POLOMIE 3 - 3 @armeicite@ (382582862)

Clear skies welcomed the 57910 spectators who had made their way to ALMUS BEER. Ben Stillhard was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Marco Palazzetti and Giuseppe Zandomeneghi. POLOMIE decided to use a 5-3-2 set up. Starters: Çaba - Gansempan, Chergov, Eggan, Czank, Primdzhanov - Kostadinov, Rangelov, Petrinski - Dohot, Pieren.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for @armeicite@. Lineup: Daunas - Uwer, Japa, Horkits - Nikolov, Eckholt, Zakarovský, Gülenşah, Albacete - Stanchev, Olivares.

It was an obvious ambition of POLOMIE to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. 6 minutes into the game, A. Albacete almost gave the visitors the lead, as he clipped a delicate lob over the keeper, but the ball glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. 9 minutes into the match and the home team took a 1 - 0 lead after breaking through on the left. The scorer for POLOMIE was V. Rangelov. P. Uwer finished off a quick charge from the left of the field by chipping the ball just past the home side's keeper, making the score 1 - 1 21 minutes into the match. Some great play up the middle by POLOMIE led to a chance for B. Czank to score after 22 minutes, but the shot hit the crossbar. S. Primdzhanov gave POLOMIE the lead as he successfully challenged the guests' central defenders, then slotted the ball into the bottom corner, giving the keeper no chance. 2 - 1 V. Nikolov of @armeicite@ received a yellow card after 25 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. Halftime score was 2 - 1. POLOMIE claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 51 percent.

61 minutes into the game @armeicite@'s D. Stanchev found a gap in the home side's central defence and scored with a fabulous shot, making it 2 - 2. POLOMIE made a bid to take the lead as a ball coming in on the right hand side left B. Petrinski completely alone with keeper S. Daunas, who made a spectacular block. After 74 minutes, the @armeicite@ coach wanted to see a new face on the pitch, waving V. Nikolov off the field. F. El Wefi took his place. POLOMIE took the lead 75 minutes into the game by 3 - 2, as R. Pieren elegantly received a long range pass through the middle, finishing off with a half-volley shot just below the bar. The home team will be cursing V. Zakarovský for weeks; he finished off a great pass from the left, knocking it past the keeper without a problem. The match was level at 3 - 3 after 80 minutes. 81 minutes in, POLOMIE's R. Pieren received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. With 82 minutes played R. Eggan almost put the home team one ahead on a cross coming in from the right, but the shot went just wide. POLOMIE enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 52 percent of possession.

Most important POLOMIE player was R. Pieren. On the other hand, S. Primdzhanov's play was disheartening. O. Olivares performed admirably for @armeicite@. F. El Wefi on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 3 - 3.