Mirmidones 3 - 2 pistacho (382997419)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 21291 had shown up at Gran estadio mirmidones for the match. Leon Yannick Orf was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Salvi Honegger and Cristiano Zimmerli. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Mirmidones. The following players had been chosen: Portoneria - Fisenne, Gabat, Hanuš - Malvido, Andrés, Ploštica, Izdebski, Novičić - Lorieux, Bruus.

pistacho tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Lineup: Bugariña - Joan, Fraguell, Pombo - Pösl, Longoni, Olivé, Zuazubeitia, Brđović - Laurence, Barragáns.

Mirmidones saw most attack opportunities on the wings. The wings were the focus of most of pistacho's attacks today. After a fine move down the middle M. Hanuš nearly gave the home side a goal after 17 minutes. However the finishing shot went just wide. Almost all the way down to the corner flag, Mirmidones's M. Novičić somehow managed to get a perfect pass into the middle, impossible to miss for C. Bruus, who struck for 1 - 0. The referee showed pistacho's M. Longoni the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. It was obvious that Mirmidones had instructions to attack on the wings instead of in the middle. The home side's A. Lorieux came close to extending the lead 35 minutes into the game. His shot came in from the right hand side but C. Bugariña managed to save it with an unbelievable reaction stop. With 36 minutes played, Mirmidones put themselves up 2 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to V. Ploštica, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. Mirmidones put in a good effort on the right, but C. Bruus saw his volley fly wide of the mark 39 minutes into the game. With 40 minutes gone, D. Brđović suddenly found himself completely free on the right wing when a counterattack by pistacho caught their opponents by surprise. Only a great save by the opposing keeper prevented him from scoring. The teams went for the halftime break at 2 - 0. Mirmidones enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 59 percent of possession.

pistacho reduced the lead after 50 minutes to 2 - 1 as E. Barragáns easily chipped the ball past the home side's keeper after a dazzling play from the right. Mirmidones put themselves up 3 - 1 when A. Andrés broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. The bench was restless, and with 65 minutes passed pistacho's coach gave C. Gojenechea the opportunity the player had been hoping for. F. Olivé reluctantly left the field. Mirmidones's B. Izdebski swung in a good chance from the left, but the visitors' defence were able to clear the ball. Mirmidones's A. Lorieux saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates after 82 minutes. The visitors replied 83 minutes into the game, reducing the home side's lead to 3 - 2, as F. Laurence dashed up the middle, easily lobbing the ball over the home team's keeper. Possession in this half belonged to Mirmidones, who controlled the ball 62 percent of the time.

Mirmidones's best player was B. Izdebski. On the other hand, C. Fisenne's play was disheartening. pistacho's top performer was clearly F. Laurence. C. Bugariña was a disappointment, however. The match ends 3 - 2.