bannati 2 - 2 VillaggioSF (381790757)

Clouds darkened the skies at purgatorio as 22600 spectators turned up for the match. Tore Ulstrup was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Klaus Guldin and Jaime Corujeira. bannati had chosen a strategic 3-4-3 formation. Starters: Resa - Elbæk, Debets, Gutiérrez - Thieleke, Teodori, Roininen, Mikó - Martín Losada, Abu-Alam, Makhlav.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for VillaggioSF. Lineup: Damaske - Sintzen, Machač, Bronka - Heinsbroek, Bots, Barzilay, Morales, Hellio - Mydličko, Chiariello.

After 4 minutes, N. Abu-Alam came in from the right, feinted, then sped past the off-balance defender to make the score 1 - 0, giving bannati the lead. After 8 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by O. Roininen might have resulted in another goal for bannati. However, E. Damaske made a spectacular save. A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of bannati to 2 - 0 as Q. Martín Losada finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. The home team's fans were upset when, after 25 minutes, the visiting J. Machač broke through the central defence and kicked the ball past the keeper. 2 - 1 was the score. The teams went for the halftime break at 2 - 1. VillaggioSF enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 55 percent of possession.

75 minutes into the game, VillaggioSF were awarded a penalty and a chance to draw level. E. Heinsbroek, probably due to the gravity of the situation, seemed unable to stay focused, and shot wide. VillaggioSF were close to putting the equaliser away after 76 minutes as the opposing defence lost control of the ball to T. Mydličko in a scuffle towards the left of the goal, but in the end the ball was cleared over the dead ball line. bannati's D. Resa had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 77 minutes having been played. B. Bogh was the replacement. The visitors didn't give in and, after 79 minutes, M. Hellio got through the home side's central line of defence, rolling in the equaliser to make it 2 - 2. VillaggioSF claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 59 percent.

bannati's best player was G. Teodori. B. Bogh was a disappointment, however. Most important VillaggioSF player was M. Morales. E. Damaske turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 2 - 2.