FUNAMIS 2 - 2 real-gladiators (366075103)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 21879 to FUNAMI'S STADIUM. Kees Hellemans was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Miroslav Hotový and Oscar Galdeano. FUNAMIS started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. Lineup: Cash - Avanzolini, Defauw, Di Palma, Marangon - Armaroli, Romagnoli, Bryant, Amadori - Proença, Bass.

real-gladiators decided to use a 5-3-2 set up. The following players took the field: Aspenstedt - Stanislavov, Bashaykin, Törnby, Cvilikas, Naleziński - Rodau, Arias, Clephas - Khair, Toprak.

real-gladiators clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. A questionable penalty 15 minutes in gave the home side the lead, 1 - 0. The visitors' goalie didn't stand a chance as L. Avanzolini knocked the ball home. L. Avanzolini struck a 30 metre free kick home 23 minutes into the match. 2 - 0 for the home team. The players of FUNAMIS now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. real-gladiators played a good counterattacking move down the left 33 minutes into the match, with M. Toprak finishing well for 2 - 1. M. Toprak showed why he is feared on the counterattack, breaking through in the middle and scoring for real-gladiators after 41 minutes to make the score 2 - 2. The teams went for the halftime break at 2 - 2. FUNAMIS enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 77 percent of possession.

FUNAMIS were very close to putting themselves one up after 65 minutes as G. Romagnoli got through on the left, but failing in concentration, he shot the ball wide. 67 minutes had elapsed when a great chance for FUNAMIS to take the lead after a good cross from the right found B. Bass alone with the keeper, but he chipped it to the wrong side of the post. Possession in this half belonged to FUNAMIS, who controlled the ball 77 percent of the time.

FUNAMIS's top performer was clearly D. Marangon. On the other hand, D. Bryant's play was disheartening. The most dominating real-gladiators player was without a doubt R. Khair. T. Rodau on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 2 - 2.