Bouzowngu 3 - 1 Fandango (366225374)

21500 punters turned up at Bouzowngu Murbutu Palalottomatica, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Róbert Szoboszlai was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Giovanni Agnelli and Heiko Schwarzbier. Bouzowngu decided to use a 3-4-3 set up. Starters: Mandreoli - Batzel, Serrano, Wołyński - Adniye, Sebastiani, Murawski, Petković - Salivon, van Domburg, Casadei.

A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Fandango. They fielded: Barela - Pallino, Piccinonno, Michal, Tzonev - Deiana, Moulin, Valera, Holtkamp - Delfin, Corral.

Bouzowngu used their ability to concentrate their attacks in the middle of the pitch, rather than on the wings. With 26 minutes played S. Casadei almost put the home team one ahead on a cross coming in from the right, but the shot went just wide. 40 minutes of the match played, and a comedy of errors by the home side gave the visitors a chance at the lead, but R. Deiana, after finding himself dashing down on goal from the left with only the keeper to beat, sliced his shot horribly wide. Bouzowngu's S. Serrano tried to break through in the middle repeatedly, but couldn't get past the visitors' defenders. H. van Domburg caused the crowd to go mental with his goal up the middle after 42 minutes. This gave Bouzowngu the 1 - 0 lead. Bouzowngu's F. Batzel refused to leave the field after injuring his achilles tendon after 43 minutes. Bouzowngu were determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up centrally. After 44 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by H. van Domburg might have resulted in another goal for Bouzowngu. However, G. Barela made a spectacular save. 1 - 0 was the score after the first half. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Bouzowngu, with 65 percent of the ball.

A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of Bouzowngu to 2 - 0 as J. Murawski finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. Bouzowngu's S. Serrano was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 55 minutes. It was obvious that team Bouzowngu had instructions to attack in the middle instead of on the wings. Bouzowngu's J. Murawski saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates after 56 minutes. A well-executed free kick by J. Murawski after 69 minutes made it 3 - 0 for Bouzowngu. C. Piccinonno caught everyone off guard with a great opening pass - but unfortunately R. Deiana was as surprised by the move as anybody else, and managed to miss the extraordinary opportunity. That Fandango's T. Pallino has the ability of doing what no one expects him to do was shown as he ran over an opposing defender, snatched the ball and passed to M. Delfin who hit it hard into the wide open goal after 73 minutes: 3 - 1! Coming in on the left, I. Corral did everything right to get a goal for Fandango after 75 minutes, but his finishing shot was stabbed clear by the keeper. Possession in this half belonged to Bouzowngu, who controlled the ball 64 percent of the time.

Q. Sebastiani performed admirably for Bouzowngu. G. Mandreoli on the other hand, had a terrible day. Fandango's best player was M. Delfin. G. Barela turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 3 - 1.