THERYON 2 - 5 Rapid (380778972)

48690 spectators arrived at To Mega Therion, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Fulvio Wolf was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Marcus Nelson and Renzo Luciano. THERYON had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. Starters: Broničs - Cigoli, Bogdán, Kuckucks, Maselli - Avram, van der Staay, Holtzman, Pelgrims - Rocher, Beatrix.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Rapid. Lineup: Patriche - Mihalache, Sánchez, Dascălu - Marica, Conde, Quadrio Aristarchi, Morega, Rinaldo - Dollmantis, Chalmers.

Down the middle came F. Sánchez, making a fantastic play that nearly had Rapid take the lead after 13 minutes, but J. Broničs preserved the tie. Rapid took the lead after 23 minutes making the score 0 - 1. I. Chalmers placed the ball out of reach for the home side's keeper after a fine move, coming in from the left. 24 minutes in, Rapid's G. Rinaldo received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. 34 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 2 as G. Rinaldo finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. After 37 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for G. Dascălu who increased Rapid's lead to 0 - 3. By now, the players in Rapid felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. A. Bogdán sailed high above the opponents as he headed in a corner kick from D. Holtzman after 39 minutes of play, making the score 1 - 3. The visiting supporters hurled a torrent of abuse at the referee when a questionable free kick after 40 minutes led to a goal for D. Holtzman, who scored to make it 2 - 3. 2 - 3 was the halftime score. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Rapid, with 56 percent of the ball.

A drive down the left side allowed I. Chalmers to get in close and score another goal for Rapid after 71 minutes, taking the score to 2 - 4. A. Bogdán of THERYON was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. J. Broničs got a fingertip on C. Mihalache's shot from the left 74 minutes in, and managed to keep the visitors from going up another goal. With 75 minutes played, C. Beatrix of THERYON fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. Rapid increased their lead after 76 minutes when R. Dollmantis broke through on the right, upping the score to 2 - 5, much to the home crowd's dismay. The referee showed Rapid's I. Chalmers the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Rapid had most of the ball, with 57 percent of possession.

THERYON's best player was C. Avram. On the other hand, L. Pelgrims's play was disheartening. Most important Rapid player was I. Chalmers. I. Marica was a disappointment, however. The match ends 2 - 5.