dindane 3 - 2 balokko (381916412)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 17210 at st. marijuana Arena today. Asko Pätiälä was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Zhoran Brack and Johan Pohjola. dindane decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. Lineup: Madureira - Gerhardsson, Gabrielsen, Stievenard, Lachner - Dotta, Karys, Nilsson, Malantrucco - Manchon, Urtueta.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for balokko. The following players took the field: Syahrial - Kahrer, Gőz, Valiani - Gvozdevas, Faarkrog, Magnani, Blomme, Feuermann - Casolato, Nubert.

dindane mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. V. Urtueta caused the crowd to go mental with his goal up the middle after 7 minutes. This gave dindane the 1 - 0 lead. dindane put themselves up 2 - 0 when M. Manchon broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. The players of dindane now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. dindane's M. Nilsson was shown a yellow card after 31 minutes for slicing down an opponent. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in dindane's V. Urtueta increasing the lead to 3 - 0. The home side's M. Manchon came close to extending the lead 39 minutes into the game. His shot came in from the right hand side but F. Syahrial managed to save it with an unbelievable reaction stop. A. Blomme nearly reduced the lead 41 minutes into the game, but a splendid one-handed save by E. Madureira prevented the attempt coming in from the right flank from hitting the back of the net. J. Nubert of balokko was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. It was 3 - 0 at the break. dindane claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 61 percent.

S. Stievenard unleashed a swerving effort from the right that the visitors' keeper did well to tip wide. With 75 minutes showing on the scoreboard clock, balokko showed some good skill and were able to reduce the score to 3 - 1 when U. Gvozdevas got past the home side's central defenders right in front of the goal. dindane's L. Karys swung in a good chance from the left, but the visitors' defence were able to clear the ball. The referee showed dindane's J. Gabrielsen the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. A bit later, balokko's N. Casolato easily reduced the lead to 3 - 2 after a misunderstanding in the home side's central defence. dindane had most of the ball, with 60 percent of possession.

dindane's best player was P. Malantrucco. On the other hand, V. Urtueta's play was disheartening. balokko's top performer was clearly N. Casolato. However, Á. Gőz made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 3 - 2.