Neromyloi 3 - 1 Rolling (381294707)

Clear skies welcomed the 70007 spectators who had made their way to St. Catherine's Park. Walter Castiñeira was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Dries Molenaar and Desiré Baele. Neromyloi had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Lineup: Kampourakos - bin Hj Tapa, N'Dao, Paralikas - Carmona, Kamperis, Gagakis, Kokolakis, Sahlin - Aúza, Rotaru.

Rolling tactics involved an interesting 5-5-0 combination. They fielded: Makolidis - Pukhati, Oksfeld, Gergely, Poupalos, Espírito - Mpakosis, Querreveld, Batista, Siapanidis, Saliarelis -.

Neromyloi saw most attack opportunities on the wings. The strategy for Rolling was to use their ability to press. Rolling pressed their opponents, causing the game to be a bit of a stalemate at times. Players in Neromyloi heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their central attacks to the wings instead. 27 minutes into the match and the home team took a 1 - 0 lead after breaking through on the left. The scorer for Neromyloi was S. Rotaru. Coming from the right, K. Kamperis almost managed to score another goal for Neromyloi, but his header was tipped over the bar by the visitors' keeper. 1 - 0 was the halftime score. Neromyloi claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 56 percent.

Rolling's K. Mpakosis got himself booked for a foul. Unfortunately for Neromyloi, P. Kokolakis was injured when the game became more physical, and he had to leave the field. C. Epithetikoglou replaced him. The Neromyloi captaincy was handed to A. N'Dao. After 55 minutes of the match, the manager still hoped to turn things around. A. Espírito was ordered to assume a different position on the pitch. He took the place of N. Poupalos, who in turn replaced his team mate. Although the whole team were struggling to impress, Rolling's N. Poupalos was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 56 minutes. H. Rothquist was given a chance to change things around. After 56 minutes, Rolling used a short break in the game to take new instructions from their coach. In a rapid move 67 minutes into the match, B. Aúza of Neromyloi lost his man and passed the ball to the unmarked S. Rotaru who easily hit it home to make it 2 - 0. Luckily the ref didn't see him taunting the opposing fans in celebration - naughty boy! A well placed corner kick from T. Gergely was followed by K. Pukhati's hard but accurate header. The well executed routine resulted in a goal for Rolling, the score now 2 - 1. The Neromyloi coach was visibly pleased with the score so far, but still ordered a few tactical changes 75 minutes into the game. In the lead, Neromyloi adjusted their style of play with 75 minutes gone. After 76 minutes, Rolling switched K. Mpakosis with K. Gourgourinis, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. Neromyloi's S. Rotaru increased the lead to 3 - 1, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 76 minutes. That was his third goal of the match - a hat trick for S. Rotaru. Neromyloi had most of the ball, with 58 percent of possession.

Neromyloi's best player was K. Kamperis. A. Sahlin turned in a dismal performance, however. The most dominating Rolling player was without a doubt K. Gourgourinis. On the other hand, T. Gergely's play was disheartening. The match ends 3 - 1.