Juvenico 2 - 2 The dooper (381700590)

Clouds darkened the skies at Juvenico Arena as 26103 spectators turned up for the match. Hervé Charron was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Patrik Andersson and Rogelio Urmeneta. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Juvenico. The following players took the field: Saadon - Agarwal, Wartecki, Constantinescu - Lattanzio, Steinman, Pieraccini, Ceva, Khawwas - Warpelin, Garifullina.

The dooper tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Lineup: Guzmán - Daffara, Gallitzendörfer, Stiglitz - Nurkka, Hochleitner, Lod, Nigro, Myklebust - Bessa, Rosenkilde.

It was obvious that Juvenico were using their pressing skill as their primary tactic. The dooper used their skill at pressing to cut off the attack angles of their opponents all over the field. D. Ceva acted foolishly after 10 minutes, giving the ball up to The dooper's H. Rosenkilde who had no trouble finding the back of the net. 0 - 1. After 14 minutes, speedy G. Bessa dashed past his marker, making plenty of room for the second wave of attack. However, H. Rosenkilde failed to score. Juvenico's M. Constantinescu put his head to a well placed ball, lifted in from the left, and scored to make the score 1 - 1 with 21 minutes showing on the scoreboard clock. The dooper aimed on setting a long distance shooter in position, but the pressing from the defence made it really tough. The pressure from the defence was so tight that the defenders were almost inside the attackers' shorts, and after 32 minutes the defence easily managed to block a shot. At this time in the match, The dooper were using their skill at pressing to successfully stifle the game. The dooper took the lead after 37 minutes making the score 1 - 2. J. Nurkka placed the ball out of reach for the home side's keeper after a fine move, coming in from the left. Halftime score was 1 - 2. The dooper had most of the ball, with 51 percent of possession.

With 47 minutes played, V. Daffara 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. After 56 minutes of play, H. Khawwas evened things up for Juvenico with an impressive goal coming up the middle. 2 - 2. With 58 minutes played D. Ceva almost gave the home side the lead with an unexpected free kick set up, but the visitors' J. Guzmán was onto it, grabbing the would be breakthrough ball. The dooper enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 53 percent of possession.

The most dominating Juvenico player was without a doubt M. Garifullina. However, C. Agarwal made a disastrous appearance. The dooper's best player was S. Hochleitner. G. Stiglitz turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 2 - 2.