Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and
Kill Bill Arena saw a crowd turnout of 25000.
Hans Rippon was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Guilherme Videira and
Giuseppe Macerini.
Inglorius-Bastards decided to use a 5-2-3 set up.
Starters: De Simone - Văn Til, Nordtorp, Jović, Sofian, Zalewski - Brajković, Xhelilaj - Bonilla, Öhrborg, Bruinsma.
pandemonium had chosen a strategic 4-5-1 formation.
The following players had been chosen: Soltani Nejadian - Artemiev, Sebastianelli, Piatti, Weber - Cipri, Autti, Bisazza, Bacenetti, Santoruvo - Canestrari.
Inglorius-Bastards were clearly looking ahead to the next match rather than focusing on the one at hand.
Inglorius-Bastards clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could.
The strategy for pandemonium was to use their ability to press.
Inglorius-Bastards made a bid to take the lead as a ball coming in on the right hand side left
D. Bonilla completely alone with keeper
F. Soltani Nejadian, who made a spectacular block.
27 minutes into the game,
M. Jović finished off a Inglorius-Bastards left wing counterattack, making the score 1 - 0.
S. Cipri of pandemonium was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle.
P. Xhelilaj stunned the crowd with a brilliant counterattack from the left, giving Inglorius-Bastards the goal to make it 2 - 0.
2 - 0 was the halftime score.
Possession in this half belonged to pandemonium, who controlled the ball 71 percent of the time.
G. Artemiev neatly controlled the ball after a short corner, and knocked it on to
G. Bisazza who had the whole net open before him, but only managed to hit the post.
After 72 minutes Inglorius-Bastards's
L. Öhrborg contracted a slight foot injury, but didn't want to leave the game.
Inglorius-Bastards's
P. Xhelilaj was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 79 minutes.
80 minutes into the game,
G. Santoruvo had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came
R. Bravetti.
With 84 minutes gone, a long pass from the defence of Inglorius-Bastards resulted in a counterattack that set
K. Nordtorp free through the middle, but the keeper made a spectacular diving save.
pandemonium enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 71 percent of possession.
Inglorius-Bastards's top performer was clearly
D. De Simone.
On the other hand,
T. Văn Til's play was disheartening.
A. Piatti performed admirably for pandemonium.
S. Cipri on the other hand, had a terrible day.
The match ends 2 - 0.