MANLLE1 1 - 4 sorpreson (367382119)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 23408 at MANLLE1 CRACK'S Arena today. Tomas 'B' Adolfsson was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Zé Pequeno and Rolf Tullfeldt. MANLLE1 started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Starters: Marinov - Bello Figueroa, Sini, Krueger - Robledo, Escobar, Cardelle, Mijares, Martinez Lerdo - Halmos, Samoilă.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for sorpreson. Lineup: Wubbels - Holthof, Intxausti, Kaizer - Kręcisz, Ferrer Sax, Kottermair, Magnusson, Dzenis - Martí Tovar, Raimberdiev.

sorpreson's C. Raimberdiev managed to lose the defenders as he advanced down the right wing and scored, putting the visitors ahead after 13 minutes. 0 - 1. An amazing free kick flew past the home keeper 34 minutes into the match, putting sorpreson ahead 0 - 2. J. Kaizer was the scorer. MANLLE1's fans were urging them forward as they tried to get back into the game, and their vocal support was rewarded 35 minutes into the match as Á. Halmos ran onto a beautiful ball played through the visitors' defence and slotted it past the keeper to reduce the deficit. 1 - 2. The visitors' J. Magnusson took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 40 minutes into the match. 1 - 3 for sorpreson. The players of sorpreson now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. It was 1 - 3 at the break. sorpreson claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 55 percent.

J. Kaizer wanted to play on, but the sorpreson coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 50 minutes into the game by F. Costa. 52 minutes in, sorpreson's A. Dzenis received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. The home side worked their way through the middle and almost got one back when Á. Halmos tried to sneak the ball past the keeper. W. Wubbels was too alert for that! After 69 minutes, MANLLE1's M. Cardelle fell awkwardly, but was determined to stay in the match. That's the spirit! Content with how the game was proceeding, the sorpreson coach let N. Paranaense replace C. Raimberdiev after 70 minutes. The bench was restless, and with 72 minutes passed MANLLE1's coach gave A. Ger the opportunity the player had been hoping for. A. Martinez Lerdo reluctantly left the field. After 72 minutes, sorpreson's A. Martí Tovar burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 1 - 4. With 79 minutes played, the MANLLE1 coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. M. Guimera came on, M. Samoilă had to leave the fray. A defender managed to keep the ball from crossing the goal-line after a curling shot coming in from the right from A. Martí Tovar after 83 minutes, and prevented sorpreson from going up another goal. sorpreson enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 53 percent of possession.

Á. Halmos performed admirably for MANLLE1. S. Robledo was a disappointment, however. The most dominating sorpreson player was without a doubt M. Kottermair. On the other hand, W. Wubbels's play was disheartening. The match ends 1 - 4.