drengerøve 5 - 2 bif (389468349)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and Stadium Arcadium saw a crowd turnout of 41101. Marc Valiente was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Linnart Schaetzell and Bartłomiej Antosz. drengerøve started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. They fielded: Eidissen - Herc, Ziosi, Di Colloredo - Verbaan, Imen, Crupi, Elg, Tomić - Rasmussen, Priebe.

bif had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. Starters: Senis - Dionísio, Battiato, De Koninck, Bloch - Askgaard, Caillet, Di Stefano, Lyse Hansen - Spataro, Pennoni.

Today, drengerøve's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. Slack defending gave drengerøve a chance to take the lead with 5 minutes played, but J. Priebe's cross from the left flank was fumbled in front of the goal and easily dealt with by the opposition. bif's goal to make the score 0 - 1 came via a questionable penalty, but P. Dionísio struck it home without a second thought. Due to some great work on the right wing drengerøve's E. Rasmussen was able to even the score after 24 minutes to make the score 1 - 1. After 33 minutes drengerøve's M. Verbaan contracted a slight foot injury, but didn't want to leave the game. The crowd groaned its disapproval when J. Priebe missed a free kick that would have given drengerøve the lead after 34 minutes. With 35 minutes played, V. De Koninck of bif fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. 40 minutes in, bif's G. Battiato received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. With 41 minutes played, the home side managed to get a 2 - 1 lead as B. Imen flipped the ball in after a cross from the right. 2 - 1 was the score after the first half. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by drengerøve, with 63 percent of the ball.

bif's P. Dionísio was shown a yellow card after 67 minutes for slicing down an opponent. In a fantastic display of determination, drengerøve's I. Elg forced himself to his feet, after an opponent viciously knocked him down. After 81 minutes, the visitors levelled the scores after L. Pennoni made it through the middle and struck home to make it 2 - 2. The referee showed drengerøve's I. Elg the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. A well placed corner kick from J. Priebe was followed by B. Imen's hard but accurate header. The well executed routine resulted in a goal for drengerøve, the score now 3 - 2. Coming from the right, E. Rasmussen almost managed to score another goal for drengerøve, but his header was tipped over the bar by the visitors' keeper. bif had to make a substitution after 87 minutes. P. Di Stefano limped off the field and was replaced by A. Naranjo. After 87 minutes, G. Di Colloredo put drengerøve ahead 4 - 2 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. M. Tomić's early cross saw the defenders caught out of position and the alert J. Priebe was able to pounce and roll the ball past the hapless goalkeeper to score for drengerøve. 5 - 2. A great save by keeper J. Senis after 88 minutes kept the visitors in the game after I. Elg struck from the left with a real cannonball. drengerøve claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 68 percent.

drengerøve's best player was J. Priebe. A. Crupi was a disappointment, however. L. Spataro performed admirably for bif. P. Dionísio turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 5 - 2.