acurezza 4 - 2 Aitors (382944268)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 26440 had shown up at acurezza Arena for the match. Lars Gunnar Hörnsjö was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Erwin Messmer and Geoffrey Ward. acurezza started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Lineup: Smiljanić - Fiore, Wrzeszczyński, Murcia - Muro, Slet-Pedersen, Mesas, Feal, Gruscher - Fruehwirth, Damas.

Aitors decided to use a 3-4-3 set up. The following players had been chosen: Oscenda - Toxo, Hranický, Rondônia - Čečkevičius, Egaña, Kalapodas, Safran - Crasser, Ciordia, Košina.

The wings were the focus of most of acurezza's attacks today. acurezza had a good opportunity to attack in the middle, but remembered their instructions to focus on wing attacks instead. After 23 minutes, W. Fruehwirth came in from the right, feinted, then sped past the off-balance defender to make the score 1 - 0, giving acurezza the lead. A spectacular volley from D. Murcia almost resulted in a goal, but a good save from the keeper kept it out, and D. Muro could only knock the loose ball wide. Aitors tied it all up, 39 minutes in, after a spectacular goal by N. Čečkevičius, who miraculously broke through the home side's central defence, making it 1 - 1. acurezza's E. Feal tried to break through in the middle repeatedly, but couldn't get past the visitors' defenders. M. Fiore of acurezza was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. 1 - 1 was the score after the first half. acurezza enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 57 percent of possession.

acurezza fans held their breath as N. Slet-Pedersen scampered down the left side. He successfully avoided all challenges and cracked home the shot for 2 - 1! After 49 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and T. Damas gave the acurezza supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 3 - 1. Aitors needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 50 minutes A. Rondônia made way for D. Nale. Unhappy with the result so far in the game, the Aitors manager used a brief break in play after 50 minutes to give the players new directives. At this point, it was obvious that the players of acurezza lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. O. Safran got left behind when acurezza's W. Fruehwirth made a sudden run forward after 55 minutes, finishing off with a neat strike. 4 - 1! With 68 minutes showing on the scoreboard clock, Aitors showed some good skill and were able to reduce the score to 4 - 2 when D. Nale got past the home side's central defenders right in front of the goal. The Aitors coach was desperate to reverse his team's fortunes in the game, and ordered his team to change strategy. acurezza had most of the ball, with 54 percent of possession.

acurezza's best player was F. Mesas. D. Muro on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important Aitors player was E. Crasser. On the other hand, D. Nale's play was disheartening. The match ends 4 - 2.