lostris 1 - 5 hamunaptra (366563017)

4362 punters turned up at Lostris Stadium, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Azan Julyanda was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Bojan Topalovic and Donato Obiol. lostris tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. The following players took the field: Moradei - Omiccioli, Lumaj, Ghirardelli, Nicolotti - Pisu, Francolini, Vrencev, Portera - Arigò, Musca.

hamunaptra started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Omazzi - Portas, Concheddu, Gandolfo - Pisano, Zubani, Lovrec, Carvalho, Ribet - Sardone, Marsili.

Today, hamunaptra's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. With 4 minutes played, the visitors broke through on the right after some poor defending. D. Sardone put the ball away for 0 - 1. After 24 minutes hamunaptra's V. Concheddu limped slightly after a late challenge, but he was able to continue. P. Marsili of hamunaptra took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 27 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 0 - 2. lostris's M. Musca left the field after 33 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was E. Iuliano. The home crowd cheered when, after 35 minutes, P. Marsili's charge up the middle resulted in the keeper making one of his best saves of the day. The referee signalled a penalty 39 minutes into the game following an offence which looked like it was outside the box. A. Gandolfo knocked it home to make the score 0 - 3. lostris reduced the lead to 1 - 3 with 41 minutes on the clock when B. Lumaj got the best of a ball floated in from the left. lostris's A. Nicolotti was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 42 minutes. hamunaptra had a good opportunity to attack in the middle, but remembered their instructions to focus on wing attacks instead. C. Lovrec increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 1 - 4. After this, you could see that the players of hamunaptra were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. With 44 minutes played, hamunaptra put themselves up 1 - 5 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was A. Portas. It was 1 - 5 at the break. hamunaptra claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 59 percent.

The game was close to savage at times, and lostris's A. Nicolotti received a second yellow card after 67 minutes; his ticket out of the game. E. Vrencev was the new captain of lostris - handed the armband by the departing player. hamunaptra were forced into a substitution as D. Ribet couldn't continue due to some rough treatment, forcing K. Kwitowski to come in off the bench. hamunaptra's V. Concheddu made it through the home team's defence on the right hand side 77 minutes into the match. After rounding the keeper, he only had to place the ball in the unguarded goal when a defender slid in and cleared the ball off the line. D. Berardi was called on to replace lostris's B. Omiccioli after 84 minutes following a nasty collision. lostris's B. Lumaj found himself alone on the left side 85 minutes into the match and laid down a perfect shot - right into the arms of the keeper! hamunaptra had most of the ball, with 52 percent of possession.

E. Iuliano performed admirably for lostris. M. Ghirardelli on the other hand, had a terrible day. hamunaptra's best player was D. Sardone. On the other hand, K. Kwitowski's play was disheartening. The match ends 1 - 5.