wappies 2 - 1 altied (374749926)

28848 spectators arrived at de hel, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Salomon Kindlimann was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Olaf-Ivo Gasche and Francesco Letizia. wappies had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Lineup: Defaus - Devizzi, De Marzi, Rauschenberger - Augsberger, Peláez, Rode, Merillat, Vahtola - Gagliardone, Marletta.

A 5-4-1 alignment was the formation of choice for altied. The following players had been chosen: Valsoni - Haapakoski, Amperse, Laarhoven, Koops, Lindenberger - Hryckiewicz, Verschaffel, Drăghici, Rajamäki - Ortexa.

The wings were the focus of most of wappies's attacks today. T. Haapakoski had a good opportunity to give altied the lead as he charged down the right and struck the ball towards the top corner, but the home team's goalkeeper made the save. R. Gagliardone hit the corner kick straight to the keeper, but it was mishandled, giving wappies's D. De Marzi an easy chance to knock it in for 1 - 0. wappies put in a good effort on the right, but J. Vahtola saw his volley fly wide of the mark 39 minutes into the game. altied had a chance to level the score as J. Ortexa suddenly found himself free in the middle of the box with only the keeper to beat, but he misjudged the finish, and only managed to hit the bar. There was concern in the stands when, at the 41 minute mark, wappies's M. Rauschenberger hit the ground hard, but he refused the attention of the trainer and rejoined his teammates on the pitch. 1 - 0 was the halftime score. Possession in this half belonged to wappies, who controlled the ball 56 percent of the time.

wappies's B. Augsberger saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates after 58 minutes. wappies solidified their lead at the 68 minute mark, as P. Merillat dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 2 - 0. After this, you could see that the players of wappies were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. M. Rauschenberger got left behind when altied's J. Ortexa made a sudden run forward after 76 minutes, finishing off with a neat strike. 2 - 1! Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by wappies, with 54 percent of the ball.

wappies's top performer was clearly G. Marletta. D. De Marzi turned in a dismal performance, however. Most important altied player was J. Ortexa. A. Rajamäki was a disappointment, however. The match ends 2 - 1.