Morbidona 3 - 2 Ocrop (381681776)

20000 punters turned up at Morbidona Stadium, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Krister Rikardsson was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Johan Payan and Magne Moa . Morbidona had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. They fielded: Romi - Veloso, Graeve, Skakun - Lievens, Baldi, Spivey, Zdybel, Magnani - Arbós, Hunyadi.

Ocrop tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Starters: Hugot - Pupovac, Kaczab, Meynaerts - Palacios, Aquillon, Rufo, Pérez, Tušek - Criscuolo, Nyberg.

Ocrop had several good opportunities to take the lead, especially 18 minutes in when A. Kaczab came up alone against V. Romi who managed a block. Morbidona's I. Skakun was shown a yellow card after 19 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Almost all the way down to the corner flag, Morbidona's J. Magnani somehow managed to get a perfect pass into the middle, impossible to miss for Z. Hunyadi, who struck for 1 - 0. The crowd was silenced 43 minutes into the match as the visiting team's J. Rufo came in from the left, levelling the score to 1 - 1. A. Kaczab came close to putting the visiting team one up 43 minutes into the match, following a solo raid down the middle, but V. Romi managed to tip the ball to a corner. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 1. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Ocrop, with 52 percent of the ball.

As the 70 minute mark approached, the Morbidona coach decided it was time for a substitution. Z. Hunyadi reluctantly made way for L. Papierski on the pitch. After 76 minutes, L. Papierski came in from the right, feinted, then sped past the off-balance defender to make the score 2 - 1, giving Morbidona the lead. Morbidona's M. Arbós swung in a good chance from the left, but the visitors' defence were able to clear the ball. Having been awarded a free kick in an awkward position after 85 minutes, Ocrop did not go for a shot but instead fired the ball hard into the 6 yard box. After a brief tussle with his marker, M. Criscuolo was able to power the ball past the keeper to make the score 2 - 2. Morbidona broke through on the left 86 minutes into the game, with L. Papierski firing in from an acute angle to give the home side a 3 - 2 lead. Possession in this half belonged to Ocrop, who controlled the ball 52 percent of the time.

Morbidona's top performer was clearly F. Baldi. V. Romi on the other hand, had a terrible day. Ocrop's best player was Q. Aquillon. However, B. Hugot made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 3 - 2.