mitchigen 2 - 1 Zhovažihe (383787858)

Clouds darkened the skies at mitchigen Arena as 41956 spectators turned up for the match. Matti Kuparinen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Antonio Tena and Noël Zoet. mitchigen started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. They fielded: Sarıkaş - Scolesi, Cauchies, Bras, Ujdur - Faur, Ruiz del Pino, Kitrattana, Salmelin - Paskum, Beunckens.

Zhovažihe tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Nicolae - Kachrňák, Lieskovec, Vykroč - Fadiga, Martinotta, Kišák, Zaffonato, Topoľan - Noboa, Blisse.

mitchigen were mostly trying to use their skill at attacking on the flanks. mitchigen had a good opportunity to take the lead as Z. Paskum came up the left side, but he struck the ball weakly and it went straight into the arms of T. Nicolae. Zhovažihe's F. Topoľan got himself booked for a foul. A crazy pass by M. Martinotta towards his own keeper almost caused a goal for mitchigen, but Z. Paskum didn't get the finish right. 34 minutes into the game, Zhovažihe had difficulty finding their positions and their organisation dropped to weak. 0 - 1 was the score with 40 minutes played, after F. Topoľan cut through the central defence and chipped home a goal for Zhovažihe. The crowd chanted their encouragement as mitchigen's A. Beunckens came in from the right after 43 minutes and put the ball in the net to level the score at 1 - 1. It was 1 - 1 at the break. mitchigen enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 55 percent of possession.

The Zhovažihe players spent the break getting a rerun of the team's tactical organisation and regained a solid organisation when the game started again. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave P. Scolesi from mitchigen a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 55 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! P. Scolesi was in the clear after breaking the offside trap following a mitchigen counterattack from the left after 66 minutes. His neat finish made the score 2 - 1. 67 minutes into the game, Zhovažihe seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to weak. The visitors almost came back with an equaliser 73 minutes into the match after a good combination down the middle, but when F. Topoľan tried to finish the attack, he couldn't deliver the shot hard enough to seriously challenge the keeper. mitchigen claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 55 percent.

mitchigen's best player was Z. Paskum. However, K. Sarıkaş made a disastrous appearance. R. Noboa performed admirably for Zhovažihe. S. Kišák was a disappointment, however. The match ends 2 - 1.