Excalibur 3 - 1 brezimena (382734158)

Due to an all-day shower, 46918 paying spectators got to see a match on a pitch-turned-bog at Excalibur Fronti Arena. Kiril Andreev was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Alexandru Mihai and Edgar Abeln. Excalibur had chosen a strategic 3-4-3 formation. The following players had been chosen: Cadeau - Brañas, Pfanzelt-Obst, Alducín - MacCaig, Kastel, Saksio, Maral - Janićević, Kitsing, Tiggelman.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for brezimena. The following players took the field: Roncato - Klamm, Albrecht, Tschudi - Perše, Kokot, Čuk, Simšič, Mazuchowski - Vrzić, Podoprigorinas.

Excalibur made a bid to take the lead as a ball coming in on the right hand side left E. Pfanzelt-Obst completely alone with keeper B. Roncato, who made a spectacular block. They were singing the praises of R. Kitsing 7 minutes into the match after his speculative chip from the middle of the penalty box found its way over the visitors' keeper to make the score 1 - 0 to Excalibur. Having been awarded a free kick in an awkward position after 22 minutes, brezimena did not go for a shot but instead fired the ball hard into the 6 yard box. After a brief tussle with his marker, J. Kokot was able to power the ball past the keeper to make the score 1 - 1. 24 minutes into the game, S. Albrecht had a great chance to put his team ahead, but his kick from the left went wide. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, I. Klamm got himself booked. The manager of brezimena was not happy. Down the middle came E. Simšič, making a fantastic play that nearly had brezimena take the lead after 29 minutes, but O. Cadeau preserved the tie. With 30 minutes played, the home side managed to get a 2 - 1 lead as R. Janićević flipped the ball in after a cross from the right. W. Mazuchowski was struggling to make the ball dance with his usual trickery and panache, and the opposing players had little trouble shutting him down in these muddy conditions. O. Cadeau's name was chanted throughout the stadium after he made a fantastic save from V. Podoprigorinas's shot from the left 34 minutes into the match. 36 minutes in, Excalibur's A. Brañas received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. N. Tschudi was the unlucky victim and couldn't continue the game, so brezimena's B. Corporales had to come off the bench. It was 2 - 1 at the break. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Excalibur, with 52 percent of the ball.

M. Kastel 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. Y. Tondeur was the replacement. H. Saksio wanted to play on, but the Excalibur coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 46 minutes into the game by F. Jakšič. R. Janićević increased the lead for Excalibur to 3 - 1, getting a head onto a hooked ball from the right. The ball looked to have taken a deflection on the way in, but he's claiming it! There was concern in the stands when, at the 77 minute mark, Excalibur's A. Brañas hit the ground hard, but he refused the attention of the trainer and rejoined his teammates on the pitch. brezimena breathed new life into the game with an opportunity to reduce the score after 80 minutes, but the home side's defenders cleared the ball on the line, after a long shot coming in from the left rebounded off the crossbar. U. Alducín should probably have put his team up another goal after 81 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by B. Roncato kept the visitors in the game. Excalibur claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 53 percent.

Most important Excalibur player was R. Janićević. R. Tiggelman on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating brezimena player was without a doubt V. Podoprigorinas. However, I. Klamm made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 3 - 1.