pietromen 1 - 2 Soccer (381797973)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 25471 at the boss stadium today. Fabio Bruzzese was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Tibet Dilnaz and Mario Larnhart. pietromen decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. They fielded: Iturbe - Patusco, Jonasson, Dixon - Ducrocq, Guardia, Trobia, Ionescu, Rojas - Cerdeira, Ramo Valero.

Soccer tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Lineup: Rollo - Skokov, Osolo, Nesta - Spirgevičius, Pona, Leal, Mihaylov, Waingortin - Clementelli, Ghorbani.

It was an obvious ambition of Soccer to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. A. Trobia gave pietromen the lead as he successfully challenged the guests' central defenders, then slotted the ball into the bottom corner, giving the keeper no chance. 1 - 0 After 11 minutes, R. Leal sent the corner kick right to G. Nesta who headed it sharply past the keeper. 1 - 1! 31 minutes into the match, Soccer nearly took the lead, as H. Ghorbani broke through on the right. F. Iturbe made the save, however. H. Ghorbani had a good try after 39 minutes, coming in on a fine move from the left, but the ball went wide. pietromen's G. Jonasson got himself booked for a foul. Soccer's J. Clementelli could have put the guests one up after 43 minutes after chasing a through ball from the right, but F. Iturbe was as fast as a snake, grabbing the ball from under his nose. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 1. Possession in this half belonged to pietromen, who controlled the ball 54 percent of the time.

Making his way up the middle 50 minutes into the match, A. Dixon almost managed to squeeze a goal past the visitors' keeper, but the alert C. Rollo blocked it to keep the score level. After 65 minutes, the Soccer coach made a sign to R. Leal, who soon changed positions with V. Spirgevičius. 66 minutes into the match, the referee signalled for a Soccer substitution. H. Pinhel came on for R. Leal. Some great play up the middle by pietromen led to a chance for D. Ducrocq to score after 73 minutes, but the shot hit the crossbar. As the 76 minute mark approached, the Soccer coach decided it was time for a substitution. H. Ghorbani reluctantly made way for J. Beikulis on the pitch. Soccer had to make a substitution after 78 minutes. A. Waingortin limped off the field and was replaced by N. Trung Tạ. Soccer were determined to attack on the wing and their central attempts were constantly abandoned in favour of the wings. The guests took the lead 80 minutes into the match, after a right-side attack resulted in I. Pona scoring to make it 1 - 2. A. Skokov was, after 87 minutes, almost able to extend the visitors' lead with a well placed diving header after the ball had looped into the centre, but the home side's keeper F. Iturbe made the save. pietromen claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 58 percent.

The most dominating pietromen player was without a doubt A. Dixon. F. Iturbe turned in a dismal performance, however. Soccer's top performer was clearly V. Spirgevičius. N. Trung Tạ on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 1 - 2.