thesteauaforever 4 - 2 polovragi (378436299)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 1244 at superb arena today. Alexandru Ceausu was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Alessandro De Marzi and Hayati Yaşar Özkoç. thesteauaforever tactics involved an interesting 5-4-1 combination. The following players took the field: Stavăru - Abel, Bâzgă, Barrenechea, Oţea, Şandor - Parolini, Zwierzyk, Sermeter, Vrănceanu - Barton.

polovragi had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. They fielded: de Almeida - Rising, Hebar, Chalecki - Kostrowski, Gazsó, de Veer, Ruigrok, Daniel - Davison, Chadwick.

thesteauaforever used their ability to concentrate their attacks in the middle of the pitch, rather than on the wings. polovragi tried to focus their attacks down the middle. polovragi's L. Hebar managed to lose the defenders as he advanced down the right wing and scored, putting the visitors ahead after 20 minutes. 0 - 1. Z. Sermeter of thesteauaforever seemed to be floating in the air as he elegantly headed in to make the score 1 - 1 after a corner kick that was nicely executed by R. Barton. 26 minutes into the match, polovragi nearly took the lead, as R. de Veer broke through on the right. M. Stavăru made the save, however. polovragi's D. Kostrowski was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 29 minutes. polovragi made it 1 - 2 as A. Ruigrok got a touch to the floated corner kick and flicked the ball to E. Gazsó who whipped a low drive in off the far post. thesteauaforever had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle attacks. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 2. Possession in this half belonged to polovragi, who controlled the ball 53 percent of the time.

After 46 minutes, thesteauaforever switched E. Zwierzyk with A. Poquet, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. The bench was restless, and with 58 minutes passed thesteauaforever's coach gave A. Lungeanu the opportunity the player had been hoping for. G. Parolini reluctantly left the field. Some fine passing in the middle of the pitch, carving open the away defence, should have led to a goal for thesteauaforever, but A. Poquet's shot went over the bar. thesteauaforever needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 73 minutes R. Barton made way for A. Ramírez. A foul 75 minutes into the game resulted in a free kick for thesteauaforever. Z. Sermeter took advantage as he curled the equalising goal into the top corner, just out of the reach of the keeper. 2 - 2. polovragi players heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their wing attacks to the middle instead. A. Ramírez showed why he is feared on the counterattack, breaking through in the middle and scoring for thesteauaforever after 78 minutes to make the score 3 - 2. Central attacks were the recipe of the day for polovragi, as they moved the ball from the wings to the middle with startling regularity. thesteauaforever's A. Poquet increased the lead to 4 - 2, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 85 minutes. thesteauaforever's A. Ramírez got himself booked for a foul. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by thesteauaforever, with 57 percent of the ball.

Most important thesteauaforever player was A. Poquet. On the other hand, M. Stavăru's play was disheartening. polovragi's best player was R. Davison. B. Rising was a disappointment, however. The match ends 4 - 2.