Ohtizity 2 - 2 giorgio (381724878)

Clear skies welcomed the 29434 spectators who had made their way to Smokesroosters Crist Arena. Rafael do Nascimento was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Per Håkansson and Davide Galasso. Ohtizity had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Lineup: Bercan - Medeot, Rohrer, Podskalský - Paritario, Franza, Bettini, Belsky Crespo, Stieglbauer - Cruz, Monte.

giorgio tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. The following players took the field: Fiddaman - Avanzini Barbero, Young, Gurning, Smolec - Heijl, Obiđanović, Diall, Neve - Pikkusaari, Hökbratt.

giorgio were relying on their ability to counter-attack. The Ohtizity free kick 8 minutes into the match seemed wasted, as the shot was both short and off target. But was this actually a plan? The ball landed at the feet of M. Bettini, who was completely unmarked in the box. That's 1 - 0! D. Diall of giorgio received a yellow card after 15 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. After 21 minutes A. Stieglbauer made a speedy advance and dropped the ball to C. Monte who shuffled it past the keeper. The score was now 2 - 0. giorgio's L. Heijl was shown a yellow card after 22 minutes for slicing down an opponent. A. Neve was first to reach a ball launched long through the center from giorgio's defence 24 minutes into the game. He managed to keep his cool and beat the goalkeeper to make the score 2 - 1. After 40 minutes, the visitors levelled the scores after Y. Young made it through the middle and struck home to make it 2 - 2. It was 2 - 2 at the break. Ohtizity claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 64 percent.

Some great play up the middle by Ohtizity led to a chance for A. Franza to score after 47 minutes, but the shot hit the crossbar. H. Hökbratt would have preferred to play on, but his coach decided otherwise. M. Golak entered the game for giorgio as the match clock showed 78 minutes. Ohtizity enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 64 percent of possession.

The most dominating Ohtizity player was without a doubt S. Belsky Crespo. On the other hand, A. Stieglbauer's play was disheartening. giorgio's top performer was clearly S. Pikkusaari. S. Fiddaman on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 2 - 2.