lxverde 2 - 1 JACARE (386256182)

A scorching day at mikedixo stadium, where 39580 spectators were in place for today's match. Jochen Deffner was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Leonel Dionísio and Ricardo Aranda. lxverde decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Lineup: Teslenok - Aroztegui, Krammer, Talhadas - Pruneau, Herrera, Bacher, Portera, Sarcos - Wielsch, Štencl.

JACARE tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players took the field: Pires - Tomka, Merold, Ivanov - Saidl, Mihov, Olsson, Bruinzeel, Brčina - Viggiani, de Tollenaer.

Several players seemed a little dazed by the warm weather, and were repeatedly tricked by the clever and agile K. Bruinzeel. JACARE's P. Mihov could have put the guests one up after 6 minutes after chasing a through ball from the right, but Y. Teslenok was as fast as a snake, grabbing the ball from under his nose. JACARE's H. de Tollenaer got himself booked for a foul. The visiting P. Mihov was booed thoroughly by the home crowd 23 minutes into the game, after he broke through the middle and scored, resulting in the visitors taking the lead. 0 - 1 was the score. J. Krammer made a superb strike after 27 minutes with a shot straight in front of the goal after a long ball through the middle, but one of the visitors' defenders got a foot in at the last second and warded it off for a corner. After a scuffle in the guests' penalty area 33 minutes into the game, the home team was awarded a penalty. D. Bacher scored to make it 1 - 1. 1 - 1 was the score after the first half. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by lxverde, with 58 percent of the ball.

54 minutes into the match, the referee signalled for a JACARE substitution. V. Nouzák came on for K. Bruinzeel. C. Sarcos would have preferred to play on, but his coach decided otherwise. W. Leśnik entered the game for lxverde as the match clock showed 65 minutes. After some beautiful movement down the left wing, N. Talhadas scored for lxverde putting them ahead 2 - 1, after 69 minutes. M. Brčina made a good effort at breaking through on the right, but the home team's left defence cleared the ball to a corner. In an effort to secure the lead, lxverde changed their tactic after 73 minutes. After 75 minutes a well-practised indirect free kick routine by lxverde was easily anticipated by the defenders. The players forward were so well marked, they were left with few viable options. After a short break after 82 minutes, lxverde seemed to change their tactical approach a bit. K. Štencl could have put lxverde up one more, but he fired into the side netting after breaking free on the left after 82 minutes. After 85 minutes, the lxverde players received new instructions from their manager on how to keep in control of the game. lxverde had most of the ball, with 62 percent of possession.

Most important lxverde player was K. Štencl. K. Wielsch on the other hand, had a terrible day. JACARE's best player was H. de Tollenaer. On the other hand, A. Pires's play was disheartening. The match ends 2 - 1.