smannazzi 1 - 4 zz21 (381863723)

A scorching day at la bombonera, where 16405 spectators were in place for today's match. Victor Harris was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Paco Bombín and Nils Ramer. smannazzi had chosen a strategic 2-5-3 formation. The following players had been chosen: Koch-Jägersberg - Domínguez, Hörning - Marazza, Karavida, Soria, Couto, Bujedo - Guardavaglia, Antoneac, Dorrepaal.

zz21 decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Starters: Deferme - Szkutnik, Westerwald, Pfohl - Andrzejak, Onto, Keramidas, Piesch, Collings - De Santi, Roeber.

After 2 minutes, smannazzi were awarded a free kick. Rather than shooting straight at goal, the taker went for an indirect variant which seemed to take his team mates a bit by surprise. C. Couto did attempt a finish, but from an awkward position, sending the ball into the away fans. K. Andrzejak's early cross saw the defenders caught out of position and the alert M. Roeber was able to pounce and roll the ball past the hapless goalkeeper to score for zz21. 0 - 1. D. Piesch's technique was perfect on this sunny day and led to some breathtaking tricks that bamboozled the defence. S. Guardavaglia's speed is always a threat when he gets a little room to move, and 7 minutes into the match was no different as he broke free of his man to send a delightful through ball to C. Antoneac who knocked it in for smannazzi. 1 - 1! 1 - 1 was the halftime score. smannazzi claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 57 percent.

zz21's P. Onto managed to lose the defenders as he advanced down the right wing and scored, putting the visitors ahead after 69 minutes. 1 - 2. The sunny day didn't make things easy for C. Couto who didn't seem his usual powerful self on the pitch. S. Miró was called on to replace smannazzi's S. Guardavaglia after 74 minutes following a nasty collision. After 80 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for D. Szkutnik who increased zz21's lead to 1 - 3. With 84 minutes played, zz21 put themselves up 1 - 4 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was D. Piesch. smannazzi enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 55 percent of possession.

The most dominating smannazzi player was without a doubt J. Soria. However, A. Koch-Jägersberg made a disastrous appearance. zz21's best player was M. Roeber. On the other hand, D. Szkutnik's play was disheartening. The match ends 1 - 4.