Pippostory 0 - 6 roko (376731104)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 25000 to Pippostory Arena. Raoul Ramseyer was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Axel Ylimäki and Giorgio Lora. Pippostory had chosen a strategic 2-5-3 formation. Lineup: Augusto - Andrade, Mazzone - Hyyrönmäki, Poiană, Rebelo, Devise, Deromedis - Alexander, Frisenda, Falsaperla.

roko decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players took the field: Bellina - Cremers, Brita, De Keukelaere - Verduyn, Sbandi, Czettl, Antall, Wongchalerm - Sitzia, Ackermans.

Pippostory's R. Andrade placed the ball right at his teammate's feet after a corner, but M. Rebelo couldn't finish. The visiting A. Brita was booed thoroughly by the home crowd 16 minutes into the game, after he broke through the middle and scored, resulting in the visitors taking the lead. 0 - 1 was the score. 17 minutes into the match Pippostory's M. Rebelo viciously shoved another player from behind while going for a loose ball and was sent off the pitch with a red card. The home crowd was not impressed when M. Antall came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 31 minutes. roko were now up 0 - 2. With 32 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed P. Sbandi of roko to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 3. The visitors' S. Wongchalerm took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 33 minutes into the match. 0 - 4 for roko. At this point, it was obvious that the players of roko lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. Halftime score was 0 - 4. Possession in this half belonged to roko, who controlled the ball 75 percent of the time.

The roko free kick 53 minutes into the match seemed wasted, as the shot was both short and off target. But was this actually a plan? The ball landed at the feet of S. Wongchalerm, who was completely unmarked in the box. That's 0 - 5! A misunderstanding between the visitors' keeper P. Bellina and his left defence could have resulted in a goal for Pippostory, but C. Frisenda's finish was way too lame. Content with how the game was proceeding, the roko coach let F. Di Venere replace P. Sbandi after 65 minutes. Pippostory's R. Mazzone was shown a yellow card after 71 minutes for slicing down an opponent. A. Brita of roko took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 75 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 0 - 6. Just a few inches to the right, and the visitors could have had a goal 77 minutes into the match. L. Verduyn surely wishes he could do that free kick over again. Pippostory needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 88 minutes C. Hyyrönmäki made way for L. Calva. After 89 minutes, Pippostory switched M. Devise with E. Cristicchi, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. roko enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 64 percent of possession.

Pippostory's best player was J. Alexander. G. Augusto on the other hand, had a terrible day. roko's top performer was clearly M. Antall. A. Brita was a disappointment, however. The match ends 0 - 6.