gordipuni 2 - 0 ZARPASTEAM (382921240)

21540 spectators had come to san francisco this cloudy day. gordipuni tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Tripa - Huelves, Winkelmann, Saudade - Byron, Celoca, Urbano, Iceta, 平 (Ping) - Búrdarov, Zoffmann.

ZARPASTEAM decided to use a 4-5-1 set up. Starters: Lank - Tobai, Massa, Rosário, Shime - Wallner, Carneiro, Ruusumäki, Ilmonen, Villás - Biasutto.

For their match strategy, ZARPASTEAM had decided to use their ability to counter-attack whenever possible. gordipuni had a chance to take the lead after S. Zoffmann's dazzling drive up the left, but the opportunity fizzled out as his shot went just over the bar after 2 minutes. After 16 minutes ZARPASTEAM's G. Villás limped slightly after a late challenge, but he was able to continue. Almost all the way down to the corner flag, gordipuni's W. Byron somehow managed to get a perfect pass into the middle, impossible to miss for S. Zoffmann, who struck for 1 - 0. gordipuni's S. Zoffmann was shown a yellow card after 31 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Halftime score was 1 - 0. gordipuni had most of the ball, with 53 percent of possession.

Content with how the game was proceeding, the gordipuni coach let A. Gengembre replace S. Zoffmann after 60 minutes. As the captain was no longer on the pitch, A. Gengembre took over the role of being the gordipuni captain. gordipuni's 李. 平 (Ping) got himself booked for a foul. C. Biasutto's knee will be throbbing for days, but thankfully for ZARPASTEAM, he bravely continued in the match. ZARPASTEAM needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 75 minutes G. Villás made way for J. Sasim. Although the whole team were struggling to impress, ZARPASTEAM's C. Massa was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 75 minutes. T. Kulak was given a chance to change things around. With 81 minutes played, gordipuni put themselves up 2 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to I. Búrdarov, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. Confident in their lead, gordipuni's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. Possession in this half belonged to gordipuni, who controlled the ball 60 percent of the time.

J. Iceta performed admirably for gordipuni. T. Saudade turned in a dismal performance, however. ZARPASTEAM's top performer was clearly T. Kulak. J. Ilmonen on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 2 - 0.