Pixi T 6 - 2 martinhel (381689193)

The 21954 fans in attendance at Pixi Allianz Arena were roasting in the hot sun. Gabriele Perrucci was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Tobias Viby Christiansen and Julian Renken. Pixi T started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Starters: Cosas - Kamioka, Wegmüller, Ricci - Billotet, Del Jarama, Gadaleta, Montinho, Ribers Nielsen - Cirrotti, Vitoria.

martinhel tactics involved an interesting 3-4-3 combination. The following players had been chosen: Paolini - Złoty, Polli, Siemens - Bogatek, Dragotă, Mizrachi, Toledo Salamanca - Ambrosioni, van Gijzel, Vuosalmi.

N. Wegmüller caused the crowd to go mental with his goal up the middle after 2 minutes. This gave Pixi T the 1 - 0 lead. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave J. Montinho from Pixi T a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 3 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! K. Siemens finished off a quick charge from the left of the field by chipping the ball just past the home side's keeper, making the score 1 - 1 4 minutes into the match. Pixi T's J. Del Jarama tried to break through in the middle repeatedly, but couldn't get past the visitors' defenders. Pixi T took the lead after 20 minutes as a result of J. Montinho's peach of a shot from the right hand side of the box - placed beautifully in the top corner. 2 - 1. J. Bogatek's early cross saw the defenders caught out of position and the alert F. Ambrosioni was able to pounce and roll the ball past the hapless goalkeeper to score for martinhel. 2 - 2. 2 - 2 was the halftime score. Pixi T enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 59 percent of possession.

Y. Mizrachi 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. The home side put themselves ahead 3 - 2 after 52 minutes courtesy of a breakthrough from A. Cirrotti, who scored with a stunning volley following a cross from the right wing. Pixi T increased the lead as A. Ricci struck to make the score 4 - 2 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. With 68 minutes played, Pixi T put themselves up 5 - 2 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to A. Cirrotti, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Pixi T lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. Things were deteriorating for the away team as Pixi T scored another to make it 6 - 2 after a left side attack resulted in a goal for J. Ribers Nielsen after 69 minutes. 71 minutes into the game martinhel managed a counterattack, but Y. Mizrachi took a soft shot from the left flank that was easy prey for the alert keeper. Possession in this half belonged to Pixi T, who controlled the ball 59 percent of the time.

Pixi T's top performer was clearly M. Vitoria. On the other hand, P. Cosas's play was disheartening. The most dominating martinhel player was without a doubt P. Polli. G. Paolini turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 6 - 2.