Rząśnik 1 - 5 Petrobras (371922114)

It was an exceptionally sunny day for the crowd of 12685 that came out to Cam Arena Rząśnik 1998. Gilles Guillouët was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Emanuele Perrot and Anders Ståhlborg. Rząśnik decided to use a 4-5-1 set up. The following players had been chosen: Burša - Bošotina, van Harmelen, Farkas, Stenild - Ehrke, Lazaga, Leutgeb, George, Sayar - Deschkan.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Petrobras. Starters: Rasenheim - Alunno, Warrink, Sánchez - Feński, Geidulis, Geiwitsch, Rękawiecki, Perlinen - Sergiel, Byskov.

It was obvious that Rząśnik were using their pressing skill as their primary tactic. It was an obvious ambition of Petrobras to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. The pressing tactics used by Rząśnik were successful as the ball remained close to the half way line at all times. Rząśnik had a great opportunity to score following a counterattack after 4 minutes, but G. Deschkan's shot from the left sailed high over the bar. The visitors grabbed the lead after S. Perlinen's free kick succeeded, resulting in a score of 0 - 1. Rząśnik's M. Lazaga got himself booked for a foul. Some fine movement on the left led to a Petrobras goal after 32 minutes, making it 0 - 2. D. Feński was noted down as the scorer. With 39 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed R. Warrink of Petrobras to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 3. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 3. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Petrobras, with 59 percent of the ball.

Rząśnik needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 46 minutes G. Deschkan made way for T. Ormachea. T. van Harmelen was the new captain of Rząśnik - handed the armband by the departing player. After 46 minutes of the match, the manager still hoped to turn things around. P. George was ordered to assume a different position on the pitch. He took the place of S. Leutgeb, who in turn replaced his team mate. The heat made it a terrible day for F. Byskov, who seemed unable to keep up with the other players. Content with how the game was proceeding, the Petrobras coach let D. Tozzi replace M. Alunno after 50 minutes. The home crowd was not impressed when F. Byskov came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 52 minutes. Petrobras were now up 0 - 4. After this, you could see that the players of Petrobras were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. Z. Rękawiecki wanted to play on, but the Petrobras coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 60 minutes into the game by F. Krupiński. After 65 minutes, Rząśnik switched A. Sayar with K. Wieruszewski, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. It might be a while before the fans see Rząśnik's T. van Harmelen again, after he had to leave the field in great distress at the 68 minute mark. He was replaced by J. Grobelna. S. Leutgeb became the new Rząśnik captain. 78 minutes in, Petrobras's F. Krupiński received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. A lunatic dribble by R. Warrink, in front of his own keeper, set up Rząśnik's T. Ormachea for an embarrassingly easy strike after 80 minutes. 1 - 4! With 86 minutes played, Petrobras put themselves up 1 - 5 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was D. Tozzi. Petrobras had most of the ball, with 54 percent of possession.

Most important Rząśnik player was S. Leutgeb. P. George on the other hand, had a terrible day. B. Geiwitsch performed admirably for Petrobras. D. Tozzi was a disappointment, however. The match ends 1 - 5.