Tinaia 0 - 7 villasor (382209059)

4211 punters turned up at Tinaia Arena, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Christophe Dupuy was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Bernard Desmidt and Vlad Niculae. A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Tinaia. Starters: Carassai - Loguercio, Tenti, Crevola, Puglisi - Bigolin, Collaro, Camelo, Quacquaruccio - Gunsch, Longhi.

villasor tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Monti - Lara Negrón, Ahmed, Gaborit, Duso - Taux, Capozza, O'Leary, Albert - Andersons, Braunwalder.

It was an obvious ambition of villasor to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. villasor took the lead after 2 minutes making the score 0 - 1. A. Andersons placed the ball out of reach for the home side's keeper after a fine move, coming in from the left. villasor increased their lead after 29 minutes when C. Ahmed broke through on the right, upping the score to 0 - 2, much to the home crowd's dismay. The visitors' Y. Braunwalder took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 32 minutes into the match. 0 - 3 for villasor. Confident in their lead, villasor's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. P. Capozza increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 0 - 4. Had it not been for one of the home defenders, Y. Braunwalder would have put villasor up another goal 41 minutes into the match with his audacious lob from the right wing. 0 - 4 was the halftime score. villasor claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 71 percent.

Y. Braunwalder left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 46 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. C. Dombssdorff was the replacement. The villasor players could smell victory in the air. R. Albert wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for T. Maikkula after 47 minutes. With 51 minutes played, P. Capozza of villasor fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. After 52 minutes, villasor raised their score by one when E. Taux's dangerous low cross was cleverly tucked in at the near post by T. Maikkula. 0 - 5. After 56 minutes villasor's A. Andersons limped slightly after a late challenge, but he was able to continue. After 63 minutes, villasor's P. Capozza burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 6. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, E. Taux got himself booked. The manager of villasor was not happy. Some fine movement on the left led to a villasor goal after 75 minutes, making it 0 - 7. A. Andersons was noted down as the scorer. villasor had most of the ball, with 73 percent of possession.

Tinaia's top performer was clearly M. Camelo. M. Crevola on the other hand, had a terrible day. villasor's best player was A. Andersons. On the other hand, É. Gaborit's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 7.