schilte-siebni 4 - 0 Karpaty (379144613)

Due to an all-day shower, 3417 paying spectators got to see a match on a pitch-turned-bog at schilte-siebni arena. Giovanni De Angelis was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Draško Mirković and Thor Vilhelmsen. A 2-5-3 alignment was the formation of choice for schilte-siebni. The following players took the field: Verganti - Biedermann, Avalos - Hilfiker, Thorne, Mattis, Dai Prá, Dalnoki - Montoya, Capriolo, Senković.

Karpaty had chosen a strategic 2-5-3 formation. Starters: Gruzinskiy - Paulsson, Luka - Drouen, Cihandar, Buksa, Khrennikov, Kozhedub - Kriventsov, Ödül, Żakowiecki.

C. Hilfiker slipped and slithered in the wet grass. His usual rapid runs were nowhere to be seen today. Some great play up the middle by schilte-siebni led to a chance for D. Dalnoki to score after 12 minutes, but the shot hit the crossbar. Some things can only be learned through experience, and R. Buksa should take his lesson to heart after nearly gifting schilte-siebni a goal with 15 minutes of the match played. schilte-siebni's A. Avalos was shown a yellow card after 20 minutes for slicing down an opponent. schilte-siebni fans held their breath as D. Dalnoki scampered down the left side. He successfully avoided all challenges and cracked home the shot for 1 - 0! schilte-siebni's Y. Mattis got himself booked for a foul. schilte-siebni increased the lead as H. Montoya struck to make the score 2 - 0 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. The referee showed schilte-siebni's N. Senković the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. It was 2 - 0 at the break. schilte-siebni enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 74 percent of possession.

After 62 minutes, the schilte-siebni players received new instructions from their manager on how to keep in control of the game. After a short break after 62 minutes, schilte-siebni seemed to change their tactical approach a bit. K. Thorne sailed high above the opponents as he headed in a corner kick from C. Dai Prá after 72 minutes of play, making the score 3 - 0. At this point, it was obvious that the players of schilte-siebni lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. Encouraged by their lead, after 84 minutes the schilte-siebni coach asked D. Dalnoki to change positions with C. Hilfiker. With 85 minutes played, schilte-siebni put themselves up 4 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to H. Montoya, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. After 86 minutes, schilte-siebni felt secure enough to make a tactical change. C. Dai Prá and K. Thorne assumed each others positions on the field. H. Montoya could have put schilte-siebni up one more, but he fired into the side netting after breaking free on the left after 87 minutes. Still ahead in the game after 88 minutes, schilte-siebni made some tactical adjustments. C. Verganti and R. Capriolo swapped positions. C. Dai Prá's curling free kick almost found the goal for schilte-siebni, but the visitors' keeper somehow managed to get ahold of it. schilte-siebni claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 81 percent.

schilte-siebni's top performer was clearly C. Dai Prá. R. Capriolo turned in a dismal performance, however. B. Żakowiecki performed admirably for Karpaty. D. Khrennikov on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 4 - 0.