CERNOBBIO 3 - 4 paluce (381744284)

25810 fans braved the pouring rain at CERNOBYL STADIUM. Leonardo Desxpro was the appointed referee with assistance provided by 戴 (Dai) 冠林 (Guanlin) and Bernd Fastmann. CERNOBBIO started off with a 2-5-3 lineup. Starters: Gallez - Spiridis, Arostegui - Tzankov, Sjömo, Eghbali, Inman, Lewflod - Weiermann, Frank, Llauró.

paluce tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Lineup: Marena - Boeswald-Reinhardt, Tănăsie, Diotto - Lefebvre, Obradors, Frigan, Margolfo, Vanhatupa - Tormenta, Ingelén.

E. Frank had a hard time on the waterlogged pitch - his trademark technique was nowhere in sight today. After 22 minutes of play, R. Weiermann gave the home team a 1 - 0 lead after an attack coming in from the right. J. Llauró, who often relies on his speed, had a rotten day on the drenched grass. After 39 minutes CERNOBBIO's P. Lewflod limped slightly after a late challenge, but he was able to continue. A well placed corner kick from D. Tzankov was followed by K. Sjömo's hard but accurate header. The well executed routine resulted in a goal for CERNOBBIO, the score now 2 - 0. 41 minutes into the match, the speedy J. Llauró easily outpaced R. Tănăsie, chipped the keeper and made the score 3 - 0. R. Weiermann had a fantastic opportunity to put CERNOBBIO up another goal 44 minutes into the match, but he fired just over the crossbar. It was 3 - 0 at the break. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by CERNOBBIO, with 55 percent of the ball.

After 59 minutes, S. Ingelén chose the right corner while taking his penalty, humiliating the home keeper, who dived in the wrong direction. The goal reduced the home lead to 3 - 1. After 70 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by P. Lewflod might have resulted in another goal for CERNOBBIO. However, A. Marena made a spectacular save. paluce's counterattacks were lethal to the opposing defence, allowing P. Margolfo to score easily from the right flank for 3 - 2. The referee showed CERNOBBIO's R. Weiermann the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. The player down was C. Boeswald-Reinhardt. The paluce bench looked worried for a while, but in the end he managed to get up. paluce levelled the score after 78 minutes to make it 3 - 3, as C. Boeswald-Reinhardt struck home after a fine midfield combination through the centre, which left him completely unmarked. After 80 minutes J. Vanhatupa made a speedy advance and dropped the ball to S. Ingelén who shuffled it past the keeper. The score was now 3 - 4. After 84 minutes, J. Arostegui got through on the right and was very close to equalising for the home side, but didn't get the shot away. Possession in this half belonged to CERNOBBIO, who controlled the ball 54 percent of the time.

Most important CERNOBBIO player was J. Llauró. However, L. Spiridis made a disastrous appearance. A. Obradors performed admirably for paluce. On the other hand, A. Marena's play was disheartening. The match ends 3 - 4.