potatoes 2 - 6 pericall (382951204)

19372 punters turned up at braves potatoes Arena, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Donatien Michel was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Per Morken and Kalev Ess. potatoes tactics involved an interesting 5-3-2 combination. The following players took the field: Brevis - Alatalo, Hijar, Fernández Esteban, Casa, Atance - Paloumpas, Bordian, Merzlikin - Lavín, Lemaître.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for pericall. They fielded: Velčić - Twardowski, Carles, Carrillo - Pouget, Novoa, Orte, Antić, Trendak - Suša, La Riba Llera.

For their match strategy, potatoes had decided to use their ability to counter-attack whenever possible. pericall's W. Suša gave the visitors a 0 - 1 lead after 6 minutes with a superb strike from the right. After 23 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed S. Carles to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 2. A swift counterattack by potatoes resulted in a free kick that B. Lemaître elegantly twisted into the goal - 1 - 2! N. Novoa of pericall received a yellow card after 35 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. potatoes had to make a substitution after 36 minutes. M. Atance limped off the field and was replaced by J. Capi. The referee signalled a penalty 37 minutes into the game following an offence which looked like it was outside the box. D. La Riba Llera knocked it home to make the score 1 - 3. potatoes supporters cheered as good work down the right got the ball to J. Lavín who reduced the visitors' lead after 38 minutes to 2 - 3. 39 minutes into the game, pericall worked the left side industriously creating several opportunities to add to their lead, but just couldn't apply the finishing touch. 2 - 3 was the halftime score. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by pericall, with 66 percent of the ball.

The visitors' D. La Riba Llera took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 58 minutes into the match. 2 - 4 for pericall. The players of pericall now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. pericall increased their lead after 70 minutes when S. Trendak broke through on the right, upping the score to 2 - 5, much to the home crowd's dismay. The referee showed pericall's S. Trendak the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Due to a severely mistimed tackle, T. Alatalo of potatoes spent some time on the grass writhing in agony before he could get up and continue the game. What was S. Twardowski thinking? That's what everyone wondered when, for no apparent reason, he shot a cross pass over his own penalty area, giving Y. Paloumpas an extra chance, but unfortunately for potatoes, he didn't get the shot right. potatoes's J. Capi got himself booked for a foul. After 87 minutes of game time, S. Twardowski had an excellent opportunity to add to the visitors' lead, clipping a volley hooked in from the right, but J. Brevis was in the right place and tipped the ball over for a corner. After 88 minutes, pericall's F. Pouget burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 2 - 6. pericall enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 69 percent of possession.

J. Casa performed admirably for potatoes. However, T. Alatalo made a disastrous appearance. The most dominating pericall player was without a doubt D. La Riba Llera. On the other hand, Ð. Velčić's play was disheartening. The match ends 2 - 6.