Fantaclub2008 5 - 3 Raffo (366022613)

Clouds darkened the skies at Colossus Stadium as 46235 spectators turned up for the match. Márk Májer was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Bernt Lyhstål and Tomáš Nováček. Fantaclub2008 tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Starters: Valentin - Kuusikko, Özercan, Viviani - Jakab, Garoldi, Morks, Giovinazzo, Codraro - Cherif, Baysen.

Raffo started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players took the field: Tunjić - Dolk, Cury, Laid - Batmaz, Nicols, Hoogewoning, Kiss, Macedo - Amador, Pracki.

The wings were the focus of most of Raffo's attacks today. F. Baysen caused the crowd to go mental with his goal up the middle after 2 minutes. This gave Fantaclub2008 the 1 - 0 lead. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in Fantaclub2008's O. Cherif increasing the lead to 2 - 0. Fantaclub2008 solidified their lead at the 8 minute mark, as O. Cherif dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 3 - 0. After this, you could see that the players of Fantaclub2008 were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. As M. Kuusikko had, completely unprovoked, swept the legs out from under an opponent in front of a linesman, the referee gave the Fantaclub2008 player a red card without batting an eyelid. The corner kick from N. Jakab was powerfully met by the head of G. Viviani to make the score 4 - 0. Halftime score was 4 - 0. Raffo had most of the ball, with 51 percent of possession.

The visitors replied 51 minutes into the game, reducing the home side's lead to 4 - 1, as P. Pracki dashed up the middle, easily lobbing the ball over the home team's keeper. The coach of Fantaclub2008 was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 65 minutes, T. Falk came on for N. Jakab. L. Codraro had a fantastic opportunity to put Fantaclub2008 up another goal 68 minutes into the match, but he fired just over the crossbar. As the game started to slip away for Raffo, the manager decided to change the tactical approach. F. Baysen wanted to play on, but the Fantaclub2008 coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 75 minutes into the game by M. Teixeira Neves. T. Falk could have increased the lead after 75 minutes, but his shot hit the post after a nice combination in the middle of the park. Players in Raffo heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their central attacks to the wings instead. 77 minutes into the match, Raffo replied and reduced the lead to 4 - 2. P. Pracki scored on a marvellous cross pass coming in from the left. 81 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as O. Cherif broke through, making the score 5 - 2 for Fantaclub2008. At that, O. Cherif was noted down for a hat trick! Attacking on the wings was the choice for Raffo, and they were successfully passing the ball from the middle to the wings to attack. The away team improved the scoreline to 5 - 3, as É. Cury struck home, set up well by a play on the left 86 minutes into the match. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, D. Amador got himself booked. The manager of Raffo was not happy. Fantaclub2008 enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 51 percent of possession.

Fantaclub2008's top performer was clearly O. Cherif. T. Falk turned in a dismal performance, however. D. Amador performed admirably for Raffo. However, C. Batmaz made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 5 - 3.