cliverpool 2 - 2 shimmings (390055291)

39993 spectators had come to The Richard Swabey Arena this cloudy day. Claude Cattin was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Norbert Leibetseder and Elias Stjernstrand. cliverpool tactics involved an interesting 5-4-1 combination. The following players had been chosen: Spalter - Burns, Chilvers, Hillier, Umeh, Woodford - Wessman, Landini, Anderson, Kersey - Phạm.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for shimmings. Starters: Papp - Vardītis, Matuszek, Pucer - Jonasson, Sherrod, van Lente, Czekajski, Dudzik - Kok, Pistis.

Using their counter-attacking abilities was the strategy of choice for cliverpool. shimmings seemed to prefer attacking in the middle. After some beautiful movement down the left wing, A. Anderson scored for cliverpool putting them ahead 1 - 0, after 31 minutes. 33 minutes into the game, S. Hillier finished off a cliverpool left wing counterattack, making the score 2 - 0. An awe-inspiring free kick by D. Vardītis of shimmings resulted in a goal 42 minutes into the game! 2 - 1 was the new score. The goal for 2 - 2 was a funny story: after 44 minutes the seemingly nonchalant lob from shimmings's J. Matuszek landed at the feet of B. Kok who sidefooted it into the net - nice goal! cliverpool had a good opportunity to take the lead as L. Woodford came up the left side, but he struck the ball weakly and it went straight into the arms of R. Papp. cliverpool's J. Spalter had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 44 minutes having been played. S. Vallance was the replacement. cliverpool's M. Wessman tried to break through in the middle repeatedly, but couldn't get past the visitors' defenders. 2 - 2 was the halftime score. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by cliverpool, with 52 percent of the ball.

E. Jonasson of shimmings was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. Possession in this half belonged to cliverpool, who controlled the ball 51 percent of the time.

G. Burns performed admirably for cliverpool. However, S. Vallance made a disastrous appearance. The most dominating shimmings player was without a doubt B. Kok. C. Dudzik turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 2 - 2.