Rosso-Nerro 0 - 0 Paramecii (380781876)

Clouds darkened the skies at FIRE Arena as 29216 spectators turned up for the match. Pieter Bonnewit was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Daniel Gainzar and Will Guzman. Rosso-Nerro decided to use a 3-4-3 set up. Lineup: West - Rennemo, Altomonte, Hilling - Allen, Paz, Wedekind, Dalmau - Aciobăniţei, Ağırtan, Kornai.

A 5-3-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Paramecii. The following players took the field: Millán - Cosaşu, Leş, Oancea, Paizs, Chiş - Sabag, Dürr, Dumitrescu - van der Feen, Lemström.

Using their counter-attacking abilities was the strategy of choice for Paramecii. Coming in from the right, Paramecii had a good opportunity to convert on a counterattack after 18 minutes, but M. Lemström's attempt to finish was easily stopped. The referee showed Paramecii's O. Chiş the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Paramecii almost scored after a swift counterattack 27 minutes into the game, but M. Lemström put the shot from the left flank just outside the goal. 0 - 0 was the halftime score. Rosso-Nerro enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 74 percent of possession.

The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave K. van der Feen from Paramecii a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 70 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! J. Dalmau was the unlucky victim and couldn't continue the game, so Rosso-Nerro's A. Steinicke had to come off the bench. N. Hilling was handed the Rosso-Nerro captain's armband. Paramecii almost scored after a counterattack 80 minutes into the match, but M. Lemström took a shot from the left that landed harmlessly in the side of the net. Many thought I. Aciobăniţei ought to have been awarded a penalty 84 minutes into the game, as he went down trying to dribble around D. Millán after a determined run through the middle. 85 minutes into the game Paramecii managed a counterattack, but C. Dumitrescu took a soft shot from the left flank that was easy prey for the alert keeper. Rosso-Nerro claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 78 percent.

Rosso-Nerro's best player was C. Ağırtan. On the other hand, N. Hilling's play was disheartening. Paramecii's top performer was clearly G. Cosaşu. F. Dürr on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 0.