Gaudium 2 - 2 foppabonetti (381779155)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 22189 to LA CONTEA. Marius Tavernier was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Benedictus Beyer and Kasper Ovesen. Gaudium tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Lineup: Skaudas - Acuña, Saint-Aubin, Erteľ - Eastham, Gallet, Sonaglia, DonVito, Ania - Nicotra, Melo Guedes.

foppabonetti had chosen a strategic 4-3-3 formation. Starters: Sakharov - Schüssler, Dukić, Johansson, Musselwhite - Dieck, Julien, Poli - Zweigenforst, Villamor, Gargano.

foppabonetti clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. With 28 minutes gone, J. Dukić suddenly found himself completely free on the right wing when a counterattack by foppabonetti caught their opponents by surprise. Only a great save by the opposing keeper prevented him from scoring. They were singing the praises of H. Acuña 35 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 1 - 0 to Gaudium. foppabonetti tied it all up, 39 minutes in, after a spectacular goal by L. Julien, who miraculously broke through the home side's central defence, making it 1 - 1. After 43 minutes, the defensive line of foppabonetti created a counterattack through the middle that gave R. Zweigenforst a good look at the goal, but his shot glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. foppabonetti's R. Zweigenforst could have put the guests one up after 44 minutes after chasing a through ball from the right, but E. Skaudas was as fast as a snake, grabbing the ball from under his nose. Gaudium had a chance to take the lead after M. Ania's dazzling drive up the left, but the opportunity fizzled out as his shot went just over the bar after 44 minutes. It was showtime for artist S. Gargano who showed off his technical mastery when he rounded E. Sonaglia and finished with a goal to make the score 1 - 2. Gaudium's G. DonVito was shown a yellow card after 44 minutes for slicing down an opponent. foppabonetti were forced into a substitution as L. Schüssler couldn't continue due to some rough treatment, forcing K. Oh to come in off the bench. Halftime score was 1 - 2. Possession in this half belonged to Gaudium, who controlled the ball 66 percent of the time.

With 73 minutes having been played, Gaudium scored to make it 2 - 2. A dribble down the left wing, followed by a shot which took a wicked bounce off a defender resulted in the keeper having no chance. Everyone thought it'd been an own goal, but H. Acuña was marked down as the scorer. Gaudium created a good opportunity to score 78 minutes into the match when E. Sonaglia's hooked ball from the left created a scuffle in front of the goal, and the visitors' defenders had a hard time clearing the ball. 82 minutes into the match foppabonetti's S. Gargano head butted an opponent nastily, and so the referee sent him off immediately. A loud groan was heard from the fans of Gaudium, as E. Skaudas left the pitch in too much pain to finish the match. M. Padulazzi took his place on the field. 85 minutes into the match, foppabonetti nearly took the lead, as F. Villamor broke through on the right. M. Padulazzi made the save, however. Gaudium claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 64 percent.

Gaudium's best player was L. Melo Guedes. M. Padulazzi turned in a dismal performance, however. The most dominating foppabonetti player was without a doubt F. Villamor. K. Oh on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 2 - 2.