bromopodari 1 - 0 THESALOI (381342329)

36443 punters turned up at fc bromopodari stadium, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Mart Hofstra was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Tranquillo Truniger and Erik Westerborg. bromopodari started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Lineup: Mpalaouras - van Gessel, 源福 (Yuanfu), Rodríguez - Höchstetter, Aste, Blanco, Bajor, Portaluri - Heller, Thibaud.

THESALOI tactics involved an interesting 5-4-1 combination. The following players took the field: Simkin - Jørgensen, Sinz, Sopaj, Beskide, Balamir - Carlsson, Kourdos, Bakkeskov, Einhellinger - Kleparek.

It was an obvious ambition of bromopodari to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. THESALOI were relying on their ability to counter-attack. Making his way up the middle 2 minutes into the match, N. Aste almost managed to squeeze a goal past the visitors' keeper, but the alert A. Simkin blocked it to keep the score level. With the clock showing 3 minutes played, a great pass from the defensive line of THESALOI resulted in a counterattack that was smoothly brought under control by P. Jørgensen in the centre of the opposition's penalty area, but his finish went high. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, B. Beskide got himself booked. The manager of THESALOI was not happy. Some great play up the middle by bromopodari led to a chance for T. Thibaud to score after 6 minutes, but the shot hit the crossbar. bromopodari could have put themselves ahead after 39 minutes but M. Rodríguez missed a volley shot on a ball coming in from the right. THESALOI's P. Carlsson got himself booked for a foul. bromopodari were forced into a substitution as B. van Gessel couldn't continue due to some rough treatment, forcing O. Amundsen to come in off the bench. 44 minutes had elapsed when a great chance for bromopodari to take the lead after a good cross from the right found E. Höchstetter alone with the keeper, but he chipped it to the wrong side of the post. THESALOI's defence sent a ball soaring up the middle on a beautiful counterattack with 44 minutes gone, but E. Einhellinger's finish was met by the reaching hands of the keeper. It was 0 - 0 at the break. Possession in this half belonged to bromopodari, who controlled the ball 73 percent of the time.

Unsportsmanlike behaviour by B. Beskide rendered him his second booking of the match, and THESALOI had to finish the game with a reduced squad. After 81 minutes, P. Blanco came in from the right, feinted, then sped past the off-balance defender to make the score 1 - 0, giving bromopodari the lead. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave N. Aste from bromopodari a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 82 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! After 84 minutes, following yet another great corner, E. Höchstetter's flick on at the near post reached J. Bajor, who was just wide with his snapshot - the ball went out for a goal kick. bromopodari enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 71 percent of possession.

K. Heller performed admirably for bromopodari. D. Portaluri on the other hand, had a terrible day. THESALOI's top performer was clearly T. Kourdos. P. Jørgensen was a disappointment, however. The match ends 1 - 0.