Limitada 3 - 1 Harpolinger (379544557)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 4218 to Riggs Memorial. Artur Klapp was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Stefan B. Wästerhall and Gašpar Meškan. A 5-3-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Limitada. The following players took the field: Pruiti - Wessel, Ebersbach, Marzoratti, Sieradzki, Carril - Chiariotti, Berdejo, Risso - Bjørn, Finistrella.

Harpolinger had chosen a strategic 2-5-3 formation. They fielded: Zilberman - Curto, Antoń - Boucherit, Haslach, Bélon, Jurišević, Hillerup - Claire, Pries, Malär.

As the 1 minute mark approached, the Harpolinger coach decided it was time for a substitution. Z. Antoń reluctantly made way for D. Miedziak on the pitch. 1 minutes into the match, the referee signalled for a Harpolinger substitution. T. Ritter Hänel von Cronenthall came on for B. Zilberman. After 1 minutes, the Harpolinger coach wanted to see a new face on the pitch, waving G. Curto off the field. X. Damoni took his place. With 19 minutes played, A. Claire of Harpolinger fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. The unexpected cross pass from Harpolinger's D. Miedziak after 20 minutes opened up the defence and was received by S. Malär who finished off for 0 - 1. 23 minutes into the match, Limitada's A. Bjørn maneuvered his way around the opposition on the left flank, delighting the crowd with his twists and turns. The effort paid off as the ball found the back of the net, evening the score at 1 - 1. Limitada's G. Risso tried to break through in the middle repeatedly, but couldn't get past the visitors' defenders. With 30 minutes played, seemingly due to lack of experience, K. Haslach needlessly tripped an opponent just outside the penalty area, but the free kick that followed didn't succeed. After a fine move down the middle G. Risso nearly gave the home side a goal after 32 minutes. However the finishing shot went just wide. Limitada broke through on the left 39 minutes into the game, with A. Bjørn firing in from an acute angle to give the home side a 2 - 1 lead. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, A. Bjørn got himself booked. The manager of Limitada was not happy. Halftime score was 2 - 1. Possession in this half belonged to Limitada, who controlled the ball 73 percent of the time.

Limitada increased the lead as A. Bjørn struck to make the score 3 - 1 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. This third goal completed a hattrick for A. Bjørn. After 64 minutes, Limitada's A. Bjørn fell awkwardly, but was determined to stay in the match. That's the spirit! 66 minutes in, Harpolinger's S. Malär received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Coming from the right, G. Risso almost managed to score another goal for Limitada, but his header was tipped over the bar by the visitors' keeper. S. Chiariotti should probably have put his team up another goal after 81 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by T. Ritter Hänel von Cronenthall kept the visitors in the game. Limitada had most of the ball, with 76 percent of possession.

Limitada's top performer was clearly M. Sieradzki. M. Finistrella was a disappointment, however. F. Hillerup performed admirably for Harpolinger. X. Damoni on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 3 - 1.