A.C.Ponte 1 - 5 excoto (381662684)

It was an exceptionally sunny day for the crowd of 63228 that came out to New Bridge Stadium. Lars Gern was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Luc Isenschmied and Lars Fyhrström. A.C.Ponte tactics involved an interesting 4-5-1 combination. The following players had been chosen: Debenedetti - Fusaro, Hupkens, Nemec-Grubelnig, Sarti - Petrică, Modesti, Varis, Urquijo, Umbraško - Feßler.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for excoto. Lineup: Stuifzand - 寒興 (Hanxing) , Zębala, Kachulin - Vooremaa, Sonaglia, Ketilsson, Evangelisti, Strand - Kipkoech, Panioto.

excoto's G. Ketilsson managed to lose the defenders as he advanced down the right wing and scored, putting the visitors ahead after 10 minutes. 0 - 1. A.C.Ponte's P. Modesti was shown a yellow card after 38 minutes for slicing down an opponent. excoto increased their lead after 39 minutes when F. Panioto broke through on the right, upping the score to 0 - 2, much to the home crowd's dismay. The players of excoto now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. excoto's G. Ketilsson refused to leave the field after injuring his achilles tendon after 41 minutes. The home crowd cheered when, after 43 minutes, G. Ketilsson's charge up the middle resulted in the keeper making one of his best saves of the day. Halftime score was 0 - 2. excoto had most of the ball, with 51 percent of possession.

莫. 寒興 (Hanxing) 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. M. Fusaro was able to knock home a free kick after 75 minutes to make the score 1 - 2. After 80 minutes, A.C.Ponte switched F. Sarti with Z. Shayahmetov, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. With 84 minutes played, excoto put themselves up 1 - 3 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was L. Sonaglia. F. Zębala received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 87 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 1 - 4. The excoto fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. F. Zębala wanted to play on, but the excoto coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 89 minutes into the game by S. Domingues. The excoto players could smell victory in the air. Ø. Strand wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for R. Carlos after 89 minutes. The coach of excoto was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 89 minutes, D. Saja came on for K. Kipkoech. excoto's G. Ketilsson made it through the home team's defence on the right hand side 89 minutes into the match. After rounding the keeper, he only had to place the ball in the unguarded goal when a defender slid in and cleared the ball off the line. 89 minutes in, A.C.Ponte's M. Nemec-Grubelnig received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. excoto's 莫. 寒興 (Hanxing) went down after a savage challenge, but could continue playing after some medical attention. It was a hot and sunny day, and several players seemed worn out. Maybe this was why F. Panioto found an unusual amount of space for his snappy footwork. L. Sonaglia increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 1 - 5. excoto claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 51 percent.

A.C.Ponte's best player was P. Modesti. D. Umbraško on the other hand, had a terrible day. excoto's top performer was clearly F. Panioto. However, 莫. 寒興 (Hanxing) made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 1 - 5.