standard 2 - 2 united (388546480)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and sclesin Arena saw a crowd turnout of 18185. Lapo Villarà was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Jocelyn Faraut and Kaarlo Rantanen. standard decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Garreau - Rinnofner, Wappel, Leyh, Uram - Hryniewiecki, Shani, Salinas Malagamba, Camilluzzi - Azeitona, Budija.

united had chosen a strategic 5-3-2 formation. They fielded: Carllund - Győrvári, Westermair, Ilay, Ciąpała, Chobotský - Ryman, Heusinger, Betkó - Masselin, Kalita.

The united free kick 14 minutes into the match seemed wasted, as the shot was both short and off target. But was this actually a plan? The ball landed at the feet of Z. Győrvári, who was completely unmarked in the box. That's 0 - 1! The visitors' J. Westermair took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 21 minutes into the match. 0 - 2 for united. standard's L. Azeitona was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 24 minutes. With 30 minutes played, J. Ryman 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. There was concern in the stands when, at the 31 minute mark, united's Z. Ilay hit the ground hard, but he refused the attention of the trainer and rejoined his teammates on the pitch. It took several tries, but standard managed to break through on the left after 37 minutes, getting the ball to J. Budija who easily reduced the lead to make the score 1 - 2. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 2. united claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 53 percent.

standard needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 46 minutes P. Camilluzzi made way for O. Gulías. After 62 minutes, following yet another great corner, J. Ryman's flick on at the near post reached L. Ciąpała, who was just wide with his snapshot - the ball went out for a goal kick. Although the whole team were struggling to impress, standard's Y. Shani was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 70 minutes. A. Selickis was given a chance to change things around. S. Hryniewiecki was just a finger's breadth away from an equaliser for standard with a strike from the left, but G. Carllund managed to ward the shot off for a corner. H. Masselin of united was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. Due to some great work on the right wing standard's J. Budija was able to even the score after 79 minutes to make the score 2 - 2. 80 minutes into the match, the referee signalled for a standard substitution. P. Claesson came on for L. Azeitona. standard had most of the ball, with 52 percent of possession.

standard's best player was J. Budija. K. Uram was a disappointment, however. united's top performer was clearly H. Masselin. On the other hand, Z. Ilay's play was disheartening. The match ends 2 - 2.