mazzuk 2 - 1 Anemoni (380295449)

20565 spectators had come to Mazzuk Arena this cloudy day. Manuel Borges was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Ignacio Conde and Leo Niehe. All of Lombardia was shut down for the day, as fans of both clubs came to the derby. mazzuk tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Yerushalmi - Dabija, Rapaijc, Mencucci - Mezid, Visintin, Ravagnin, Endrefi, Finelli - Dzul, Ali.

Anemoni had chosen a strategic 5-2-3 formation. They fielded: Penchev - Doppietti, Garcés de Garro, Oddine, Langenbacher, Diebels - Sollenberger, Sporran - Ahmadi, Schichta, Carrabal.

Using their counter-attacking abilities was the strategy of choice for Anemoni. The referee showed mazzuk's R. Ravagnin the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Anemoni were forced into a substitution as A. Sporran couldn't continue due to some rough treatment, forcing A. Nobre to come in off the bench. After a fine move down the middle P. Dzul nearly gave the home side a goal after 17 minutes. However the finishing shot went just wide. G. Rapaijc gave mazzuk the lead as he successfully challenged the guests' central defenders, then slotted the ball into the bottom corner, giving the keeper no chance. 1 - 0 G. Visintin of mazzuk seemed to be floating in the air as he elegantly headed in to make the score 2 - 0 after a corner kick that was nicely executed by T. Ali. Anemoni's defence sent a ball soaring up the middle on a beautiful counterattack with 25 minutes gone, but X. Garcés de Garro's finish was met by the reaching hands of the keeper. P. Mencucci should probably have put his team up another goal after 31 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by D. Penchev kept the visitors in the game. X. Garcés de Garro knocked one home from a counterattack down the right wing, making the score 2 - 1 after 32 minutes. Halftime score was 2 - 1. mazzuk claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 75 percent.

Anemoni's A. Oddine was shown a yellow card after 51 minutes for slicing down an opponent. The player down was G. Rapaijc. The mazzuk bench looked worried for a while, but in the end he managed to get up. The home side's P. Dzul came close to extending the lead 53 minutes into the game. His shot came in from the right hand side but D. Penchev managed to save it with an unbelievable reaction stop. mazzuk's D. Endrefi was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 54 minutes. After 62 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by K. Mezid might have resulted in another goal for mazzuk. However, D. Penchev made a spectacular save. mazzuk's G. Rapaijc got himself booked for a foul. mazzuk's T. Ali saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates after 75 minutes. After 76 minutes Anemoni tried to exploit their counterattacking skills, unfortunately, S. Ahmadi's shot sailed wide after his break down the right. mazzuk had most of the ball, with 77 percent of possession.

The most dominating mazzuk player was without a doubt T. Ali. A. Yerushalmi turned in a dismal performance, however. Anemoni's best player was K. Schichta. F. Diebels on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 2 - 1.