3Balls 1 - 10 Football (380414356)

Dark skies made the crowd of 12000 at Estados Unidos da Fuzeta Arena a little nervous, but the rain held off. Patrick Lind was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Paweł Węgielewski and José Orza Linares. 3Balls had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. Starters: Maldonado - Fonseca, Dores, Vargues, Talash - Gaiola, Machado Neves, Rodrigues, Gouveia Costa - Júlio, Teixeira Ramos.

Football tactics involved an interesting 2-5-3 combination. The following players took the field: Codispoti - Druţă, Ulhoa - Ligios, Martínez Naranjo, Marado, Vieru, Masurier - Sá, Füllengarten, Boselli.

0 - 1 was the score with 10 minutes played, after A. Boselli cut through the central defence and chipped home a goal for Football. After 11 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave H. Ulhoa a chance to increase the lead for Football, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 2. After this, you could see that the players of Football were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. With 19 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed A. Boselli of Football to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 3. With 24 minutes played, Football put themselves up 0 - 4 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was M. Ligios. F. Dores sailed high above the opponents as he headed in a corner kick from J. Fonseca after 31 minutes of play, making the score 1 - 4. A. Druţă received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 32 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 1 - 5. The Football fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. H. Ulhoa of Football took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 34 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 1 - 6. 3Balls's C. Gaiola had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 38 minutes having been played. L. Fonseca was the replacement. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 6. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Football, with 85 percent of the ball.

Some fine movement on the left led to a Football goal after 60 minutes, making it 1 - 7. C. Martínez Naranjo was noted down as the scorer. With 71 minutes played, A. Boselli of Football fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. After 76 minutes, Football's A. Boselli burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 1 - 8. This third goal completed a hattrick for A. Boselli. After 81 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for A. Boselli who increased Football's lead to 1 - 9. The visitors' N. Vieru took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 82 minutes into the match. 1 - 10 for Football. After 83 minutes Football's A. Boselli limped slightly after a late challenge, but he was able to continue. Football had most of the ball, with 87 percent of possession.

J. Fonseca performed admirably for 3Balls. On the other hand, É. Maldonado's play was disheartening. The most dominating Football player was without a doubt A. Boselli. However, A. Druţă made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 1 - 10.