LITOS 2 - 0 Football (382889767)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and ALCAZAR ARENA saw a crowd turnout of 48376. Jamison Gagnon was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Kornelius Daulne and Steffen Berg-Olsen. LITOS tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Lineup: Janicki - Škorić, Krneta, Rej - Dimai, de Haas, Verkeev, Barkholt, Rautiala - Rezendes, Breiner.

Football had chosen a strategic 4-5-1 formation. The following players had been chosen: Khripchenko - Zasilski, Strukau, Maravilla, Hietala - Cola, Crivelli, Infanzón, Olazábal Solís, van der Weij - Pedras.

LITOS saw most attack opportunities on the wings. LITOS had a chance to take the lead after E. Rezendes's dazzling drive up the left, but the opportunity fizzled out as his shot went just over the bar after 3 minutes. With 4 minutes gone, a long pass from the defence of Football resulted in a counterattack that set M. Pedras free through the middle, but the keeper made a spectacular diving save. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 0. Football had most of the ball, with 52 percent of possession.

After 47 minutes, S. Rautiala came in from the right, feinted, then sped past the off-balance defender to make the score 1 - 0, giving LITOS the lead. Content with how the game was proceeding, the LITOS coach let R. Salvador replace W. de Haas after 65 minutes. LITOS had a good opportunity to attack in the middle, but remembered their instructions to focus on wing attacks instead. Coming from the right, S. Rautiala almost managed to score another goal for LITOS, but his header was tipped over the bar by the visitors' keeper. An accurate cross from S. Rautiala of LITOS was met with a wonderful glancing header from M. Breiner, hitting the inside base of the post before nestling into the back of the net for 2 - 0. After this, you could see that the players of LITOS were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. After 89 minutes, Football switched E. Khripchenko with F. Ladstätter, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. Although the whole team were struggling to impress, Football's G. Maravilla was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 89 minutes. F. Griesel was given a chance to change things around. Football needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 89 minutes M. Pedras made way for S. Alvertis. C. van der Weij was handed the Football captain's armband. LITOS enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 52 percent of possession.

LITOS's best player was M. Janicki. N. Škorić turned in a dismal performance, however. Most important Football player was D. Infanzón. F. Ladstätter on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 2 - 0.