napsi 5 - 5 FARAONA (382594180)

It had rained all day, but 29907 hardy fans still made it out to NAPSARENA. Gaëtan Dubois was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Gert Fallentin Dahl and Jędrek Lulka. napsi decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players took the field: Verbaan - Murray, Cahen, Rosu - Mañeru, Jeschke, Miedler, Horneman, Lorente - Rengo, Gierczyński.

FARAONA started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Lineup: Maksimo - Kıymet, Ots, Catherine - Videnov, Bruna, Chiper, Pino, Bocale - Selm, Sensenig.

The wings were the focus of most of FARAONA's attacks today. napsi took the lead 15 minutes into the game by 1 - 0, as W. Miedler elegantly received a long range pass through the middle, finishing off with a half-volley shot just below the bar. With 24 minutes played, T. Kıymet of FARAONA fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. R. Mañeru should probably have put his team up another goal after 26 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by P. Maksimo kept the visitors in the game. FARAONA were determined to attack on the wing and their central attempts were constantly abandoned in favour of the wings. K. Ots stunned the crowd with a brilliant counterattack from the left, giving FARAONA the goal to make it 1 - 1. napsi's M. Murray was shown a yellow card after 30 minutes for slicing down an opponent. FARAONA's K. Ots gave the visitors a 1 - 2 lead after 31 minutes with a superb strike from the right. FARAONA's K. Ots got himself booked for a foul. Attacking on the wings was the choice for FARAONA, and they were successfully passing the ball from the middle to the wings to attack. A drive down the left side allowed A. Pino to get in close and score another goal for FARAONA after 40 minutes, taking the score to 1 - 3. napsi's O. Jeschke cut towards the middle after 42 minutes, receiving a brilliant pass and slicing through the visiting team's central defence, reducing the lead to 2 - 3. It was 2 - 3 at the break. Possession in this half belonged to napsi, who controlled the ball 55 percent of the time.

E. Bocale didn't let the weather get him down and made some great moves on the pitch in spite of the rain. Due to some great work on the right wing napsi's P. Rengo was able to even the score after 67 minutes to make the score 3 - 3. The visiting A. Pino was booed thoroughly by the home crowd 71 minutes into the game, after he broke through the middle and scored, resulting in the visitors taking the lead. 3 - 4 was the score. FARAONA's A. Chiper had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 75 minutes having been played. V. Lozanov was the replacement. The visitors' A. Catherine took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 76 minutes into the match. 3 - 5 for FARAONA. napsi's R. Mañeru refused to leave the field after injuring his achilles tendon after 77 minutes. The home crowd was given a certain amount of consolation when J. Lorente scored after a brilliant midfield combination through the centre, reducing the lead to 4 - 5. The crowd roared in delight as W. Miedler finished off a spectacular series of passes through the middle to even the score for napsi 82 minutes into the match. 5 - 5. napsi had most of the ball, with 58 percent of possession.

The most dominating napsi player was without a doubt M. Horneman. However, H. Verbaan made a disastrous appearance. Most important FARAONA player was I. Selm. P. Maksimo was a disappointment, however. The match ends 5 - 5.