rivendell 2 - 1 PRIORO (382886124)

48653 spectators had found their way to Mount Doom Stadium, despite the heavy rain. Dalibor Paperák was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Henrique Espinheira and Emilio Asón. rivendell started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Ølholm - Romppainen, Crispim, Silvino - Capritti, Wilstra, Ferrer, Fuster, Cuartas - Fregni, Matinlassi.

PRIORO decided to use a 4-5-1 set up. Lineup: Monterrubio - Lisei, Vilarnau, Vinyes, Danampasis - Junusov, Ovejero, Izoaga, Méndez Ortiz, Sevila - Zuleta.

It was an obvious ambition of PRIORO to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. It was a bad day for the usually speedy K. Matinlassi. The mud seemed to slow him down. 12 minutes into the match, the technically gifted M. Fregni of rivendell scored 1 - 0, having made M. Izoaga look like a complete fool. The rain made it hard for players like M. Fregni to show their technical control of the ball on this soggy day. A great save by keeper D. Monterrubio after 26 minutes kept the visitors in the game after K. Matinlassi struck from the left with a real cannonball. Always quick on his feet, rivendell's K. Matinlassi sped down the field after 34 minutes, but his pass to M. Fregni was just a bit too far ahead for him to get a good shot off. It was 1 - 0 at the break. Possession in this half belonged to rivendell, who controlled the ball 53 percent of the time.

Coming from the right, K. Matinlassi almost managed to score another goal for rivendell, but his header was tipped over the bar by the visitors' keeper. Although the whole team were struggling to impress, PRIORO's K. Danampasis was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 60 minutes. A. Sama was given a chance to change things around. M. Fregni unleashed a swerving effort from the right that the visitors' keeper did well to tip wide. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave M. Izoaga from PRIORO a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 70 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in rivendell's F. Crispim increasing the lead to 2 - 0. K. Matinlassi wanted to play on, but the rivendell coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 71 minutes into the game by V. Salmen. The PRIORO players listened closely to their manager, as he gave new tactical instructions for the team. PRIORO were desperate to get a goal back and pushed forward through the middle 81 minutes into the game. After a scramble in the box, the ball dropped to S. Lisei, who smashed it home to make the score 2 - 1. M. Fregni left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 89 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. M. Kjær was the replacement. PRIORO needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 89 minutes S. Lisei made way for L. Zádori. After 89 minutes, PRIORO switched A. Sama with Y. Rozban, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. rivendell claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 54 percent.

rivendell's top performer was clearly T. Ølholm. However, M. Kjær made a disastrous appearance. Most important PRIORO player was S. Sevila. L. Zádori on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 2 - 1.