasciato.

Mousa started off with a 2-5-3 lineup. Lineup: Halvorsen - Andreassen, Porcaru - Petrunov, Bulut, Subotai, Di Dio, Šimic - Hossain, Scalise, Roi.

excoto were clearly looking ahead to the next match rather than focusing on the one at hand. Mousa immediately set off using their skill at pressing their opponents. excoto broke through on the left 6 minutes into the game, with G. Ketilsson firing in from an acute angle to give the home side a 1 - 0 lead. After 8 minutes, G. Ketilsson put excoto ahead 2 - 0 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. K. Šimic tried using a burst of speed to get past his defender after 18 minutes, but it takes more than that to get past fast 莫. 寒興 (Hanxing) . After 19 minutes, excoto's G. Ketilsson fell awkwardly, but was determined to stay in the match. That's the spirit! Cheers filled the stadium as M. Mastai broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 3 - 0 to excoto. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. Ø. Strand squirmed through their central defence after 24 minutes, increasing the lead to 4 - 0. With 35 minutes gone, excoto had a free kick in a decent position. Despite this being a great chance for a shot, they tried a cheeky move intended to bypass the defence. However, 莫. 寒興 (Hanxing) did not manage to connect with it cleanly and the ball went out. With 37 minutes played, the excellent ball from the wing by excoto's M. Vooremaa reached C. Lasciato's head, and he is not one to miss such an opportunity - 5 - 0. After this, you could see that the players of excoto were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. It was 5 - 0 at the break. excoto enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 67 percent of possession.

K. Šimic nearly reduced the lead 56 minutes into the game, but a splendid one-handed save by S. Stuifzand prevented the attempt coming in from the right flank from hitting the back of the net. Given a free kick close to the byline, excoto tried a move that loyal fans may recognise from training. A pass to the side pulled the defence out of position which let M. Vooremaa slip through on goal. He didn't have to break his stride, and slipped the ball past the keeper to make it 6 - 0, 70 minutes into the game. G. Ketilsson could have put excoto up one more, but he fired into the side netting after breaking free on the left after 80 minutes. M. Subotai of Mousa seemed to be floating in the air as he elegantly headed in to make the score 6 - 1 after a corner kick that was nicely executed by V. Petrunov. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in excoto's C. Lasciato increasing the lead to 7 - 1. The excoto players could smell victory in the air. S. Stuifzand wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for A. Hangartner after 89 minutes. M. Mastai wanted to play on, but the excoto coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 89 minutes into the game by A. Llort. Content with how the game was proceeding, the excoto coach let G. Morroto replace C. Lasciato after 89 minutes. The bench was restless, and with 89 minutes passed Mousa's coach gave M. Donaldson the opportunity the player had been hoping for. B. Andreassen reluctantly left the field. Mousa needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 89 minutes A. Porcaru made way for Q. Galé. After 89 minutes, Mousa switched R. Halvorsen with J. Cakó, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. Possession in this half belonged to excoto, who controlled the ball 67 percent of the time.

G. Morroto performed admirably for excoto. On the other hand, A. Hangartner's play was disheartening. Mousa's best player was S. Hossain. J. Cakó was a disappointment, however. The match ends 7 - 1.