tatarasti90 0 - 3 Rapidu (380788152)

26120 fans braved the pouring rain at NATALY. René Rennert was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Anton Sennels and Baptiste Sanassy. tatarasti90 decided to use a 4-3-3 set up. The following players had been chosen: Sacco - Bauer, Coltor, Radu, Plata - Dontu, Ramasco Padilla, Klapa - Morais, Gianella, Barna.

Rapidu started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Lineup: Grigore - Ramack, Milanov, Czapor - Jacobsson, Szarejko, Maccarinelli, Moro, Kramer - Yelpo, Al-Ibrahim.

tatarasti90 clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. Thighs bulging, F. Dontu charged past the weaker players, seemingly oblivious to the rain. Some good play on the left wing created an opportunity for the visitors 16 minutes into the match, and F. Jacobsson wasn't about to let it go by. He got past the defenders and fired a shot that the keeper just missed. 0 - 1 for the visitors. A drive down the left side allowed S. Maccarinelli to get in close and score another goal for Rapidu after 33 minutes, taking the score to 0 - 2. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave H. Czapor from Rapidu a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 34 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! After 39 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for F. Yelpo who increased Rapidu's lead to 0 - 3. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 3. Rapidu enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 62 percent of possession.

47 minutes into the game, A. Ramack had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came M. Mironescu. After 60 minutes, tatarasti90 switched C. Klapa with F. Toplanský, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. F. Toplanský was the new captain of tatarasti90 - handed the armband by the departing player. F. Jacobsson came close to extending the visitors' lead when he found himself completely unmarked in front of the goal after a pass through the middle. He tried to lift the ball over G. Sacco but overcooked it and hit the bar instead. With 74 minutes played, M. Al-Ibrahim nearly put the visitors another one up as he broke through in the middle and fired from just outside the box, but his shot passed just over the bar. Rapidu's F. Yelpo was shown a yellow card after 79 minutes for slicing down an opponent. F. Dontu's knee will be throbbing for days, but thankfully for tatarasti90, he bravely continued in the match. Possession in this half belonged to Rapidu, who controlled the ball 61 percent of the time.

tatarasti90's best player was G. Sacco. R. Gianella turned in a dismal performance, however. The most dominating Rapidu player was without a doubt H. Szarejko. However, M. Mironescu made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 3.