crips 2 - 6 taneli (385573833)

7080 punters turned up at The HooD, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Silvis Supe was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Derek Verpoort and Horacio Durán. crips tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Lineup: Capolicchio - Gatos, Bičakčić, Skarp - Thomas, Přeučil, Saarikorpi, Duvfeldt, Neoral - Marinas, Stryja.

A 3-4-3 alignment was the formation of choice for taneli. The following players took the field: Lamothé - Hájíček, Alho, Kurzwernhart - Venojärvi, Tojal, Kowaliszyn, Čajnák - Kaislaranta, Censi, van Asperen.

crips immediately set off using their skill at pressing their opponents. taneli clearly preferred using their ability to attack in the middle. crips's M. Bičakčić tried to break through in the middle repeatedly, but couldn't get past the visitors' defenders. After 21 minutes a very unfortunate collision in the penalty area led to taneli's E. Čajnák being carried off the pitch and replaced by V. Katzarov. taneli's M. Kowaliszyn could have put the guests one up after 23 minutes after chasing a through ball from the right, but A. Capolicchio was as fast as a snake, grabbing the ball from under his nose. taneli had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle attacks. taneli were great at switching from defence to attack, and after 37 minutes, A. Kurzwernhart swept through the middle on a counterattack, making the score 0 - 1. The visitors' T. Venojärvi took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 38 minutes into the match. 0 - 2 for taneli. The corner kick from D. Tojal was powerfully met by the head of D. Censi to make the score 0 - 3. With 40 minutes played, A. Kaislaranta of taneli fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. The pressing tactics used by crips were successful as the ball remained close to the half way line at all times. The home team's supporters got excited again when O. Neoral broke through the visitors' central defence and caught their keeper off guard, making it 1 - 3. crips's M. Bičakčić got himself booked for a foul. With clinical precision, the cross from winger O. Neoral found its way to J. Marinas's head, and a screaming header gave crips the goal after 44 minutes played. 2 - 3 After 44 minutes, taneli's I. Alho burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 2 - 4. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, M. Kowaliszyn got himself booked. The manager of taneli was not happy. 2 - 4 was the score after the first half. crips claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 54 percent.

After 53 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for M. Kowaliszyn who increased taneli's lead to 2 - 5. L. Gatos tried to get a goal back for crips but despite all his hard work down the right, he just couldn't complete the move. With 62 minutes played, O. Neoral was very close to reducing the score for crips with a low drive from the left, but a defender stuck his foot out just in the nick of time, blocking the shot to a corner. The home crowd was not impressed when A. Kaislaranta came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 67 minutes. taneli were now up 2 - 6. After this, you could see that the players of taneli were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. There was concern in the stands when, at the 70 minute mark, taneli's V. Katzarov hit the ground hard, but he refused the attention of the trainer and rejoined his teammates on the pitch. crips had most of the ball, with 51 percent of possession.

H. Saarikorpi performed admirably for crips. É. Thomas on the other hand, had a terrible day. taneli's top performer was clearly D. Censi. V. Katzarov was a disappointment, however. The match ends 2 - 6.