roche95 4 - 3 lazio (380336190)

The 8909 spectators at stade du roudoudou were in for an afternoon of sunshine. Edmund Hoke was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Moritz Hörlin and Stan Groves. roche95 decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. They fielded: Wickrath - Barszczak, Villabedón, Közcan, Orte - Damiens, Andrejcsik, Thanh Nguyen, Zajačko - Sangsawang, Tang.

lazio had chosen a strategic 5-3-2 formation. Starters: Vierthaler - Magosso, Desbonnes, Žaba, Trakiyski, Paulsdammer - Derouet, Debay, Hoarau - Hoste, Zimmerer.

roche95 immediately set off using their skill at pressing their opponents. With 18 minutes played D. Tang almost put the home team one ahead on a cross coming in from the right, but the shot went just wide. G. Trakiyski behaved like an inexperienced youth player after 27 minutes as he gave the ball away to M. Sangsawang. Lucky for him though, there was no goal. Halftime score was 0 - 0. roche95 enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 61 percent of possession.

roche95's ability to press all over the field frequently paid dividends. M. Orte gave roche95 the lead with a beautiful free kick after 70 minutes. 1 - 0! Some brilliant football from the visitors' right wing resulted in a levelling of the score as lazio's S. Desbonnes put the ball in the onion bag after 71 minutes to make it 1 - 1. roche95 claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 55 percent.

With the scores being level after 90 minutes, the match went into extra time. G. Magosso had a good try after 99 minutes, coming in on a fine move from the left, but the ball went wide. 103 minutes into the game, T. Zimmerer almost gave the visitors the lead, as he clipped a delicate lob over the keeper, but the ball glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. The result was still a draw, so the match had to be settled with penalties.

roche95's J. Damiens looked nervous even as he was putting the ball on the spot. He didn't take much of a run up, and his weak shot was easily saved by the keeper. lazio's J. Hoste was relaxed as he smoothly put the ball in the net. 1 - 2! Oooh - how unlucky! roche95's E. Wickrath attempt hit the underside of the bar, but rebounded down into the grateful arms of E. Vierthaler. The score stays 1 - 2. lazio's G. Magosso looked like he knew exactly where he wanted to put the ball, but unfortunately his shot went wide of the left hand post. Still 1 - 2. Clearly nervous from the start, roche95's M. Villabedón took a long run up, but could only blast the ball over the bar. The score remains 1 - 2. lazio's S. Desbonnes didn't look like he was confident as he stepped up, and produced a badly struck penalty - right into the arms of E. Wickrath. The score remained 1 - 2. roche95's M. Orte kept his cool as he faced down E. Vierthaler. His composure paid off as he scored easily for 2 - 2. lazio's H. Paulsdammer made no mistake. E. Wickrath didn't have a chance. 2 - 3. roche95's J. Barszczak showed he has nerves of steel when it comes to penalties, easily changing the score to 3 - 3. Clearly nervous from the start, lazio's G. Trakiyski took a long run up, but could only blast the ball over the bar. The score remains 3 - 3. roche95's T. Thanh Nguyen kept his cool as he faced down E. Vierthaler. His composure paid off as he scored easily for 4 - 3. lazio's K. Žaba looked nervous even as he was putting the ball on the spot. He didn't take much of a run up, and his weak shot was easily saved by the keeper. roche95's best player was J. Barszczak. On the other hand, E. Wickrath's play was disheartening. The most dominating lazio player was without a doubt K. Žaba. E. Vierthaler on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 4 - 3.