Calisante 2 - 2 Fessie (390241653)

34197 fans braved the pouring rain at Colosseum de Calisante. Roland Zagulski was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Stephan Vugolle and Wilhelm Brauwers. Calisante started off with a 2-5-3 lineup. Starters: Kwan Sun - Postma, Truman - MacDaniell, Zamir, Haga, Durruti, Thycosen - Ablanedo, Greiner, Galun.

A 5-3-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Fessie. Lineup: Figueras - Feldthaus, Bonde Nielsen, Macías Blanco, Tripiocheris, Díaz de Cadorniga - Månsson, van Huut, Van den Abeele - Kaanis, Zijlstra.

Using their counter-attacking abilities was the strategy of choice for Fessie. The referee showed Fessie's K. Van den Abeele the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Unfortunately for Calisante, O. Galun was injured when the game became more physical, and he had to leave the field. S. Labarca replaced him. Calisante's N. Greiner got himself booked for a foul. Good work by the Fessie defensive line after 37 minutes produced a good counterattack chance, which cut elegantly down the middle of the pitch and found N. Bonde Nielsen alone in front of the goal, but his shot whistled just wide. Fessie caught their opponents out with a clever counterattack down the right wing 39 minutes into the match. S. van Huut was able to finish off the move - 0 - 1. K. Van den Abeele, who often relies on his speed, had a rotten day on the drenched grass. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 1. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Calisante, with 70 percent of the ball.

Fessie's K. Van den Abeele made use of his speed to get free of the defence, but he still couldn't get a shot off 61 minutes into the match. After 66 minutes, speedy E. Thycosen dashed past his marker, making plenty of room for the second wave of attack. However, N. Greiner failed to score. The bench was restless, and with 68 minutes passed Calisante's coach gave A. Harbiye the opportunity the player had been hoping for. N. Greiner reluctantly left the field. After 72 minutes of play, E. Thycosen evened things up for Calisante with an impressive goal coming up the middle. 1 - 1. With the match clock at 72 minutes, Fessie modified their style of play a little bit. J. Zijlstra would have preferred to play on, but his coach decided otherwise. R. Ramakers entered the game for Fessie as the match clock showed 72 minutes. 73 minutes into the match, the Fessie manager wanted to try a new tactic, and the players loyally obliged. After 73 minutes, the Fessie coach had a quick word about the tactical set-up and decided to try another approach. The celebrations in the stands could only mean one thing - E. Thycosen's free kick had found the back of the net and put Calisante ahead 2 - 1! The corner kick from N. Bonde Nielsen was powerfully met by the head of C. Kaanis to make the score 2 - 2. Calisante enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 71 percent of possession.

The most dominating Calisante player was without a doubt E. Zamir. S. Labarca on the other hand, had a terrible day. C. Kaanis performed admirably for Fessie. On the other hand, F. Díaz de Cadorniga's play was disheartening. The match ends 2 - 2.