lavacchini 3 - 3 Kiril (379288306)

2792 punters turned up at lavacchini f.c. Arena, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Luther Isbell was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Eli Goldin and John Parkes. lavacchini decided to use a 3-4-3 set up. Starters: Gabrielli - Bigatti, Nyman, Vitalone - Pirini, Velasco, Omicini, Garzia - Possenti, Chemello, Tambalo.

Kiril started off with a 4-5-1 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Diall - Donato, Şerban, Thérond, Szenczi - Coly, Hao Fu, Aldana, Køtlum, Mercx - Andidero.

lavacchini used their ability to concentrate their attacks in the middle of the pitch, rather than on the wings. It was obvious that team lavacchini had instructions to attack in the middle instead of on the wings. After 14 minutes, A. Possenti came in from the right, feinted, then sped past the off-balance defender to make the score 1 - 0, giving lavacchini the lead. lavacchini's B. Pirini got himself booked for a foul. The Kiril free kick 28 minutes into the match seemed wasted, as the shot was both short and off target. But was this actually a plan? The ball landed at the feet of D. Aldana, who was completely unmarked in the box. That's 1 - 1! B. Pirini's early cross saw the defenders caught out of position and the alert A. Possenti was able to pounce and roll the ball past the hapless goalkeeper to score for lavacchini. 2 - 1. M. Coly of Kiril was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. It was 2 - 1 at the break. Possession in this half belonged to lavacchini, who controlled the ball 52 percent of the time.

Central attacks were the recipe of the day for lavacchini, as they moved the ball from the wings to the middle with startling regularity. Kiril tied it all up, 69 minutes in, after a spectacular goal by D. Şerban, who miraculously broke through the home side's central defence, making it 2 - 2. The guests took the lead 78 minutes into the match, after a right-side attack resulted in D. Şerban scoring to make it 2 - 3. The Kiril players could smell victory in the air. A. Donato wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for J. Schadenhofer after 80 minutes. T. Nyman of lavacchini seemed to be floating in the air as he elegantly headed in to make the score 3 - 3 after a corner kick that was nicely executed by E. Velasco. lavacchini claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 52 percent.

Most important lavacchini player was E. Velasco. P. Gabrielli on the other hand, had a terrible day. Kiril's best player was G. Andidero. M. Diall was a disappointment, however. The match ends 3 - 3.