kobateam 1 - 1 Tiranno (381910281)

The 19743 spectators at kobateam f.c. Arena were in for an afternoon of sunshine. Carlos Assunção was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Séraphin Frey and Sebastian Meyer. kobateam decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Lineup: Gürsoy - Páral, Lazaropoulos, Lampl - Tešić, Colstrand, Riou, Caressa, Martinez - Kiekbusch, Sloup.

A 5-2-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Tiranno. The following players took the field: Ionescu - Seibold, Carmona, Somel, Aellig, Leye - Storat, Verver - Guernelli, Saydov, Phatummas.

For their match strategy, Tiranno had decided to use their ability to counter-attack whenever possible. Several players seemed a little dazed by the warm weather, and were repeatedly tricked by the clever and agile R. Caressa. Coming in from the right, Tiranno had a good opportunity to convert on a counterattack after 25 minutes, but P. Phatummas's attempt to finish was easily stopped. 32 minutes had elapsed when a great chance for kobateam to take the lead after a good cross from the right found J. Martinez alone with the keeper, but he chipped it to the wrong side of the post. Halftime score was 0 - 0. kobateam had most of the ball, with 73 percent of possession.

56 minutes into the game, G. Aellig almost gave the visitors the lead, as he clipped a delicate lob over the keeper, but the ball glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. Tiranno bypassed the midfield with their counterattack, leading to a free kick goal by G. Guernelli for 0 - 1. 77 minutes in, Tiranno's M. Storat received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. kobateam tried to even things up by sending a long ball towards the centrally placed strikers, but the visitors' defence got the best of this rather direct style of play. After 80 minutes, a counter attack by Tiranno was converted into a decent free kick opportunity. However, the indirect free kick routine was easily anticipated by the defenders. A textbook example of how to defend a free kick - the attackers were left with few viable options. A foul 82 minutes into the game resulted in a free kick for kobateam. D. Riou took advantage as he curled the equalising goal into the top corner, just out of the reach of the keeper. 1 - 1. kobateam claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 74 percent.

kobateam's top performer was clearly R. Caressa. R. Gürsoy was a disappointment, however. P. Phatummas performed admirably for Tiranno. On the other hand, G. Ionescu's play was disheartening. The match ends 1 - 1.