ZAPATİSTA 1 - 4 timsah_16 (388970219)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 22700 at STAD-I AŞİYAN today. Nils Karlsen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Jospeer Daneau and Laurens Sondervan. ZAPATİSTA had chosen a strategic 4-5-1 formation. Lineup: Carmignani - Kaptein, Mayzlish, Liński, Helming - Thorup, Davidsson, Debruyne, Sloboda, Erşet - Kanaláš.

timsah_16 started off with a 4-5-1 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Obolewicz - Penati, Lancia, Betancor, Magiera - Rousson, Fekete, Caselles, Harjula, Pipitone - Moura Cruz.

ZAPATİSTA seemed to prefer attacking in the middle. It was an obvious ambition of timsah_16 to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. timsah_16 were determined to attack on the wing and their central attempts were constantly abandoned in favour of the wings. After 34 minutes, timsah_16 put themselves up 0 - 1, as P. Fekete finished off a strike from the left with a real cannonball of a shot. timsah_16's P. Fekete made it through the home team's defence on the right hand side 38 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. Players in timsah_16 heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their central attacks to the wings instead. timsah_16 came close to extending their lead as Q. Caselles delivered a low effort on goal from the right after 39 minutes, but the angle was too narrow and the shot went harmlessly into the side netting. Halftime score was 0 - 1. Neither team was controlling the possession at this point in the match, with the stats showing a 50:50 split.

H. Debruyne sailed high above the opponents as he headed in a corner kick from K. Thorup after 53 minutes of play, making the score 1 - 1. The guests took the lead 73 minutes into the match, after a right-side attack resulted in M. Rousson scoring to make it 1 - 2. With 74 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed Q. Caselles of timsah_16 to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 1 - 3. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave O. Mayzlish from ZAPATİSTA a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 81 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! An accurate cross from M. Rousson of timsah_16 was met with a wonderful glancing header from A. Moura Cruz, hitting the inside base of the post before nestling into the back of the net for 1 - 4. It was obvious that timsah_16 had instructions to attack on the wings instead of in the middle. Had it not been for one of the home defenders, A. Moura Cruz would have put timsah_16 up another goal 86 minutes into the match with his audacious lob from the right wing. ZAPATİSTA players heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their wing attacks to the middle instead. After 88 minutes, K. Thorup had a good opportunity to reduce the scoreline for ZAPATİSTA with a chance created through the middle, but wasn't cool enough. The ball went miles over the bar. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by ZAPATİSTA, with 54 percent of the ball.

A. Liński performed admirably for ZAPATİSTA. On the other hand, S. Carmignani's play was disheartening. Most important timsah_16 player was S. Penati. K. Obolewicz on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 1 - 4.