ELIQKENT 2 - 2 Tiger (378367705)

It had rained all day, but 1663 hardy fans still made it out to L hantre KENT Arena. Gianluigi Sasso was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Kent Yngvesson and Giuseppe Garlassi. ELIQKENT decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Gregersen - Cornaglia, Skvorchevskiy, Jílek - Holbek, Bellaiche, Ben Abdallah, Edwige, Maret - Cifuentes, Porta.

A 5-4-1 alignment was the formation of choice for Tiger. They fielded: Climent - Henriksen, Nuovo, Usarek, Nikolashin, Moeslund - Tranchese, Rubinstein, Zadelaar, Conato - Marinangeli.

It was an obvious ambition of ELIQKENT to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. The muddy pitch made the game a gritty affair, which seemed to suit P. Cifuentes just fine. 0 - 1 was the score with 22 minutes played, after A. Usarek cut through the central defence and chipped home a goal for Tiger. Tiger's C. Climent had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 24 minutes having been played. A. Neiķēns was the replacement. R. Holbek did not have a good day today, often losing his footing on the muddy pitch. Tiger's defence sent a ball soaring up the middle on a beautiful counterattack with 32 minutes gone, but N. Tranchese's finish was met by the reaching hands of the keeper. ELIQKENT's R. Ben Abdallah was shown a yellow card after 38 minutes for slicing down an opponent. A. Usarek had a hard time on the waterlogged pitch - his trademark technique was nowhere in sight today. With a shot curled in from just outside the middle of the penalty area after 41 minutes played, S. Maret of ELIQKENT made the score 1 - 1. ELIQKENT's R. Holbek tried to break through in the middle repeatedly, but couldn't get past the visitors' defenders. After 43 minutes, ELIQKENT raised their score by one when R. Holbek's dangerous low cross was cleverly tucked in at the near post by D. Porta. 2 - 1. ELIQKENT's P. Cifuentes had an excellent opportunity after 44 minutes, shooting after receiving a pass from the right hand side, but he missed the goal by miles! It was 2 - 1 at the break. ELIQKENT had most of the ball, with 63 percent of possession.

C. Bellaiche should probably have put his team up another goal after 49 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by A. Neiķēns kept the visitors in the game. Tiger levelled the score after 59 minutes to make it 2 - 2, as B. Moeslund struck home after a fine midfield combination through the centre, which left him completely unmarked. Making his way up the middle 77 minutes into the match, K. Skvorchevskiy almost managed to squeeze a goal past the visitors' keeper, but the alert A. Neiķēns blocked it to keep the score level. 81 minutes into the game, F. Conato had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came J. Colino. Possession in this half belonged to ELIQKENT, who controlled the ball 73 percent of the time.

ELIQKENT's top performer was clearly C. Bellaiche. However, K. Gregersen made a disastrous appearance. C. Zadelaar performed admirably for Tiger. On the other hand, D. Nuovo's play was disheartening. The match ends 2 - 2.