torponracing 1 - 2 pifu (382973565)

The 23572 fans in attendance at TorponRacing Stadium were roasting in the hot sun. Craig Bogg was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Emil Grigore and Miguel Almeida. Everyone was excited about the upcoming Catalunya derby and the crowd was divided evenly. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for torponracing. The following players took the field: Baquero - Andersen, Vuorenmaa, Spannocchi - Usandizaga, Landín, Murga, Ram de Liñan, Poolma - Amoth, Ugarte.

pifu had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. They fielded: López Herrera - Lalanne, Montilla, Ştefănescu - Lazaga, Baiesi, Schmidt, Seguin, Nardizzi - Overkleeft, Flour.

torponracing made a bid to take the lead as a ball coming in on the right hand side left A. Ugarte completely alone with keeper N. López Herrera, who made a spectacular block. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, A. Ugarte got himself booked. The manager of torponracing was not happy. S. Schmidt enjoyed the sunshine and demonstrated his stunning technique over and over again. pifu took the lead after 19 minutes making the score 0 - 1. S. Schmidt placed the ball out of reach for the home side's keeper after a fine move, coming in from the left. A. Ugarte of torponracing got sent off for kicking the ball after the whistle, a completely uncalled for move, earning him his second yellow card of the game. pifu's I. Lazaga was shown a yellow card after 27 minutes for slicing down an opponent. S. Usandizaga's knee will be throbbing for days, but thankfully for torponracing, he bravely continued in the match. torponracing's J. Spannocchi left the field after 32 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was H. Soykan. I. Burgueira was called on to replace pifu's A. Seguin after 39 minutes following a nasty collision. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 1. torponracing claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 57 percent.

The pifu players could smell victory in the air. F. Lalanne wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for R. Nyhus after 46 minutes. The sunny day didn't make things easy for J. Vuorenmaa who didn't seem his usual powerful self on the pitch. The home crowd was not impressed when R. Flour came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 77 minutes. pifu were now up 0 - 2. torponracing supporters cheered as good work down the right got the ball to B. Poolma who reduced the visitors' lead after 78 minutes to 1 - 2. Although the whole team were struggling to impress, torponracing's S. Amoth was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 80 minutes. È. Salort was given a chance to change things around. I. Lazaga left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 82 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. M. Torrents was the replacement. P. Montilla became the new pifu captain. torponracing tried to even things up by sending a long ball towards the centrally placed strikers, but the visitors' defence got the best of this rather direct style of play. torponracing had most of the ball, with 59 percent of possession.

The most dominating torponracing player was without a doubt J. Ram de Liñan. H. Soykan turned in a dismal performance, however. pifu's top performer was clearly R. Flour. M. Ştefănescu was a disappointment, however. The match ends 1 - 2.