discepoli 2 - 2 borbona (366020928)

Due to an all-day shower, 17256 paying spectators got to see a match on a pitch-turned-bog at Barzottolandia. Brandão Mattos was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Claude Florence and Edi Anghel. discepoli had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. They fielded: Hartskär - Somby, Caggiano, Ghiveciu - Ribeiro, Solnado, Vermaesen, Koch, Afonseca - Lemić, Barabás.

borbona tactics involved an interesting 2-5-3 combination. The following players had been chosen: Salmon Cinotti - Tassotti, Cusumano - Camperio, Turatto, Dalla Rosa, Santagostino, Lilli - Cantaro, Tvarožný, De Dominici.

M. Camperio didn't let the weather get him down and made some great moves on the pitch in spite of the rain. After 24 minutes, the visitors nearly went up a goal, but V. Lilli's free kick hit the crossbar. E. Vermaesen was uncomfortable with the soggy pitch as he couldn't move the ball around with his usual grace. The visiting S. Cantaro was booed thoroughly by the home crowd 29 minutes into the game, after he broke through the middle and scored, resulting in the visitors taking the lead. 0 - 1 was the score. borbona increased the lead to 0 - 2 as V. Lilli scored from the penalty spot, putting the ball in near the top left corner. borbona's M. Camperio left the field after 38 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was B. Wöhrle. The borbona captaincy was handed to V. Lilli. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 2. borbona claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 51 percent.

49 minutes into the match, J. De Dominici came through the middle and almost added to his team's lead, but the shot went wide. With 50 minutes gone, a long pass from the defence of discepoli resulted in a counterattack that set F. Caggiano free through the middle, but the keeper made a spectacular diving save. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave S. Cantaro from borbona a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 61 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! discepoli were forced into a substitution as S. Lemić couldn't continue due to some rough treatment, forcing J. Rodger to come in off the bench. C. Ghiveciu's lack of experience almost gave borbona a goal after 63 minutes, but the shot went right into the keeper's arms. A penalty kick was awarded to discepoli 79 minutes into the match, and F. Koch expertly put it away. 1 - 2. 80 minutes in, and discepoli were able to score the equalising goal to make it 2 - 2 when M. Afonseca picked up a pass coming in from the right and chipped it past the away team's keeper. Possession of the ball saw an equal split between the teams during the forty-five minutes.

Most important discepoli player was G. Barabás. On the other hand, E. Vermaesen's play was disheartening. The most dominating borbona player was without a doubt J. De Dominici. B. Wöhrle turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 2 - 2.