Viper 1 - 5 Azes (386307012)

12615 spectators arrived at Viper F.C., where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Alcadio Martín was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Mats Mellgård and Lucas Fuerndrath. Viper started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. Starters: Nieddu - Pires Lopes, Mašanović, Ovyn, Riether - Costa Nascimento, Hofsteenge, Romero, Huarte - Shmaryahu, Medeot.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Azes. The following players took the field: Alrich - Reis, Armashev, Redavid - Mafra, Georgiev, Nesensohn, Böcklin, Perchet - Romand, Orszewski.

Azes tried to focus their attacks down the middle. Azes took the lead after 17 minutes making the score 0 - 1. M. Orszewski placed the ball out of reach for the home side's keeper after a fine move, coming in from the left. With 37 minutes played, Azes put themselves up 0 - 2 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was C. Böcklin. By now, the players in Azes felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. Some things can only be learned through experience, and J. Reis should take his lesson to heart after nearly gifting Viper a goal with 42 minutes of the match played. Azes increased their lead after 43 minutes when D. Georgiev broke through on the right, upping the score to 0 - 3, much to the home crowd's dismay. 0 - 3 was the halftime score. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Azes, with 61 percent of the ball.

It was obvious that team Azes had instructions to attack in the middle instead of on the wings. With 55 minutes played, R. Romand nearly put the visitors another one up as he broke through in the middle and fired from just outside the box, but his shot passed just over the bar. Azes's M. Orszewski made it through the home team's defence on the right hand side 63 minutes into the match. After rounding the keeper, he only had to place the ball in the unguarded goal when a defender slid in and cleared the ball off the line. A drive down the left side allowed M. Orszewski to get in close and score another goal for Azes after 69 minutes, taking the score to 0 - 4. E. Costa Nascimento's early cross saw the defenders caught out of position and the alert B. Medeot was able to pounce and roll the ball past the hapless goalkeeper to score for Viper. 1 - 4. After 84 minutes of game time, H. Nesensohn had an excellent opportunity to add to the visitors' lead, clipping a volley hooked in from the right, but G. Nieddu was in the right place and tipped the ball over for a corner. The visitors' C. Böcklin took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 86 minutes into the match. 1 - 5 for Azes. Azes enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 59 percent of possession.

The most dominating Viper player was without a doubt R. Huarte. However, G. Nieddu made a disastrous appearance. Azes's top performer was clearly D. Georgiev. On the other hand, V. Armashev's play was disheartening. The match ends 1 - 5.