Zoolander 4 - 4 Pacense (382946128)

33691 spectators had come to Esto..es..ESPARTA!! this cloudy day. Giorgio Mirarchi was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Sergio López Murphy and Peter Hoffmann. Zoolander had chosen a strategic 3-4-3 formation. Starters: van Beek - Verdelho, Gerday, von Vogelsang - Mikula, Mahy, Lasalde, Vittadini - Lemire, Shammah, Marinaş.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Pacense. The following players had been chosen: de la Venta - Amic, Mečíř, Caraballo - Vizirean, Kalniņš, Dzieńkowski, Zadornov, de Puig - Ivančić, Aragó.

Using their counter-attacking abilities was the strategy of choice for Zoolander. The wings were the focus of most of Pacense's attacks today. Pacense's goal to make the score 0 - 1 came via a questionable penalty, but I. Amic struck it home without a second thought. Pacense came close to extending their lead as J. Caraballo delivered a low effort on goal from the right after 8 minutes, but the angle was too narrow and the shot went harmlessly into the side netting. After 9 minutes, the defensive line of Zoolander created a counterattack through the middle that gave F. Lasalde a good look at the goal, but his shot glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. C. Verdelho showed the skills that make him a real crowd pleaser as he, after 10 minutes, wove through the guests' entire central defence and put the 1 - 1 equaliser away. After a fine move down the middle G. Shammah nearly gave the home side a goal after 16 minutes. However the finishing shot went just wide. Pacense had several good opportunities to take the lead, especially 18 minutes in when M. de Puig came up alone against A. van Beek who managed a block. The guests took the lead 19 minutes into the match, after a right-side attack resulted in H. Aragó scoring to make it 1 - 2. 1 - 2 was the halftime score. Possession in this half belonged to Pacense, who controlled the ball 52 percent of the time.

The crowd roared in delight as T. Gerday finished off a spectacular series of passes through the middle to even the score for Zoolander 64 minutes into the match. 2 - 2. A penalty was given after 75 minutes, allowing the visitors to gain the lead: 2 - 3. I. Amic was the scorer. In an effort to secure the lead, Pacense changed their tactic after 76 minutes. With a shot curled in from just outside the middle of the penalty area after 78 minutes played, G. Shammah of Zoolander made the score 3 - 3. Zoolander took the lead after 79 minutes as a result of G. Shammah's peach of a shot from the right hand side of the box - placed beautifully in the top corner. 4 - 3. The bench was restless, and with 79 minutes passed Pacense's coach gave D. Pulido the opportunity the player had been hoping for. T. Vizirean reluctantly left the field. The Pacense players listened closely to their manager, as he gave new tactical instructions for the team. M. de Puig's early cross saw the defenders caught out of position and the alert D. Pulido was able to pounce and roll the ball past the hapless goalkeeper to score for Pacense. 4 - 4. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, D. Pulido got himself booked. The manager of Pacense was not happy. Zoolander enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 52 percent of possession.

Zoolander's best player was N. Lemire. On the other hand, C. Verdelho's play was disheartening. Pacense's top performer was clearly J. Dzieńkowski. However, D. Pulido made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 4 - 4.