veneno 4 - 3 futbol (383023553)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 20850 had shown up at kiko's veneno Arena for the match. Pierpaolo Narcisi was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Gerold Kleinknecht and Piotrek Rucki. veneno started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Pitko - Batista, San Juan, Ritmeester - Štach, Kotowicz, Snitkovsky, Coutarel, Ratman - Lascarache, Blanco Ramos.

futbol tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. Starters: Cantone - Paterson, Antipenko, Kegel, Schrier - Nocera, Holletschek, Le Berre, Gabellone - García, Taylor.

After 5 minutes, G. Snitkovsky came in from the right, feinted, then sped past the off-balance defender to make the score 1 - 0, giving veneno the lead. veneno's M. Štach refused to leave the field after injuring his achilles tendon after 6 minutes. S. Coutarel got left behind when futbol's A. Nocera made a sudden run forward after 11 minutes, finishing off with a neat strike. 1 - 1! 13 minutes into the game, W. Holletschek almost gave the visitors the lead, as he clipped a delicate lob over the keeper, but the ball glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 1. Possession in this half belonged to veneno, who controlled the ball 53 percent of the time.

1 - 2 was the score with 47 minutes played, after A. Nocera cut through the central defence and chipped home a goal for futbol. 54 minutes in, futbol's A. Antipenko received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. After 56 minutes veneno's D. San Juan had to be carried off on a stretcher in agony. F. Rousselet came in to replace him. With 71 minutes played, futbol put themselves up 1 - 3 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was J. Taylor. After this, you could see that the players of futbol were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. veneno's G. Snitkovsky cut towards the middle after 72 minutes, receiving a brilliant pass and slicing through the visiting team's central defence, reducing the lead to 2 - 3. After 79 minutes, C. Lascarache made a dash down the middle past the away team's defenders to score the goal that made it 3 - 3. After 85 minutes veneno's R. Kotowicz limped slightly after a late challenge, but he was able to continue. After 86 minutes of play, B. Blanco Ramos gave the home team a 4 - 3 lead after an attack coming in from the right. veneno enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 59 percent of possession.

veneno's top performer was clearly G. Snitkovsky. On the other hand, S. Coutarel's play was disheartening. futbol's best player was J. Taylor. E. Cantone on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 4 - 3.