forever 2 - 6 interlazzate (381833328)

Dark skies made the crowd of 15065 at Ostuni Arena a little nervous, but the rain held off. Celestino Lautroup was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Kevin Geldmacher and Cláudio Pizarro. forever tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Tormenta - Salazar, Siemieniewicz, Izumi - Pruneda, Oyanedel, Lien, Poço, Pinto - Egeskov, Narcone.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for interlazzate. The following players took the field: Świtkiewicz - Sordet, Padabed, Cuadérnigas - Jansen, Taddeucci, Barroso, Meduri, Golias - Jehkonen, Ronsisvalle.

It was an obvious ambition of forever to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. What ever got into E. Lien, the crowd mumbled, as he suddenly struck a cross pass through his own defence - ending up right in front of interlazzate's H. Jehkonen, who easily put the ball away for 0 - 1 after 4 minutes. M. Ronsisvalle of interlazzate took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 28 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 0 - 2. The visitors' A. Meduri took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 31 minutes into the match. 0 - 3 for interlazzate. D. Salazar almost reduced the deficit, having drawn the entire left side defence away, but the shot went straight into the arms of the goalkeeper. interlazzate's V. Barroso refused to leave the field after injuring his achilles tendon after 33 minutes. The home crowd were delighted when E. Lien scored with a header after an attack from the right, making the score 1 - 3. But did he use his hand? That'll be one for the pundits to talk about after the game, that's for sure! With 40 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed M. Ronsisvalle of interlazzate to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 1 - 4. At this point, it was obvious that the players of interlazzate lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. Halftime score was 1 - 4. interlazzate enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 54 percent of possession.

After 71 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for A. Meduri who increased interlazzate's lead to 1 - 5. A. Meduri was, after 74 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 M. Tormenta made the save. 79 minutes into the game forever broke through on the left wing and E. Lien managed to reduce the lead to 2 - 5. interlazzate's A. Padabed left the field after 82 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was L. Albrecht. A. Meduri was handed the interlazzate captain's armband. After 85 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed P. Jansen to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 2 - 6. interlazzate claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 56 percent.

D. Egeskov performed admirably for forever. M. Pruneda was a disappointment, however. interlazzate's top performer was clearly V. Barroso. L. Albrecht on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 2 - 6.