Pompoenfreters 2 - 4 fritangas (382987165)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 17955 at La Calabaza today. Jonas Acosta was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Nikolay Zauzolkov and Béla Keller. Pompoenfreters started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Zamboni - Vandenberghe, Solingen, Aguirre - Pourkashian, Pasierowski, Chalabala, Văcărescu, Lienhart - Larose, Zavadskiy.

fritangas had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players took the field: Sobków - Flögel, Kaušs, Truică - Rikman, Fonti, Eylon, Golemanov, Værnes - Besteiro, Recabarren.

Some great play up the middle by Pompoenfreters led to a chance for G. Larose to score after 18 minutes, but the shot hit the crossbar. Pompoenfreters's S. Pasierowski left the field after 23 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was L. Voccoli. After a fine move down the middle A. Vandenberghe nearly gave the home side a goal after 24 minutes. However the finishing shot went just wide. fritangas mounted an inspired counterattack down the right wing after 25 minutes, but E. Kaušs was unable to convert from short range. The terraces were silenced after 30 minutes when fritangas's V. Recabarren put the guests ahead 0 - 1, following an attack on the right. Pompoenfreters's V. Văcărescu got himself booked for a foul. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave I. Zavadskiy from Pompoenfreters a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 35 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! After 36 minutes of play, I. Zavadskiy equalised for Pompoenfreters after an elegant attack from the right. The referee showed Pompoenfreters's A. Aguirre the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. With 40 minutes played, the visitors broke through on the right after some poor defending. N. Eylon put the ball away for 1 - 2. 1 - 2 was the halftime score. Possession in this half belonged to fritangas, who controlled the ball 54 percent of the time.

After 52 minutes of play, G. Larose evened things up for Pompoenfreters with an impressive goal coming up the middle. 2 - 2. fritangas had several good opportunities to take the lead, especially 70 minutes in when A. Besteiro came up alone against G. Zamboni who managed a block. Pompoenfreters's L. Voccoli was shown a yellow card after 72 minutes for slicing down an opponent. When L. Voccoli made yet another studs-first tackle after 73 minutes, the referee was obliged to book the Pompoenfreters player for the second time, sending him off the pitch. fritangas were forced into a substitution as A. Besteiro couldn't continue due to some rough treatment, forcing F. Mesías to come in off the bench. fritangas took the lead 77 minutes into the game, making the score 2 - 3 after some elegant movement down the middle. M. Rikman was the scorer. After 85 minutes, fritangas's N. Fonti burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 2 - 4. fritangas enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 56 percent of possession.

The most dominating Pompoenfreters player was without a doubt G. Larose. A. Solingen on the other hand, had a terrible day. fritangas's best player was V. Recabarren. On the other hand, F. Mesías's play was disheartening. The match ends 2 - 4.