corvinu2009 4 - 3 plopeni (380809544)

Dark skies made the crowd of 25053 at Salt Lake Arena a little nervous, but the rain held off. Fabian Schweigert was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Alejandro Luis Rubio and Jesús Arenas. A 5-4-1 alignment was the formation of choice for corvinu2009. Starters: Hollenbach - Heinsohn, Immerman, Berraja, Stone, Fernández Hinestrosa - Ritzerfeld, Nezih, Gullell, Tributsch - Risin.

plopeni had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. They fielded: Varjas - Göderts, Crowe, Gheorghe - Pankanin, Manolache, Weiland, Mantey, 海轶 (Haiyi) - Dumitru, Manole.

corvinu2009's F. Ritzerfeld seemed to stun everyone on the field with an accurate shot that seemed to come from nowhere. Somehow, the keeper managed to keep his cool and made a fantastic save. After some beautiful movement down the left wing, N. Risin scored for corvinu2009 putting them ahead 1 - 0, after 17 minutes. Things were deteriorating for the away team as corvinu2009 scored another to make it 2 - 0 after a left side attack resulted in a goal for A. Gullell after 20 minutes. K. Weiland of plopeni was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. After 33 minutes M. Manole made a speedy advance and dropped the ball to G. Dumitru who shuffled it past the keeper. The score was now 2 - 1. M. Manole tied the game at 2 - 2 after 35 minutes, when he converted an incredible pass from the right. Some things can only be learned through experience, and K. Weiland should take his lesson to heart after nearly gifting corvinu2009 a goal with 36 minutes of the match played. The cannonball from 35 metres by E. Heinsohn of corvinu2009 was an impressive sight, but didn't make it into the net. Halftime score was 2 - 2. Possession in this half belonged to corvinu2009, who controlled the ball 59 percent of the time.

The home side put themselves ahead 3 - 2 after 59 minutes courtesy of a breakthrough from K. Nezih, who scored with a stunning volley following a cross from the right wing. With 71 minutes played, corvinu2009 put themselves up 4 - 2 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to A. Gullell, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. After 82 minutes corvinu2009 tried to exploit their counterattacking skills, unfortunately, A. Berraja's shot sailed wide after his break down the right. 潘. 海轶 (Haiyi) 's early cross saw the defenders caught out of position and the alert G. Dumitru was able to pounce and roll the ball past the hapless goalkeeper to score for plopeni. 4 - 3. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by corvinu2009, with 58 percent of the ball.

corvinu2009's best player was K. Nezih. On the other hand, A. Berraja's play was disheartening. plopeni's top performer was clearly A. Manolache. T. Göderts on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 4 - 3.