imbativel 3 - 4 Perdida (370781682)

Clouds darkened the skies at Aguia imbativel Arena as 29433 spectators turned up for the match. Roar Sæterbø was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Yorgi 'Krapylet' Karakul and Géza Suszter. A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for imbativel. Lineup: Maljanen - Johannesen, Adelhall, Cholakov, Care - Biancon, da França, Falkensjö, Inauen - Adamo, Galinho.

Perdida tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players took the field: Lopes Conceição - Bedevi, Vilaverde, Ferrão - Kirkegaard, Knutsson, Melo, van den Broek, Carvalho Pinto - Elosidieta, Spompato.

The wings were the focus of most of imbativel's attacks today. 0 - 1 was the score with 5 minutes played, after E. Carvalho Pinto cut through the central defence and chipped home a goal for Perdida. Perdida's M. Kirkegaard made it through the home team's defence on the right hand side 9 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. C. Inauen knocked one home from a counterattack down the right wing, making the score 1 - 1 after 10 minutes. Perdida's J. Elosidieta managed to lose the defenders as he advanced down the right wing and scored, putting the visitors ahead after 14 minutes. 1 - 2. Perdida's C. Vilaverde was shown a yellow card after 17 minutes for slicing down an opponent. A defender managed to keep the ball from crossing the goal-line after a curling shot coming in from the right from S. Ferrão after 20 minutes, and prevented Perdida from going up another goal. After 21 minutes of play, A. Adamo evened things up for imbativel with an impressive goal coming up the middle. 2 - 2. Perdida had several good opportunities to take the lead, especially 34 minutes in when N. Spompato came up alone against A. Maljanen who managed a block. A mistake by the home side's central defence after 35 minutes allowed T. van den Broek to score for Perdida. The scoreboard now read 2 - 3. Halftime score was 2 - 3. Perdida enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 54 percent of possession.

The visitors' J. Elosidieta took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 53 minutes into the match. 2 - 4 for Perdida. S. Ferrão received some harsh words from his coach after he acted foolishly 63 minutes into the match, probably out of lack of experience, and almost let an opponent score. The home team's supporters got excited again when A. Galinho broke through the visitors' central defence and caught their keeper off guard, making it 3 - 4. J. Knutsson came close to extending the visitors' lead when he found himself completely unmarked in front of the goal after a pass through the middle. He tried to lift the ball over A. Maljanen but overcooked it and hit the bar instead. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by imbativel, with 58 percent of the ball.

imbativel's top performer was clearly A. Galinho. A. Adelhall was a disappointment, however. The most dominating Perdida player was without a doubt A. Lopes Conceição. S. Ferrão turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 3 - 4.