TENIS 2 - 2 Maos (382733660)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 48716 at NADAL ARENA today. Ulrich Schmitz was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Micha Foltz and Miika Meriluoto. Everyone was excited about the upcoming Ljubljana derby and the crowd was divided evenly. TENIS tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players took the field: Straczynski - Riddler, Choromański, Peitzsch - Isenegger, Booker, Cormanne, Heltborg, Słomczyński - Buršs, Garnier.

Maos decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. Starters: Gorostazu - Ribeiro Faria, Kahlbutz, Kravos, Čepa - Wasserhaus, Lorinc, Stopnišek, Liotta - Šuler, Magliulo.

Using their counter-attacking abilities was the strategy of choice for Maos. After 18 minutes, M. Peitzsch came in from the right, feinted, then sped past the off-balance defender to make the score 1 - 0, giving TENIS the lead. TENIS's A. Riddler saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates after 23 minutes. With 27 minutes played, TENIS's well-worked indirect free kick caused havoc in the penalty area, and when the ball eventually fell to É. Garnier he gleefully slotted the ball home to make it 2 - 0. Confident in their lead, TENIS's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. TENIS's F. Heltborg had an excellent opportunity after 34 minutes, shooting after receiving a pass from the right hand side, but he missed the goal by miles! 2 - 0 was the halftime score. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by TENIS, with 68 percent of the ball.

After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, É. Garnier got himself booked. The manager of TENIS was not happy. D. Wasserhaus showed why he is feared on the counterattack, breaking through in the middle and scoring for Maos after 87 minutes to make the score 2 - 1. D. Magliulo stunned the crowd with a brilliant counterattack from the left, giving Maos the goal to make it 2 - 2. TENIS had most of the ball, with 69 percent of possession.

The most dominating TENIS player was without a doubt K. Cormanne. A. Riddler turned in a dismal performance, however. Maos's top performer was clearly D. Magliulo. On the other hand, M. Lorinc's play was disheartening. The match ends 2 - 2.