palù 2 - 3 TuglieTeam (381989007)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and Maracanà saw a crowd turnout of 14000. Nic Timmermans was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Éric Antoni and Dan Clements. palù decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. The following players took the field: Matewhitu - Crespi, Savarino, Gassol, Özdeş - Rembò, Cigan, Rosa, Oseckis - Chaler, Brienza.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for TuglieTeam. Lineup: Catrileo - Baiano, Ruiz, Rivero Ruiz - Gorzelańczyk, Kozubek, Valagussa, Schaft, Tauchnitz - Renaudin, Scorziello.

P. Savarino was ever so close to scoring after an excellent corner was beautifully flicked on by A. Cigan, but the ball bounced off the post to safety. The most controversial moment of the game was likely the penalty given after 15 minutes. TuglieTeam's T. Scorziello kept his concentration, despite the upset crowd, and calmly put the ball past the keeper to make the score 0 - 1. 23 minutes in, palù's Â. Rosa received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. palù's A. Cigan was shown a yellow card after 30 minutes for slicing down an opponent. J. Renaudin could have put his team up another goal 35 minutes into the game, after a rush down the left, but his closing shot hit the post. 0 - 1 was the score after the first half. TuglieTeam claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 62 percent.

Although the whole team were struggling to impress, palù's F. Rembò was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 46 minutes. R. Palamides was given a chance to change things around. After 46 minutes of the match, the manager still hoped to turn things around. J. Gassol was ordered to assume a different position on the pitch. He took the place of J. Chaler, who in turn replaced his team mate. palù needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 46 minutes J. Chaler made way for S. Megale. Given a free kick in a difficult position after 58 minutes, TuglieTeam tried a variation that they had practised in training. The kick was sent into the area just in front of the keeper. However, the defence were on their toes and allowed no space for a finish. T. Scorziello increased TuglieTeam's lead to 0 - 2 with a superb free kick strike that flew in just under the far top corner. After this, you could see that the players of TuglieTeam were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. At 79 minutes into the game, palù's F. Oseckis deftly knocked the ball home after an impressive run down the left, reducing the visitors' lead to 1 - 2. Some fine movement on the left led to a TuglieTeam goal after 79 minutes, making it 1 - 3. T. Scorziello was noted down as the scorer. By then T. Scorziello had scored three goals - a hat trick! A marvellous palù effort on the right-hand side resulted in a goal after 85 minutes by J. Gassol, making the score 2 - 3. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by TuglieTeam, with 60 percent of the ball.

Most important palù player was E. Brienza. S. Megale was a disappointment, however. TuglieTeam's best player was T. Scorziello. W. Gorzelańczyk on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 2 - 3.