Pipperos 5 - 0 Verne2 (379597088)

It had rained all day, but 3154 hardy fans still made it out to Pippero's Arena. Mateusz Goral was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Gustaf Nagel and Jaapjan Gordijn. Pipperos had chosen a strategic 2-5-3 formation. The following players had been chosen: Vossen - Haarhuis, Aniceto - García Labarce, Pri-Har, Resnati, Teofilo, Králik - Chave, Fedorczak, Iacopini.

Verne2 tactics involved an interesting 2-5-3 combination. Lineup: Wiesmueller - Püren, Somalo - Mełgieś, Kalff, Salius, Boruz, Steenberger - Storgaard, Hruškár, Alexandersson.

After 2 minutes, Pipperos raised their score by one when A. Králik's dangerous low cross was cleverly tucked in at the near post by D. Chave. 1 - 0. Content with how the game was proceeding, the Pipperos coach let P. Conforti replace G. Teofilo after 5 minutes. Pipperos solidified their lead at the 11 minute mark, as A. Králik dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 2 - 0. Verne2's J. Hruškár was shown a yellow card after 16 minutes for slicing down an opponent. It was a bad day for the usually speedy J. Alexandersson. The mud seemed to slow him down. Cheers filled the stadium as D. García Labarce broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 3 - 0 to Pipperos. Pipperos's M. Haarhuis got himself booked for a foul. D. Chave could have put Pipperos up one more, but he fired into the side netting after breaking free on the left after 35 minutes. The teams went for the halftime break at 3 - 0. Pipperos had most of the ball, with 61 percent of possession.

The score became 4 - 0 at 58 minutes into the game, when Pipperos were given a penalty which D. Chave blasted straight down the middle giving the keeper no chance! The players of Pipperos now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. 79 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as S. Resnati broke through, making the score 5 - 0 for Pipperos. D. Chave was struggling to make the ball dance with his usual trickery and panache, and the opposing players had little trouble shutting him down in these muddy conditions. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Pipperos, with 59 percent of the ball.

The most dominating Pipperos player was without a doubt P. Conforti. On the other hand, F. Vossen's play was disheartening. Verne2's top performer was clearly P. Somalo. J. Hruškár was a disappointment, however. The match ends 5 - 0.