superbees 3 - 1 rovers123 (374453094)

Clouds darkened the skies at griffin park as 57355 spectators turned up for the match. Andries Goes was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Kobus De Pue and Veli-Matti Kurittu. superbees tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Qyqalla - Conraads, Cicogna, Špecián - Prunier, Guinness, Velzunza, De Capite, Wright - Hansson, Pelli.

A 5-3-2 alignment was the formation of choice for rovers123. The following players took the field: Teixeira Jesus - Piovani, Schalks, Cetina, Azeitão, Infante - van Orsouw, Knowles, Iturbe - Farnese, Nanowski.

superbees clearly preferred using their ability to attack in the middle. rovers123 clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. Slack defending gave superbees a chance to take the lead with 8 minutes played, but E. Cicogna's cross from the left flank was fumbled in front of the goal and easily dealt with by the opposition. rovers123 were pushed back, and had many dangerous counterattacks. An impressive one came 9 minutes into the match, but S. Piovani narrowly missed the free kick attempt that was awarded as a result of a foul. superbees had a chance to take the lead after A. Velzunza's dazzling drive up the left, but the opportunity fizzled out as his shot went just over the bar after 10 minutes. With 22 minutes played, the home side managed to get a 1 - 0 lead as J. Conraads flipped the ball in after a cross from the right. rovers123's S. Piovani had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 23 minutes having been played. D. Parry was the replacement. superbees were determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up centrally. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. P. Hansson squirmed through their central defence after 32 minutes, increasing the lead to 2 - 0. 2 - 0 was the score after the first half. Possession in this half belonged to superbees, who controlled the ball 63 percent of the time.

With 50 minutes played, T. Pelli could have brought this one home for superbees as he charged up on the left, but his hooked ball went just a bit too high. Good work by the rovers123 defensive line after 51 minutes produced a good counterattack chance, which cut elegantly down the middle of the pitch and found D. Farnese alone in front of the goal, but his shot whistled just wide. rovers123 showed their counterattack skill 64 minutes into the match by breaking through the middle, with H. Knowles scoring uncontested for 2 - 1. A. Velzunza had a fantastic opportunity to put superbees up another goal 70 minutes into the match, but he fired just over the crossbar. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in superbees's M. Prunier increasing the lead to 3 - 1. superbees enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 66 percent of possession.

Most important superbees player was P. Hansson. However, J. Conraads made a disastrous appearance. R. Iturbe performed admirably for rovers123. On the other hand, G. Cetina's play was disheartening. The match ends 3 - 1.