boville 0 - 2 Hunters (381865668)

The crowd of 10923 turning up at Arena Montorli today were greeted with some nasty showers of rain. Rafa de Azevedo was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Jakub Jadrný and Antero Myllyveräjä. boville tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Lineup: Alessio - Cryan, Vafir, Cerimovic - Longobardi, Vander Vekens, Benoît, Parafestas, Horodyński - Verdeces, Mirochnik.

A 3-4-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Hunters. The following players took the field: Vermeulen - Terjék, van der Linden, Daatselaar - Madaj, Algeo, Jorge, Harutsi - Vycpálek, Potecă, Cseresznyés.

boville showed off their creative tactics. The crowd was amused as B. Vafir of boville used a few interesting tricks and dribbles to get into the penalty box. The finish by M. Longobardi wasn't very amusing, however, as the ball flew way over the crossbar. X. Verdeces was struggling to make the ball dance with his usual trickery and panache, and the opposing players had little trouble shutting him down in these muddy conditions. boville's B. Vafir left the field after 22 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was Y. Məmmədxanov. As the captain was no longer on the pitch, A. Cerimovic took over the role of being the boville captain. Hunters's goal to make the score 0 - 1 came via a questionable penalty, but B. Terjék struck it home without a second thought. S. Parafestas made a superb strike after 40 minutes with a shot straight in front of the goal after a long ball through the middle, but one of the visitors' defenders got a foot in at the last second and warded it off for a corner. Halftime score was 0 - 1. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by boville, with 51 percent of the ball.

The Hunters players could smell victory in the air. M. Vycpálek wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for H. Filosa after 46 minutes. After 47 minutes, the Hunters players received new instructions from their manager on how to keep in control of the game. R. Potecă could have put his team up another goal 51 minutes into the game, after a rush down the left, but his closing shot hit the post. In an effort to secure the lead, Hunters changed their tactic after 54 minutes. boville's M. Cryan put his head to a high ball coming in from the right after 59 minutes, but the ball went wide. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave M. Cryan from boville a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 62 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! No matter how hard he tried, M. Cryan just couldn't get his shot past the visitors' right side defence after 70 minutes. boville's M. Alessio had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 73 minutes having been played. M. Tripodo was the replacement. After 74 minutes, Hunters's A. Algeo burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 2. boville claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 51 percent.

boville's best player was T. Vander Vekens. M. Tripodo turned in a dismal performance, however. A. Algeo performed admirably for Hunters. On the other hand, H. Filosa's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 2.