f fires 3 - 2 philosophes (377050534)

Due to an all-day shower, 11470 paying spectators got to see a match on a pitch-turned-bog at new trafford. Rafinha Cangaceiro was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Nitzan Elmakayes and Volkmar Hannover. f fires tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Starters: Fetecua - Viinikka, Piekiäinen, Sick - Paraguaçu, Guimarães, Olguín, Notario, Brandão - Tendi, Mitroi.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for philosophes. Lineup: Greatbatch - Kappler, Kirk, Marjoriebanks - Parkin, Flanagan, Fumbi, Angold, Dolman - Stevens, Curnow.

It wasn't a pretty goal, but the free kick by J. Brandão after 6 minutes somehow found its way past the keeper. f fires takes the lead, 1 - 0! M. Mitroi had a fantastic opportunity to put f fires up another goal 14 minutes into the match, but he fired just over the crossbar. 17 minutes in, philosophes's L. Kappler received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. S. Tendi should probably have put his team up another goal after 20 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by B. Greatbatch kept the visitors in the game. philosophes's H. Fumbi was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 32 minutes. A great save by keeper B. Greatbatch after 33 minutes kept the visitors in the game after T. Notario struck from the left with a real cannonball. M. Olguín could have increased the lead after 37 minutes, but his shot hit the post after a nice combination in the middle of the park. 1 - 0 was the score after the first half. f fires enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 70 percent of possession.

Things were going to get worse for the visitors. M. Mitroi squirmed through their central defence after 48 minutes, increasing the lead to 2 - 0. philosophes made it 2 - 1 as H. Fumbi got a touch to the floated corner kick and flicked the ball to B. Stevens who whipped a low drive in off the far post. philosophes needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 60 minutes V. Dolman made way for A. Lawless. After 66 minutes, the visitors tied it up at 2 - 2 when a fantastic pass from the left was finished off by B. Stevens. M. Mitroi caused the crowd to go mental with his goal up the middle after 67 minutes. This gave f fires the 3 - 2 lead. After 70 minutes, philosophes switched W. Curnow with L. Sanford, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave S. Tendi from f fires a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 70 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! f fires's D. Sick saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates after 74 minutes. f fires had most of the ball, with 70 percent of possession.

f fires's best player was J. Brandão. J. Guimarães was a disappointment, however. philosophes's top performer was clearly B. Greatbatch. M. Marjoriebanks on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 3 - 2.