Umpalumpas 2 - 1 Motivação (377696693)

1550 spectators arrived at La Fábrica De Chocolates, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Pigmalion Veggos was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Fouad Belkhaouas and Anders Eden. Umpalumpas tactics involved an interesting 5-3-2 combination. Lineup: Etchegaray - Minazzato, Kaiser, Herrenberg, Arrae, Carlson - Malicet, Onurad, Traver - Ruiz, Pineda.

Motivação had chosen a strategic 5-4-1 formation. The following players had been chosen: Gentry - Kerjean, Buarque, Oteiza, Puiu, Fürsicht - Claeys, Stark, Teplyakov, Versteegh - Uusikylä.

Using their counter-attacking abilities was the strategy of choice for Umpalumpas. Motivação seemed to prefer attacking in the middle. The celebrations in the stands could only mean one thing - R. Ruiz's free kick had found the back of the net and put Umpalumpas ahead 1 - 0! R. Ruiz's speed was almost enough to give Umpalumpas a goal after 4 minutes, but his nice pass to M. Pineda was not taken care of properly. The visitors didn't give in and, after 5 minutes, J. Uusikylä got through the home side's central line of defence, rolling in the equaliser to make it 1 - 1. The referee showed Umpalumpas's M. Herrenberg the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Halftime score was 1 - 1. Motivação had most of the ball, with 61 percent of possession.

A foul called during a Umpalumpas counterattack resulted in a great chance to score, but R. Ruiz's shot rattled off the post. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, C. Fürsicht got himself booked. The manager of Motivação was not happy. C. Fürsicht's lack of experience almost gave Umpalumpas a goal after 61 minutes, but the shot went right into the keeper's arms. Umpalumpas almost scored after a counterattack 65 minutes into the match, but A. Arrae took a shot from the left that landed harmlessly in the side of the net. R. Ruiz's lightning pace was too much for L. Buarque who could only look on as the Umpalumpas player blasted one home. 2 - 1. Umpalumpas had a great opportunity to score following a counterattack after 74 minutes, but M. Pineda's shot from the left sailed high over the bar. After 80 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by D. Traver might have resulted in another goal for Umpalumpas. However, B. Gentry made a spectacular save. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Motivação, with 60 percent of the ball.

The most dominating Umpalumpas player was without a doubt J. Carlson. A. Onurad was a disappointment, however. Most important Motivação player was K. Stark. G. Claeys on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 2 - 1.