F.C.COMPACT 6 - 0 Galoppo....Varenne! (381859627)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 18086 at F.C.COMPACT Arena today. Jari Tervaskangas was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Israel Dupuis and Péter Csábi. F.C.COMPACT started off with a 4-5-1 lineup. Starters: Deblasio - Iorizzo, Macovei, Mango, Ius - Hjortbrant, Preziuso, Dörig, Klingeman, Corbijn - Olševskas.

A 3-4-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Galoppo....Varenne!. Lineup: Biedekarken - Struchen, Konings, Miquel - Condorelli, Sardini, Grzybołowski, Petruccelli - Basilissi, Valmoggia, Jolović.

Galoppo....Varenne! seemed to prefer attacking in the middle. Galoppo....Varenne!'s F. Condorelli was shown a yellow card after 5 minutes for slicing down an opponent. With 10 minutes played A. Olševskas almost gave the home side the lead with an unexpected free kick set up, but the visitors' C. Biedekarken was onto it, grabbing the would be breakthrough ball. After 25 minutes of play, D. Preziuso gave the home team a 1 - 0 lead after an attack coming in from the right. After 33 minutes F.C.COMPACT's J. Hjortbrant limped slightly after a late challenge, but he was able to continue. After 34 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and N. Ius gave the F.C.COMPACT supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 2 - 0. The head of M. Iorizzo connected with a corner kick after 38 minutes, and the ball ended up with J. Klingeman of F.C.COMPACT who blasted the ball into the net, making the score 3 - 0. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in F.C.COMPACT's O. Dörig increasing the lead to 4 - 0. Halftime score was 4 - 0. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by F.C.COMPACT, with 71 percent of the ball.

A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of F.C.COMPACT to 5 - 0 as M. Iorizzo finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. By now, the players in F.C.COMPACT felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. Galoppo....Varenne!'s L. Jolović got himself booked for a foul. N. Ius of F.C.COMPACT had to be helped off the pitch as an injury meant he was unable to finish the game. A. Imray came in to finish the match. F.C.COMPACT increased the lead as A. Imray struck to make the score 6 - 0 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. The F.C.COMPACT players could smell victory in the air. D. Preziuso wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for J. Pizarro after 75 minutes. Galoppo....Varenne! needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 76 minutes P. Basilissi made way for G. Ladefoged. The game was close to savage at times, and Galoppo....Varenne!'s L. Jolović received a second yellow card after 76 minutes; his ticket out of the game. Possession in this half belonged to F.C.COMPACT, who controlled the ball 72 percent of the time.

Most important F.C.COMPACT player was A. Olševskas. S. Corbijn on the other hand, had a terrible day. Galoppo....Varenne!'s top performer was clearly A. Valmoggia. On the other hand, T. Miquel's play was disheartening. The match ends 6 - 0.