wado-kumi 3 - 3 Caffaro (381680066)

The 29777 spectators at wado-kumi Dojo were in for an afternoon of sunshine. Siegfried Hini was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Yiorgos Atsalis and Fernando Vega. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for wado-kumi. They fielded: Turska - Pinzoni, Ruto, Palokangas - Lopes, Petretto, Civelli, Wołoch, Wildenbeest - Ptaszek, Borgobello.

Caffaro had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Starters: Ladermann - Centonchio, La Penna, Floro Flores - Banas, Corsini, Pérez, Abbenhuis, 廷一 (Tingyi) - Cerneavschi, Bergius.

The home crowd was not impressed by the fancy moves of Caffaro's A. Abbenhuis after 4 minutes. He converted a pass from the left for a goal, resulting in the visitors taking the 0 - 1 lead. E. Bergius increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 0 - 2. E. Bergius sailed high above the opponents as he headed in a corner kick from I. Cerneavschi after 20 minutes of play, making the score 0 - 3. A. Petretto enjoyed the sunshine and demonstrated his stunning technique over and over again. 0 - 3 was the score after the first half. Possession in this half belonged to wado-kumi, who controlled the ball 55 percent of the time.

With 66 minutes played, E. Bergius nearly put the visitors another one up as he broke through in the middle and fired from just outside the box, but his shot passed just over the bar. Usually a powerful player on the field, R. Floro Flores looked kind of pale and tired under the hot sun. wado-kumi didn't give in and with 79 minutes played J. Ruto was able to make the score 1 - 3 after an attack on the right. At 81 minutes into the game, wado-kumi's A. Petretto deftly knocked the ball home after an impressive run down the left, reducing the visitors' lead to 2 - 3. Having been awarded a free kick in an awkward position after 82 minutes, wado-kumi did not go for a shot but instead fired the ball hard into the 6 yard box. After a brief tussle with his marker, S. Pinzoni was able to power the ball past the keeper to make the score 3 - 3. Some great play up the middle by wado-kumi led to a chance for A. Borgobello to score after 84 minutes, but the shot hit the crossbar. wado-kumi claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 58 percent.

Most important wado-kumi player was K. Ptaszek. However, J. Palokangas made a disastrous appearance. Caffaro's best player was I. Cerneavschi. On the other hand, A. Abbenhuis's play was disheartening. The match ends 3 - 3.