popictin 3 - 1 AvantGarde (380830880)

A brilliantly sunny day had enticed a crowd of 21763 to fc popictin Arena. Jeffrey Hardy was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Max Sabin and Bob Bording. popictin decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Lineup: Oblemenco - Jóba, Oinas, Llamarte - Wüschner, Turzi, Romein, Penven, Skorupski - Olteniceanu, Gruia.

AvantGarde started off with a 4-5-1 lineup. Starters: Gârbacea - Cardozo, Moischt, Károlyi, László - Pumarejo, Coelho Jr., Kubinyi, Dehni, Arce - Jelinić.

AvantGarde saw most attack opportunities on the wings. Players in AvantGarde heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their central attacks to the wings instead. popictin took the lead after 28 minutes as a result of S. Gruia's peach of a shot from the right hand side of the box - placed beautifully in the top corner. 1 - 0. 30 minutes in, popictin's M. Jóba received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. L. Jelinić made a good effort at breaking through on the right, but the home team's left defence cleared the ball to a corner. popictin's G. Turzi was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 34 minutes. It was 1 - 0 at the break. AvantGarde had most of the ball, with 56 percent of possession.

The popictin players could smell victory in the air. V. Olteniceanu wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for T. Sulkers after 46 minutes. Attacking on the wings was the choice for AvantGarde, and they were successfully passing the ball from the middle to the wings to attack. The visiting team's A. Arce was able to score the 1 - 1 equaliser with a header 50 minutes into the match, after some good work on the right. The coach of AvantGarde wanted to try to change things around after 58 minutes, and gave new tactical instructions. 63 minutes into the game, popictin wanted to bring some new energy to their game. N. Wüschner gave C. Lungu a quick hug as he left the field. R. Romein didn't pace himself at all, and after a series of daring offensive runs he was too tired to help out in the defensive play. They were singing the praises of M. Penven 76 minutes into the match after his speculative chip from the middle of the penalty box found its way over the visitors' keeper to make the score 2 - 1 to popictin. T. Sulkers increased the lead for popictin to 3 - 1, getting a head onto a hooked ball from the right. The ball looked to have taken a deflection on the way in, but he's claiming it! After a short break after 81 minutes, popictin seemed to change their tactical approach a bit. With 83 minutes played, K. Károlyi of AvantGarde fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. G. Turzi received some harsh words from his coach after he acted foolishly 87 minutes into the match, probably out of lack of experience, and almost let an opponent score. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by AvantGarde, with 57 percent of the ball.

M. Jóba performed admirably for popictin. F. Skorupski turned in a dismal performance, however. The most dominating AvantGarde player was without a doubt E. Coelho Jr.. However, A. Arce made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 3 - 1.