hassan32 4 - 1 River Ale (381726526)

Clouds darkened the skies at bombonera as 36406 spectators turned up for the match. Adrián Vallejos was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Józef Bitner and Ragnvald Fagerland. hassan32 decided to use a 5-3-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Abdurahmonov - Orgun, Bosschieter, Gattuso, Fröhult, Corona - Pérez de Colosía, Kieweg, Pénel - Benjamin, Udda.

River Ale tactics involved an interesting 2-5-3 combination. They fielded: Depauw - Fatih, Criscuolo - Regev, Scorza, Rousset, Lantos, Brunner - Quattrucci, Välkkynen, Willem.

hassan32 were relying on their ability to counter-attack. River Ale's P. Scorza got himself booked for a foul. A badly positioned defensive formation on a free kick after 20 minutes led to River Ale's Q. Rousset giving the visitors the lead 0 - 1. A. Quattrucci came close to extending the visitors' lead when he found himself completely unmarked in front of the goal after a pass through the middle. He tried to lift the ball over M. Abdurahmonov but overcooked it and hit the bar instead. River Ale's P. Scorza showed off his trademark ability to do the unexpected with a tricky pass after 30 minutes. Unfortunately, K. Regev was startled by the play and wasn't able to control the finish. After 33 minutes River Ale nearly put themselves up another goal from a penalty taken by Q. Rousset, but the keeper made an unbelievable save. J. Benjamin knocked one home from a counterattack down the right wing, making the score 1 - 1 after 34 minutes. A. Corona really should have scored when he was chosen by fate to confront a wide open goal following a great play by O. Fröhult after a corner. The visitors' central defence should have had no trouble clearing the pass to M. Gattuso, but the hassan32 player managed to shrug them off and fired a low shot past the keeper to give his team the lead. 2 - 1! 39 minutes into the game, hassan32 were awarded a penalty that J. Benjamin turned into 3 - 1 without a problem. It was 3 - 1 at the break. River Ale claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 59 percent.

Coming in on the left, K. Regev did everything right to get a goal for River Ale after 55 minutes, but his finishing shot was stabbed clear by the keeper. The counterattacks of hassan32 were deadly and 62 minutes into the game, O. Fröhult received a nice pass from the right flank, making it 4 - 1. The home side's J. Benjamin came close to extending the lead 65 minutes into the game. His shot came in from the right hand side but T. Depauw managed to save it with an unbelievable reaction stop. Although the whole team were struggling to impress, River Ale's K. Regev was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 70 minutes. A. bin Abd Malek was given a chance to change things around. With 89 minutes played, the River Ale coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. B. Michaelshoven came on, A. Quattrucci had to leave the fray. After 89 minutes, River Ale switched T. Depauw with D. Schraa, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. River Ale enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 56 percent of possession.

hassan32's top performer was clearly J. Benjamin. On the other hand, A. Corona's play was disheartening. River Ale's best player was A. Lantos. D. Schraa turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 4 - 1.