Due to an all-day shower, 33985 paying spectators got to see a match on a pitch-turned-bog at
drudi team Arena.
Daniel Pinheiro was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Zigurds Herbsts and
Lorens Eugens.
A 3-4-3 alignment was the formation of choice for drudi.
Starters: Cabral - Isendoorn, Haloedea, Plastun - Thomas, Mocci, Raguenel, Ponticelli - Quéval, Berbegal, Şahin.
Internazionale tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination.
The following players had been chosen: Checchelani - Ropp, Biancolilla, Di Gennaro - Tuovinen, Caini, Campo, Ferraria, Acierno - Ioan, Neubauer.
M. Şahin gave drudi the lead as he successfully challenged the guests' central defenders, then slotted the ball into the bottom corner, giving the keeper no chance. 1 - 0
After 24 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and
P. Ponticelli gave the drudi supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 2 - 0.
drudi put themselves up 3 - 0 when
M. Şahin broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake.
Things were deteriorating for the away team as drudi scored another to make it 4 - 0 after a left side attack resulted in a goal for
A. Quéval after 37 minutes.
After this, you could see that the players of drudi were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals.
Halftime score was 4 - 0.
drudi enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 57 percent of possession.
G. Neubauer did not have a good day today, often losing his footing on the muddy pitch.
With 64 minutes played, drudi put themselves up 5 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to
M. Şahin, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home.
By then
M. Şahin had scored three goals - a hat trick!
A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in drudi's
A. Thomas increasing the lead to 6 - 0.
G. Neubauer's lightning pace was too much for
A. Haloedea who could only look on as the Internazionale player blasted one home. 6 - 1.
Cheers filled the stadium as
M. Şahin broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 7 - 1 to drudi.
drudi's
M. Şahin increased the lead to 8 - 1, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 85 minutes.
Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by drudi, with 60 percent of the ball.
Most important drudi player was
M. Şahin.
On the other hand,
A. Haloedea's play was disheartening.
I. Ioan performed admirably for Internazionale.
J. Tuovinen on the other hand, had a terrible day.
The match ends 8 - 1.