fcconthey 1 - 3 Monumental (379717923)

4036 spectators had come to fcconthey Arena this cloudy day. Félicien Barrier was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Archiebald Dasberg and Ryszard Szerstak. fcconthey decided to use a 5-4-1 set up. The following players had been chosen: Noland - Zaruski, Totzev, Masneri, Gogolos, Patou - Nguyen, Raeth, Pfund, Ledergerber - Zilverberg.

Monumental tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. They fielded: Sătmărean - Bacigalupi, Schalow, Aunli - Gaiser, Saggese, Caussin, Rosa, Ortju - Lebrón, Zittergrün.

Monumental had several good opportunities to take the lead, especially 4 minutes in when M. Aunli came up alone against E. Noland who managed a block. fcconthey mounted an inspired counterattack down the right wing after 5 minutes, but K. Zilverberg was unable to convert from short range. fcconthey could have put themselves ahead after 26 minutes but V. Nguyen missed a volley shot on a ball coming in from the right. A penalty was given after 27 minutes, allowing the visitors to gain the lead: 0 - 1. I. Ortju was the scorer. With a shot curled in from just outside the middle of the penalty area after 32 minutes played, M. Ledergerber of fcconthey made the score 1 - 1. 1 - 1 was the score after the first half. Monumental enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 68 percent of possession.

T. Schalow was the first to reach the corner kick, but his header was blocked by the keeper. However, Monumental's K. Caussin managed to get hold of the rebound and tucked the ball into the empty net. 1 - 2 K. Zittergrün of Monumental was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. With the scoreboard showing that 67 minutes had been played, Monumental nearly put themselves up another goal after K. Zittergrün came through on the left. Fortunately for the home crowd, the keeper made the save. The visitors added to their lead 76 minutes into the game, after a sensational penalty kick by Monumental's I. Ortju slid just past the home keeper. 1 - 3. The players of Monumental now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. E. Noland got a fingertip on M. Aunli's shot from the left 79 minutes in, and managed to keep the visitors from going up another goal. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Monumental, with 68 percent of the ball.

K. Zilverberg performed admirably for fcconthey. R. Raeth turned in a dismal performance, however. Monumental's top performer was clearly I. Ortju. T. Schalow on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 1 - 3.