God 1 - 5 volamiopony (380284985)

Dark skies made the crowd of 20221 at The Dell a little nervous, but the rain held off. Juan Pablo Gave was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Urban Halen and Jens Bayenthal. God tactics involved an interesting 2-5-3 combination. Lineup: Niezgodzki - Grandi, Toader - Moureau, Morgenstern, Ismaël, Scardaccione, Vicovan - Grandi, Romano, Coltro.

volamiopony decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. They fielded: Mouré Romanillos - Villar, Dathorne, Agov - Jáuregui, Panov, Delagarde, Yeng Wai, Kriegstein - Viguri, Carrión.

Pressing was the tactic of the day for God. Down the middle came D. Carrión, making a fantastic play that nearly had volamiopony take the lead after 9 minutes, but M. Niezgodzki preserved the tie. volamiopony's H. Kriegstein had a good first touch on the flank, but was crowded and, after a change of plan, sent the ball to L. Jáuregui who somehow managed to curl the ball wide. After some beautiful movement down the left wing, N. Scardaccione scored for God putting them ahead 1 - 0, after 12 minutes. With 19 minutes played, seemingly due to lack of experience, N. Scardaccione needlessly tripped an opponent just outside the penalty area, but the free kick that followed didn't succeed. A great save by keeper I. Mouré Romanillos after 20 minutes kept the visitors in the game after N. Scardaccione struck from the left with a real cannonball. The visitors didn't give in and, after 22 minutes, X. Yeng Wai got through the home side's central line of defence, rolling in the equaliser to make it 1 - 1. volamiopony's D. Carrión gave the visitors a 1 - 2 lead after 29 minutes with a superb strike from the right. The referee showed God's I. Toader the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. 38 minutes into the game, volamiopony were awarded a penalty and D. Carrión was able to increase the visitors' lead to 1 - 3 rolling the ball in by the right post. 1 - 3 was the halftime score. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by volamiopony, with 76 percent of the ball.

With 46 minutes played, the God coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. A. Vives came on, J. Ismaël had to leave the fray. 51 minutes in, God's N. Coltro received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. I. Mouré Romanillos's knee will be throbbing for days, but thankfully for volamiopony, he bravely continued in the match. volamiopony increased the lead to 1 - 4 as D. Carrión scored from the penalty spot, putting the ball in near the top left corner. That was his third goal of the match - a hat trick for D. Carrión. Confident in their lead, volamiopony's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. After 78 minutes God's N. Scardaccione limped slightly after a late challenge, but he was able to continue. Had it not been for one of the home defenders, L. Jáuregui would have put volamiopony up another goal 79 minutes into the match with his audacious lob from the right wing. D. Carrión was, after 83 minutes, almost able to extend the visitors' lead with a well placed diving header after the ball had looped into the centre, but the home side's keeper M. Niezgodzki made the save. Some fine movement on the left led to a volamiopony goal after 86 minutes, making it 1 - 5. X. Yeng Wai was noted down as the scorer. volamiopony had most of the ball, with 75 percent of possession.

Most important God player was M. Grandi. On the other hand, K. Morgenstern's play was disheartening. X. Yeng Wai performed admirably for volamiopony. H. Kriegstein turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 1 - 5.