carpatistii 1 - 4 Florentza (380815092)

12000 spectators had come to galibie this cloudy day. Baldassarre Morabito was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Nuno Fânzeres and Hans Broere. carpatistii started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. They fielded: Fekete - Weiss, Quagliarella, Sonay - Bỉnh Khiêm, Bastianoni, Sherman, Kopanaras, Nieswandt - Huelves, Garde.

Florentza had chosen a strategic 4-5-1 formation. Lineup: Biffiger - Ivan, Tomić, Cordunianu, Yürük - Sopa, Bach, Braiji, Zornhausen, Erker - Piñel Ceballos.

Florentza displayed their ability to play creatively. 16 minutes into the game, Florentza seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to passable. The referee showed carpatistii's A. Sherman the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. T. Cordunianu stunned the crowd with a brilliant counterattack from the left, giving Florentza the goal to make it 0 - 1. With 38 minutes played, carpatistii's C. Garde found an opening in the visitors' left side defence, but his shot was handled easily by the keeper. Florentza's counterattacks were lethal to the opposing defence, allowing F. Piñel Ceballos to score easily from the right flank for 0 - 2. 40 minutes in, carpatistii's C. Garde received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Florentza increased the lead to 0 - 3 as Ç. Yürük scored from the penalty spot, putting the ball in near the top left corner. 0 - 3 was the score after the first half. carpatistii had most of the ball, with 61 percent of possession.

During the break, Florentza's coach went through the team's tactics yet again, getting them up to solid organisation. After 55 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed N. Tomić to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 4. By now, the players in Florentza felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. Florentza's V. Erker was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 62 minutes. V. Sopa neatly controlled the ball after a short corner, and knocked it on to V. Erker who had the whole net open before him, but only managed to hit the post. It took several tries, but carpatistii managed to break through on the left after 84 minutes, getting the ball to B. Nieswandt who easily reduced the lead to make the score 1 - 4. Possession in this half belonged to carpatistii, who controlled the ball 58 percent of the time.

carpatistii's top performer was clearly L. Bastianoni. However, S. Fekete made a disastrous appearance. Florentza's best player was F. Piñel Ceballos. Q. Biffiger turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 1 - 4.