Athlantis 2 - 3 katabaza (380778755)

50133 spectators arrived at "Hahn, Banach, Beppo, Levi & Kolmogorov" Stadium, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Rafinha Longo was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Augustus de Geer and Elvin Cross. Athlantis decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players took the field: Giannuzzi - Schwerdtel, Chen, Choulis - Hyry, Leu, Labuť, Airinei, Hallstrand - Durey, Panciuc.

katabaza tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Lineup: Canchanya - Brasseur, Ižauskas, Vieira - Gligor, Antoniani, Cavidli, Duţu, Stănescu - Stoian, Uzgör.

Athlantis made a bid to take the lead as a ball coming in on the right hand side left M. Durey completely alone with keeper M. Canchanya, who made a spectacular block. T. Uzgör of katabaza was able to make an impressive rush past the sluggish R. Chen, which resulted in a goal making the score 0 - 1. 42 minutes into the game, M. Durey came close to levelling the score with a dangerous shot from the centre of the area that went just over the bar. With a shot curled in from just outside the middle of the penalty area after 44 minutes played, M. Durey of Athlantis made the score 1 - 1. P. Antoniani had a good try after 44 minutes, coming in on a fine move from the left, but the ball went wide. M. Durey stunned the crowd with a brilliant counterattack from the left, giving Athlantis the goal to make it 2 - 1. M. Durey could have increased the lead after 44 minutes, but his shot hit the post after a nice combination in the middle of the park. It was 2 - 1 at the break. katabaza had most of the ball, with 52 percent of possession.

The visitors refused to give in and, after 47 minutes, P. Antoniani evened things up as he finished off a perfect pass from the right. 2 - 2 Some quick footwork on the left side of the field 63 minutes into the match left katabaza's D. Gligor completely free to score. 2 - 3 for the visitors. Athlantis's J. Labuť had a hard, curved free kick after 80 minutes that would have paid off, had it gone just a little lower. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by katabaza, with 52 percent of the ball.

Most important Athlantis player was J. Schwerdtel. M. Hallstrand turned in a dismal performance, however. T. Uzgör performed admirably for katabaza. However, D. Gligor made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 2 - 3.