Barbarian 0 - 4 poirino (380043706)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 266 at Barbarian Arena today. Jucão Macia was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Rimvidas Putys and Klas Örnhall. Barbarian tactics involved an interesting 3-4-3 combination. The following players took the field: Tartaľ - Korçan, da Cunha, Ressler - Matarangolo, Burelli, Ciaccasassi, Sirigu - Berezko, Caramelli, Schicchi.

A 4-3-3 alignment was the formation of choice for poirino. They fielded: Nikolov - Methol, Fedele, Ritler, Benefeldt - Mursu, Clementelli, Karlsson - Junek, Faulkner, Przybyła.

Barbarian were mostly trying to use their skill at attacking on the flanks. poirino clearly preferred using their ability to attack in the middle. poirino were determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up centrally. poirino took the lead 13 minutes into the game, making the score 0 - 1 after some elegant movement down the middle. L. Przybyła was the scorer. Barbarian's M. Matarangolo refused to leave the field after injuring his achilles tendon after 20 minutes. Barbarian had to make a substitution after 24 minutes. M. Ciaccasassi limped off the field and was replaced by G. Merivot. T. Benefeldt came close to extending the visitors' lead when he found himself completely unmarked in front of the goal after a pass through the middle. He tried to lift the ball over Ž. Tartaľ but overcooked it and hit the bar instead. A well placed corner kick from H. Mursu was followed by D. Clementelli's hard but accurate header. The well executed routine resulted in a goal for poirino, the score now 0 - 2. 0 - 2 was the score after the first half. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by poirino, with 59 percent of the ball.

Barbarian needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 46 minutes A. Schicchi made way for M. Sangthong. With 46 minutes played, the Barbarian coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. F. Sequeira came on, V. Berezko had to leave the fray. M. Junek left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 46 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. G. Cecconi was the replacement. The poirino players could smell victory in the air. L. Przybyła wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for G. Signori after 46 minutes. M. Faulkner wanted to play on, but the poirino coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 46 minutes into the game by D. Orr. It was obvious that team poirino had instructions to attack in the middle instead of on the wings. 48 minutes into the match, S. Methol came through the middle and almost added to his team's lead, but the shot went wide. Barbarian's J. Ressler was shown a yellow card after 50 minutes for slicing down an opponent. An indecisive keeper looked on as a free kick by poirino's H. Mursu put the visitors up 0 - 3 after 55 minutes. With 69 minutes gone, Barbarian's J. Ressler had to leave the pitch after talking back to the referee and receiving his second booking. The visitors' D. Orr took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 70 minutes into the match. 0 - 4 for poirino. At this point, it was obvious that the players of poirino lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. Ž. Tartaľ got a fingertip on D. Clementelli's shot from the left 77 minutes in, and managed to keep the visitors from going up another goal. poirino claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 64 percent.

The most dominating Barbarian player was without a doubt F. Caramelli. On the other hand, J. da Cunha's play was disheartening. poirino's top performer was clearly G. Cecconi. G. Signori turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 0 - 4.