bosco 2 - 2 Nottingamforest (381833330)

14100 fans braved the pouring rain at 12 LEONI. Abraham Jeanblanc was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Marius-Viorel Turcea and Hylke Bonten. bosco tactics involved an interesting 5-2-3 combination. Starters: Lería Gil - Stocher, Reddermann, Hering, Dall'Agnol, Falco - Selliti, Scellier - Badalamenti, Bartelen, Srogi.

Nottingamforest started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Sadurní - Čekić, Pantović, Lemons - Johansson, Rautava, Cremer, Ribeiro, Wagemaker - Kammermann, Tolbin.

bosco clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. The wings were the focus of most of Nottingamforest's attacks today. P. Srogi gave bosco 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 Thighs bulging, M. Rautava charged past the weaker players, seemingly oblivious to the rain. The visitors kept the pressure on to tie the game when, after 28 minutes, M. Rautava broke through the centre and found himself alone with the keeper. E. Lería Gil made a great block, though. bosco caught their opponents out with a clever counterattack down the right wing 29 minutes into the match. K. Badalamenti was able to finish off the move - 2 - 0. Good work by the bosco defensive line after 36 minutes produced a good counterattack chance, which cut elegantly down the middle of the pitch and found K. Badalamenti alone in front of the goal, but his shot whistled just wide. The teams went for the halftime break at 2 - 0. Possession in this half belonged to Nottingamforest, who controlled the ball 63 percent of the time.

A. Scellier left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 70 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. S. Psihoda was the replacement. The coach of bosco was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 70 minutes, N. Benedetto came on for A. Dall'Agnol. The home crowd was silenced as D. Kammermann took a successful penalty shot 84 minutes into the game, reducing the home lead to 2 - 1. K. Wagemaker hit the corner kick straight to the keeper, but it was mishandled, giving Nottingamforest's L. Lemons an easy chance to knock it in for 2 - 2. Having turned the direction of play quickly, the bosco counter attack ended as the ball carrier was brought down violently by a defender after 88 minutes. The resulting free kick was a flat shot into the area just in front of the keeper. However, the defence were on their toes and did not allow the opponents to reach the ball. The referee showed Nottingamforest's M. Pantović the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Nottingamforest had most of the ball, with 59 percent of possession.

Most important bosco player was K. Badalamenti. However, E. Lería Gil made a disastrous appearance. The most dominating Nottingamforest player was without a doubt M. Rautava. On the other hand, P. Sadurní's play was disheartening. The match ends 2 - 2.