SORRY 2 - 0 Fortus (380907613)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 19771 at Manderley today. Jędrzej Żyrski was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Tomi Sokero and Joakim Ramen. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for SORRY. The following players had been chosen: Westman - Niemeijer, Brutau, Petrashevskiy - Van Houdt, Bostad, Josi, Kenner, Jarczok - Pomázi, Haţegan.

Fortus decided to use a 5-4-1 set up. Lineup: Callejas - Lafont, Polesana, Martin, Berns, Woźniczka - Eiss, Stanciu, Sproll, Muhterem - Fristrup.

SORRY seemed to prefer attacking in the middle. Pressing was the tactic of the day for Fortus. SORRY could have put themselves ahead after 30 minutes but J. Bostad missed a volley shot on a ball coming in from the right. At 37 minutes played, S. Petrashevskiy came in from the right with the intention of giving SORRY the lead, but his rocket of a shot rattled the crossbar. SORRY made a bid to take the lead as a ball coming in on the right hand side left S. Petrashevskiy completely alone with keeper E. Callejas, who made a spectacular block. The SORRY free kick 39 minutes into the match seemed wasted, as the shot was both short and off target. But was this actually a plan? The ball landed at the feet of S. Petrashevskiy, who was completely unmarked in the box. That's 1 - 0! 1 - 0 was the halftime score. Possession in this half belonged to SORRY, who controlled the ball 69 percent of the time.

SORRY had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle attacks. SORRY's J. Bostad placed the ball right at his teammate's feet after a corner, but S. Petrashevskiy couldn't finish. SORRY players heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their wing attacks to the middle instead. S. Jarczok had a fantastic opportunity to put SORRY up another goal 64 minutes into the match, but he fired just over the crossbar. X. Brutau of SORRY received a yellow card after 67 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. 70 minutes into the game, G. Van Houdt had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came S. Vlaicu. J. Pomázi could have increased the lead after 75 minutes, but his shot hit the post after a nice combination in the middle of the park. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. S. Vlaicu squirmed through their central defence after 79 minutes, increasing the lead to 2 - 0. SORRY claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 77 percent.

J. Bostad performed admirably for SORRY. On the other hand, X. Brutau's play was disheartening. Most important Fortus player was D. Polesana. S. Stanciu on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 2 - 0.