leto0708 2 - 2 As_Andria_BAT (366289140)

18501 spectators arrived at La Capitale, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Daniel Dénervaud was the appointed referee. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for leto0708. The following players took the field: Badenes - Santos Jesus, Trotta, Doty - Braconi, Bernat, Gregoor, Juozolavičius, Orozco León - Ciervo, Blaj.

As_Andria_BAT had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Lineup: Dedu - Palomeque, Querio, Crasta - Talović, Kovalkovskiy, Lahmann, Knudsen, Cossanini - Melchiori, Sapijonas.

leto0708 clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. It was an obvious ambition of As_Andria_BAT to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. With 6 minutes played, S. Kovalkovskiy of As_Andria_BAT fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. With 26 minutes played, leto0708's well-worked indirect free kick caused havoc in the penalty area, and when the ball eventually fell to V. Juozolavičius he gleefully slotted the ball home to make it 1 - 0. S. Blaj should probably have put his team up another goal after 39 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by S. Dedu kept the visitors in the game. The leto0708 free kick 41 minutes into the match seemed wasted, as the shot was both short and off target. But was this actually a plan? The ball landed at the feet of V. Juozolavičius, who was completely unmarked in the box. That's 2 - 0! Confident in their lead, leto0708's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. Halftime score was 2 - 0. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by leto0708, with 53 percent of the ball.

As_Andria_BAT's I. Palomeque had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 58 minutes having been played. J. Rueda Jiménez was the replacement. As_Andria_BAT came close to narrowing the gap when A. Crasta's free kick nearly made it past the outstretched hands of S. Badenes after 65 minutes. As_Andria_BAT fought on and, after 78 minutes, A. Lahmann was able to reduce the deficit to 2 - 1 after some excellent moves on the right side were finished off with an incredibly clever chip. 83 minutes into the match the visitors levelled the score at 2 - 2 as V. Melchiori struck home from a rebound off the crossbar, following a shot from the right. leto0708 had most of the ball, with 55 percent of possession.

P. Ciervo performed admirably for leto0708. S. Badenes was a disappointment, however. The most dominating As_Andria_BAT player was without a doubt D. Sapijonas. J. Rueda Jiménez on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 2 - 2.