egoli 3 - 1 Fanta (381746351)

A brilliantly sunny day had enticed a crowd of 29825 to di qui non esci. Ferdynand Bronowski was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Laust Danielsen and Herbert Frick. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for egoli. The following players had been chosen: Canales - Carella, Belluzzi, Cafarelli - Tancredi, Brambrink, Calla, Virtuani, Borczyk - Starostecki, Mineiro.

Fanta tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. They fielded: Cârstea - Fernández Landa, Rikardsson, Seget - Jastrab, Breakwell, Miceli, Libert, Chromiak - Claes, Ghitã.

The wings were the focus of most of Fanta's attacks today. With 8 minutes gone, P. Virtuani suddenly found himself completely free on the right wing when a counterattack by egoli caught their opponents by surprise. Only a great save by the opposing keeper prevented him from scoring. egoli took the lead 22 minutes into the match after a magnificent free kick by E. Brambrink that made the score 1 - 0. Fanta were close to putting the equaliser away after 27 minutes as the opposing defence lost control of the ball to P. Rikardsson in a scuffle towards the left of the goal, but in the end the ball was cleared over the dead ball line. Coming from the right, L. Tancredi almost managed to score another goal for egoli, but his header was tipped over the bar by the visitors' keeper. Coming through the middle K. Libert almost scored the equaliser for Fanta after 34 minutes, but P. Canales made an excellent save, tipping the awkwardly curled shot past the post. Attacking on the wings was the choice for Fanta, and they were successfully passing the ball from the middle to the wings to attack. The home team will be cursing G. Claes for weeks; he finished off a great pass from the left, knocking it past the keeper without a problem. The match was level at 1 - 1 after 35 minutes. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 1. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Fanta, with 51 percent of the ball.

Slack defending gave egoli a chance to take the lead with 51 minutes played, but B. Borczyk's cross from the left flank was fumbled in front of the goal and easily dealt with by the opposition. They were singing the praises of P. Virtuani 76 minutes into the match after his speculative chip from the middle of the penalty box found its way over the visitors' keeper to make the score 2 - 1 to egoli. The intense heat forced M. Miceli into making some errors because he couldn't seem to keep up with the others. The visitors' equaliser seemed sure to come after 82 minutes, following a one on one situation around the left hand side of the goal area, but P. Canales got the best of it, blocking the shot from A. Chromiak. It wasn't a good day at all for I. Fernández Landa. His powerful style of play just didn't fit the bill on this warm day. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. E. Belluzzi squirmed through their central defence after 87 minutes, increasing the lead to 3 - 1. This part of the game was a standoff between the teams in terms of possession.

egoli's best player was N. Starostecki. However, P. Canales made a disastrous appearance. N. Breakwell performed admirably for Fanta. P. Rikardsson on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 3 - 1.