Harvard 4 - 2 tipos (378409409)

3019 spectators arrived at Bulldog Arena, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Ingemar Huisman was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Arnold 'Terminator' Kuropatkin and Šimon Mánek. Harvard tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. They fielded: Lovětínský - Kužel, Pedraza, Havrlant - Raba, Barbanti, Kuperberg, Pinto, Kokonozi - Rohrbach, Michurin.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for tipos. Lineup: Ostolaza - Fedon, Canabal, Deplano - Garrido Leite, Forés, Pinilla, Urbano, Duran - Velarde, Baquerín.

22 minutes in, the referee awarded Harvard a penalty. M. Kužel coolly slotted it home for a 1 - 0 lead. With 24 minutes played, Harvard put themselves up 2 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to P. Michurin, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. The visitors' right side was dangerous today; G. Urbano made the home team's keeper look foolish as he easily reduced the lead to make it 2 - 1 30 minutes into the match. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in Harvard's P. Raba increasing the lead to 3 - 1. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Harvard lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. 3 - 1 was the score after the first half. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Harvard, with 57 percent of the ball.

With 50 minutes played, Ó. Pinilla had a fantastic opportunity to reply but his shot flew harmlessly into the side-netting of the goal. Cheers filled the stadium as A. Pinto broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 4 - 1 to Harvard. The counterattacks of tipos were deadly and 85 minutes into the game, M. Canabal received a nice pass from the right flank, making it 4 - 2. Harvard enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 53 percent of possession.

Harvard's top performer was clearly M. Kužel. P. Raba turned in a dismal performance, however. tipos's best player was B. Deplano. A. Ostolaza was a disappointment, however. The match ends 4 - 2.