O.S.F. 2 - 3 mandy (381870169)

Clear skies welcomed the 23320 spectators who had made their way to O.S.F. Stadium. Michael Steinmetz was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Joakim Christiansson and Torvald Drakwald. O.S.F. started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. The following players took the field: Varchi - Nielsen, Bruscia, Häffner, Brummel - Ferlay, Zdebik, Ambauen, Vanghelie - Stroppiana, Płóciennik.

mandy tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Starters: Tukišs - Ramos, Vincenti, Van Speybroeck - Germanò, Franze, Dansira, Veloso, Marinetti - Lehner, Clementelli.

O.S.F. clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. mandy saw most attack opportunities on the wings. It was obvious that mandy had instructions to attack on the wings instead of in the middle. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, A. Ambauen got himself booked. The manager of O.S.F. was not happy. 35 minutes into the game, A. Ambauen finished off a O.S.F. left wing counterattack, making the score 1 - 0. An equalising goal seemed certain after 37 minutes when P. Ramos attacked down the left wing, but P. Varchi just managed to make a save to keep the ball out of the net. O.S.F. showed their counterattack skill 38 minutes into the match by breaking through the middle, with G. Płóciennik scoring uncontested for 2 - 0. With 39 minutes played, O.S.F.'s L. Stroppiana almost extended the lead, but his shot from the left glanced off the top of the bar to fall behind the net. The visitors' right side was dangerous today; S. Vincenti made the home team's keeper look foolish as he easily reduced the lead to make it 2 - 1 42 minutes into the match. 2 - 1 was the score after the first half. mandy had most of the ball, with 59 percent of possession.

Attacking on the wings was the choice for mandy, and they were successfully passing the ball from the middle to the wings to attack. After 57 minutes, G. Germanò sent the corner kick right to D. Dansira who headed it sharply past the keeper. 2 - 2! 67 minutes into the match, the speedy C. Marinetti easily outpaced B. Nielsen, chipped the keeper and made the score 2 - 3. Possession in this half belonged to mandy, who controlled the ball 57 percent of the time.

The most dominating O.S.F. player was without a doubt G. Płóciennik. A. Ambauen on the other hand, had a terrible day. mandy's best player was A. Veloso. P. Ramos turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 2 - 3.