Usquert 2 - 2 markvmasters (390260643)

32878 fans braved the pouring rain at Usquert rangers Arena. Justus Baerenfaller was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Iso Seeger and Juho Lönnfors. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Usquert. Lineup: Rapeli - Sonius, Hildebrandt, Planéta - Wenighofer, Ibars, Schiavone, Knauber, van Weegen - Willing, Pineau.

markvmasters started off with a 2-5-3 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Ligtermoet - Iódice, Devillers - Vojnić, Kažukalas, Langers, Doucoure, Enríquez - Ward, Abulafia, Foi.

Q. Abulafia didn't let the weather get him down and made some great moves on the pitch in spite of the rain. L. Pineau caused the crowd to go mental with his goal up the middle after 21 minutes. This gave Usquert the 1 - 0 lead. I. Schiavone had a hard time on the waterlogged pitch - his trademark technique was nowhere in sight today. markvmasters had a chance to level the score as R. Langers suddenly found himself free in the middle of the box with only the keeper to beat, but he misjudged the finish, and only managed to hit the bar. Usquert's L. Pineau was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 37 minutes. Coming through the middle Z. Iódice almost scored the equaliser for markvmasters after 40 minutes, but A. Rapeli made an excellent save, tipping the awkwardly curled shot past the post. E. Kažukalas really should have scored when he was chosen by fate to confront a wide open goal following a great play by Q. Abulafia after a corner. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in Usquert's E. Hildebrandt increasing the lead to 2 - 0. It was 2 - 0 at the break. Possession in this half belonged to markvmasters, who controlled the ball 52 percent of the time.

With 48 minutes played, E. Hildebrandt could have brought this one home for Usquert as he charged up on the left, but his hooked ball went just a bit too high. L. Pineau could have put Usquert up one more, but he fired into the side netting after breaking free on the left after 65 minutes. After 80 minutes, M. Devillers chose the right corner while taking his penalty, humiliating the home keeper, who dived in the wrong direction. The goal reduced the home lead to 2 - 1. The visitors refused to give in and, after 84 minutes, J. Enríquez evened things up as he finished off a perfect pass from the right. 2 - 2 markvmasters claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 52 percent.

Usquert's top performer was clearly S. Willing. J. Sonius on the other hand, had a terrible day. A. Ward performed admirably for markvmasters. Q. Abulafia turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 2 - 2.