boys 2 - 3 Polder (388510016)

25457 fans braved the pouring rain at si boys Arena. Borisa Cilinsek was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Aiman Dolan and Luca Zeiter. boys started off with a 3-4-3 lineup. The following players took the field: Carioca - Ulfsson, Torso, Hurdálek - Gunnarsson, Velarde Diez, Vannee, Puig - Navarra, Sittenthaler, Vervoort.

Polder had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Starters: Kurfürst - Ochnicki, Gas, Soriano - Riccardo, Deneş, van der Pligt, Zgierski, Pata - Stjernholm, Giraldi.

boys were mostly trying to use their skill at attacking on the flanks. Today, Polder's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. M. Gas came close to putting the visiting team one up 15 minutes into the match, following a solo raid down the middle, but P. Carioca managed to tip the ball to a corner. The home crowd breathed a collective sigh of relief when M. Stjernholm was unable to put the ball in the net after his show of skill down the left 24 minutes into the match. He was seen beating the pitch in frustration at missing such a good chance to give his team the lead! boys took the lead after 25 minutes as a result of N. Puig's peach of a shot from the right hand side of the box - placed beautifully in the top corner. 1 - 0. boys's M. Hurdálek got himself booked for a foul. P. Vervoort of boys was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. J. Giraldi finished off a quick charge from the left of the field by chipping the ball just past the home side's keeper, making the score 1 - 1 31 minutes into the match. boys were determined to attack on the wing and their central attempts were constantly abandoned in favour of the wings. 36 minutes into the match and the home team took a 2 - 1 lead after breaking through on the left. The scorer for boys was T. Gunnarsson. It was 2 - 1 at the break. Polder claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 53 percent.

Coming through the middle A. Pata almost scored the equaliser for Polder after 70 minutes, but P. Carioca made an excellent save, tipping the awkwardly curled shot past the post. A. Navarra had a fantastic opportunity to put boys up another goal 72 minutes into the match, but he fired just over the crossbar. boys's A. Navarra had an excellent opportunity after 73 minutes, shooting after receiving a pass from the right hand side, but he missed the goal by miles! M. Stjernholm came close to levelling the score 81 minutes into the game, as he was set up with a through ball coming in from the left, but his shot hit the post. After 84 minutes, the visitors levelled the scores after J. Giraldi made it through the middle and struck home to make it 2 - 2. The visiting J. Giraldi was booed thoroughly by the home crowd 85 minutes into the game, after he broke through the middle and scored, resulting in the visitors taking the lead. 2 - 3 was the score. This third goal completed a hattrick for J. Giraldi. Possession in this half belonged to Polder, who controlled the ball 55 percent of the time.

boys's best player was P. Vervoort. On the other hand, N. Puig's play was disheartening. J. Giraldi performed admirably for Polder. M. Gas on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 2 - 3.