patke 2 - 0 Monstrum (382509086)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and Patke1980 Arena saw a crowd turnout of 32866. Manuel Martinovic was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Aleksander Pala and Moses Vanderstraeten. patke tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. Lineup: Bratland - Veith, Cangas, Luncă, Regli - Hottin, Palmeri, Pettersson, Jojić - Dörnberger, Tarasiewicz.

Monstrum decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Jović - Dewilde, Notenboom, Slobodin - Turnagözü, Pereyra, Kuman, Stouf, Nekrashevich - Filipović, Cerrelli.

For their match strategy, patke had decided to use their ability to counter-attack whenever possible. Today, Monstrum's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. H. Stouf had a good try after 15 minutes, coming in on a fine move from the left, but the ball went wide. patke were great at switching from defence to attack, and after 16 minutes, T. Palmeri swept through the middle on a counterattack, making the score 1 - 0. Attacking on the wings was the choice for Monstrum, and they were successfully passing the ball from the middle to the wings to attack. A foul called during a patke counterattack resulted in a great chance to score, but M. Jojić's shot rattled off the post. Monstrum's E. Dewilde was shown a yellow card after 30 minutes for slicing down an opponent. With 34 minutes played, the visitors could have drawn level after L. Cerrelli came through the middle, but his kick went wide. It was 1 - 0 at the break. Possession in this half belonged to patke, who controlled the ball 52 percent of the time.

The referee showed Monstrum's S. Notenboom the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. 60 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as T. Palmeri broke through, making the score 2 - 0 for patke. T. Palmeri looked like he could fly, as he rose high to head the ball. Unfortunately for patke, the ball went just barely wide. Monstrum's S. Notenboom tried his best to narrow the score with a well placed free kick, but it wasn't quite good enough and N. Bratland managed to block the shot. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by patke, with 63 percent of the ball.

Most important patke player was C. Dörnberger. M. Jojić on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating Monstrum player was without a doubt L. Cerrelli. H. Turnagözü was a disappointment, however. The match ends 2 - 0.