F.C. 3 - 1 BaR0N13 (379886209)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 3034 at Mais Arena today. Antônio Carlos Rezena was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Modesto Chuí and Flávio Mesquita. A 5-5-0 alignment was the formation of choice for F.C.. They fielded: Cuervo - Neudert, Miola, Kristbjörnsson, Grigoraş, Malina - Manchia, Fransz, Gendre, Villani, Ferrán González -.

BaR0N13 tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players took the field: Haafkens - Bumbul, Løvenkrands, Trampetti - Popovics, Conato, Üs, Mota, Kray - Streikauskas, da Marteiro.

F.C. fans held their breath as E. Kristbjörnsson scampered down the left side. He successfully avoided all challenges and cracked home the shot for 1 - 0! Things were deteriorating for the away team as F.C. scored another to make it 2 - 0 after a left side attack resulted in a goal for P. Grigoraş after 34 minutes. F.C.'s P. Grigoraş was shown a yellow card after 35 minutes for slicing down an opponent. 40 minutes in, E. Mota made an incredible run up the middle and nearly reduced the home side's lead, but S. Cuervo refused to let the ball slip by him. The visitors' right side was dangerous today; E. Mota made the home team's keeper look foolish as he easily reduced the lead to make it 2 - 1 42 minutes into the match. F.C. had to make a substitution after 43 minutes. R. Manchia limped off the field and was replaced by S. Pecetti. 2 - 1 was the halftime score. F.C. had most of the ball, with 57 percent of possession.

The home side's S. Pecetti came close to extending the lead 51 minutes into the game. His shot came in from the right hand side but W. Haafkens managed to save it with an unbelievable reaction stop. 56 minutes into the game, F.C. were awarded a penalty that A. Gendre turned into 3 - 1 without a problem. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, S. Miola got himself booked. The manager of F.C. was not happy. F.C.'s I. Villani swung in a good chance from the left, but the visitors' defence were able to clear the ball. Possession in this half belonged to F.C., who controlled the ball 55 percent of the time.

F.C.'s best player was T. Fransz. P. Grigoraş on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating BaR0N13 player was without a doubt E. Mota. However, L. Conato made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 3 - 1.