ASTRACANTACUZINO 5 - 1 MGLEBI (377591446)

The 2605 fans in attendance at ASTRACANTACUZINO Arena were roasting in the hot sun. Mattia Chessa was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Miele Rossius and Ismael Moranco. ASTRACANTACUZINO had chosen a strategic 4-3-3 formation. Starters: Mic - Han Yuan, Măndoiu, Ilie, Behrendt - Carrubba, Laffert, Morariu - Adamek, Utan, Chelsoi.

MGLEBI tactics involved an interesting 5-3-2 combination. They fielded: Marchena - Hızlı, Mennan, Dutczak, Jésus, Hourlier - Emborg, Miličković, Qasımov - Zapata, Kvelashvili.

Using their counter-attacking abilities was the strategy of choice for MGLEBI. They were singing the praises of S. Utan 2 minutes into the match after his speculative chip from the middle of the penalty box found its way over the visitors' keeper to make the score 1 - 0 to ASTRACANTACUZINO. After 17 minutes, the visitors tied it up at 1 - 1 when a fantastic pass from the left was finished off by G. Kvelashvili. L. Morariu caused the crowd to go mental with his goal up the middle after 20 minutes. This gave ASTRACANTACUZINO the 2 - 1 lead. ASTRACANTACUZINO put in a good effort on the right, but M. Chelsoi saw his volley fly wide of the mark 21 minutes into the game. The referee showed MGLEBI's B. Dutczak the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. ASTRACANTACUZINO were forced into a substitution as U. Adamek couldn't continue due to some rough treatment, forcing L. Hada to come in off the bench. Halftime score was 2 - 1. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by ASTRACANTACUZINO, with 67 percent of the ball.

The heat made it a terrible day for G. Kvelashvili, who seemed unable to keep up with the other players. After 56 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and L. Hada gave the ASTRACANTACUZINO supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 3 - 1. ASTRACANTACUZINO solidified their lead at the 63 minute mark, as L. Hada dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 4 - 1. After this, you could see that the players of ASTRACANTACUZINO were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. ASTRACANTACUZINO's E. Carrubba struck his penalty well enough to beat the goalkeeper and extend the home team's lead to 5 - 1 after 64 minutes. After 68 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by S. Utan might have resulted in another goal for ASTRACANTACUZINO. However, M. Marchena made a spectacular save. ASTRACANTACUZINO had most of the ball, with 72 percent of possession.

Most important ASTRACANTACUZINO player was L. Hada. On the other hand, M. Măndoiu's play was disheartening. MGLEBI's best player was M. Hourlier. M. Marchena turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 5 - 1.