Lang-holm 2 - 5 Norwich (384116248)

40456 spectators arrived at Pirates stadium, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Teodors Plūmītis was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Thilo Konzelmann and Luca Aliberti. Lang-holm decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Starters: Wold - Balaguer, Bruinsma, Karoui - Vicinanza, Dijsselhof, Kopperoinen, Breuker, Spadaro - Camps, Zetterer.

A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Norwich. The following players had been chosen: Mavrodin - Sobihard, Pielesiak, Hoffmann, Hansson - Szwajdych, Bajsarowicz, Flamigni, Mancuso - Garner, Gabrielsen.

Lang-holm took a creative approach on the field. The guests took the lead 16 minutes into the match, after a right-side attack resulted in R. Szwajdych scoring to make it 0 - 1. Lang-holm made it 1 - 1 as R. Dijsselhof got a touch to the floated corner kick and flicked the ball to H. Karoui who whipped a low drive in off the far post. The goal to make it 1 - 2 was scored by W. Bajsarowicz after 32 minutes, following an opportunistic counterattack down the middle by Norwich. 1 - 2 was the halftime score. Lang-holm had most of the ball, with 60 percent of possession.

Almost all the way down to the corner flag, Norwich's E. Mancuso somehow managed to get a perfect pass into the middle, impossible to miss for H. Garner, who struck for 1 - 3. After this, you could see that the players of Norwich were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. A penalty was awarded after 60 minutes, and E. Mancuso made the most of his chance to put Norwich up by another goal. 1 - 4 for the visitors. Norwich increased their lead after 63 minutes when R. Szwajdych broke through on the right, upping the score to 1 - 5, much to the home crowd's dismay. The home side worked their way through the middle and almost got one back when H. Karoui tried to sneak the ball past the keeper. C. Mavrodin was too alert for that! Lang-holm's L. Kopperoinen was shown a yellow card after 81 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Lang-holm supporters cheered as good work down the right got the ball to M. Spadaro who reduced the visitors' lead after 84 minutes to 2 - 5. Possession in this half belonged to Lang-holm, who controlled the ball 66 percent of the time.

The most dominating Lang-holm player was without a doubt R. Zetterer. H. Karoui on the other hand, had a terrible day. Norwich's best player was N. Gabrielsen. C. Mavrodin turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 2 - 5.