grifonia 2 - 1 giliuzzus (381800207)

24655 spectators arrived at Tempio dei grifoni, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Anders Iserberg was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Guido Bolt and Peter R. Bäckgren. grifonia tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Martens - Driķis, Perra, Callot - Miró, Wiebring, Telles, Drobný, Wolsink - Serpellini, Vinerbi.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for giliuzzus. They fielded: Rieder - Tainola, Herman, Bruinsma - Müntekim, Agagliate, Thorstensson, Hachmann, Norre - Ageykin, Pedrini.

giliuzzus decided to play creatively. A mistake by the home side's central defence after 2 minutes allowed N. Ageykin to score for giliuzzus. The scoreboard now read 0 - 1. After 10 minutes, A. Serpellini made a dash down the middle past the away team's defenders to score the goal that made it 1 - 1. After a fine move down the middle A. Serpellini nearly gave the home side a goal after 11 minutes. However the finishing shot went just wide. At 18 minutes played, C. Wolsink came in from the right with the intention of giving grifonia the lead, but his rocket of a shot rattled the crossbar. 1 - 1 was the halftime score. grifonia enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 55 percent of possession.

After 47 minutes A. Serpellini made a speedy advance and dropped the ball to E. Vinerbi who shuffled it past the keeper. The score was now 2 - 1. With 48 minutes played, the visitors could have drawn level after N. Ageykin came through the middle, but his kick went wide. J. Telles could have increased the lead after 50 minutes, but his shot hit the post after a nice combination in the middle of the park. After 82 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by C. Wolsink might have resulted in another goal for grifonia. However, B. Rieder made a spectacular save. 85 minutes in, giliuzzus's B. Hachmann received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. D. Callot had a fantastic opportunity to put grifonia up another goal 87 minutes into the match, but he fired just over the crossbar. grifonia claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 54 percent.

The most dominating grifonia player was without a doubt J. Telles. D. Martens turned in a dismal performance, however. giliuzzus's top performer was clearly M. Thorstensson. B. Rieder was a disappointment, however. The match ends 2 - 1.