genoforce 5 - 3 Rozzangeles (381934076)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 15015 had shown up at Genoforce Stadium for the match. Justin Duloup was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Hans-Toby Poschmann and Troels Askgaard. genoforce tactics involved an interesting 2-5-3 combination. Starters: Sacconi - van Veldhuizen, Stein - Nilsson, Meresse, Pestalozzi, Donath, Baghdadi - van Heuven, Wevelinghoven, Láadal.

Rozzangeles decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Lineup: Marjomaa - Marianelli, Hluštík, Iallonardi - Brezovcsik, Bartolomei, Pötenitz, Bissing, Iacone - Grénon, Nuzzello.

Rozzangeles demonstrated their creative tactics on the field. P. Grénon's speed is always a threat when he gets a little room to move, and 25 minutes into the match was no different as he broke free of his man to send a delightful through ball to R. Nuzzello who knocked it in for Rozzangeles. 0 - 1! The visitors' R. Nuzzello took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 29 minutes into the match. 0 - 2 for Rozzangeles. After 31 minutes, M. Láadal had a good opportunity to reduce the scoreline for genoforce with a chance created through the middle, but wasn't cool enough. The ball went miles over the bar. K. Baghdadi tried to get a goal back for genoforce but despite all his hard work down the right, he just couldn't complete the move. After 37 minutes, Rozzangeles's F. Pötenitz fell awkwardly, but was determined to stay in the match. That's the spirit! The home crowd was given a certain amount of consolation when F. van Heuven scored after a brilliant midfield combination through the centre, reducing the lead to 1 - 2. With 40 minutes having been played, genoforce scored to make it 2 - 2. A dribble down the left wing, followed by a shot which took a wicked bounce off a defender resulted in the keeper having no chance. Everyone thought it'd been an own goal, but F. van Heuven was marked down as the scorer. J. Nilsson gave genoforce the lead as he successfully challenged the guests' central defenders, then slotted the ball into the bottom corner, giving the keeper no chance. 3 - 2 Halftime score was 3 - 2. Possession in this half belonged to genoforce, who controlled the ball 64 percent of the time.

A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in genoforce's M. Láadal increasing the lead to 4 - 2. At this point, it was obvious that the players of genoforce lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. After 74 minutes, F. Stein put genoforce ahead 5 - 2 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. A great save by keeper M. Marjomaa after 82 minutes kept the visitors in the game after F. van Heuven struck from the left with a real cannonball. A bit later, Rozzangeles's G. Marianelli easily reduced the lead to 5 - 3 after a misunderstanding in the home side's central defence. Rozzangeles's F. Pötenitz left the field after 87 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was F. Bartolomei. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by genoforce, with 56 percent of the ball.

F. van Heuven performed admirably for genoforce. F. Stein was a disappointment, however. Most important Rozzangeles player was R. Nuzzello. F. Bartolomei turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 5 - 3.