gumenjaki 3 - 2 SIRENA (382735409)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and gumenjaška arena saw a crowd turnout of 22030. Alfonz Makay was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Ralph Zondervan and Tim Nessel. gumenjaki started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. They fielded: Feguš - Genovesi, Sorlà, Leão - Boyd, Røll Larsen, Verhelst, Heßberg, Neagu - Sans, Pisciotta.

SIRENA had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Lineup: Marincel - Jakobsen, Mora, Roine - Berntsen, Sacharof, Hereñozu, Carlsson, Vitrih - Gugov, Monzó.

They were singing the praises of T. Leão 18 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 gumenjaki. Cheers filled the stadium as C. Røll Larsen broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 2 - 0 to gumenjaki. A well-placed free kick by SIRENA's O. Roine reduced the lead to 2 - 1. The teams went for the halftime break at 2 - 1. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by gumenjaki, with 52 percent of the ball.

With 72 minutes played, gumenjaki's well-worked indirect free kick caused havoc in the penalty area, and when the ball eventually fell to Q. Sans he gleefully slotted the ball home to make it 3 - 1. At this point, it was obvious that the players of gumenjaki lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. 74 minutes into the match, SIRENA replied and reduced the lead to 3 - 2. J. Mora scored on a marvellous cross pass coming in from the left. gumenjaki's E. Verhelst got himself booked for a foul. D. Neagu should probably have put his team up another goal after 83 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by H. Marincel kept the visitors in the game. Given a free kick in a difficult position after 84 minutes, SIRENA tried a variation that they had practised in training. The kick was sent into the area just in front of the keeper. However, the defence were on their toes and allowed no space for a finish. gumenjaki put in a good effort on the right, but D. Neagu saw his volley fly wide of the mark 85 minutes into the game. gumenjaki enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 56 percent of possession.

gumenjaki's best player was A. Pisciotta. On the other hand, E. Verhelst's play was disheartening. Most important SIRENA player was A. Gugov. J. Mora on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 3 - 2.