Burgjes 2 - 3 Mouse (390359557)

19789 spectators had found their way to Burgjes Arena, despite the heavy rain. Samuele D'Amico was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Alan Deferm and Fouad El Bouazzaoui. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Burgjes. Starters: Rinaldo - Cicala, García-Barberena, Drop - Özçelik, Markovich, Santerini, Dzenis, Berkovic - Feri, Conrads.

Mouse had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. They fielded: Stabile - Alperi, Parracciani, Brodecki - Seremetiadis, Hermanavičius, van Ommen, Gręda, Grochociński - Lenci, Pierobon.

Today, Burgjes's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. H. Conrads gave Burgjes the lead with a beautiful free kick after 4 minutes. 1 - 0! D. Parracciani did not have a good day today, often losing his footing on the muddy pitch. A. Berkovic of Burgjes received a yellow card after 15 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. 22 minutes into the match the visitors levelled the score at 1 - 1 as D. Parracciani struck home from a rebound off the crossbar, following a shot from the right. Thighs bulging, T. van Ommen charged past the weaker players, seemingly oblivious to the rain. A mistake by the home side's central defence after 25 minutes allowed M. Pierobon to score for Mouse. The scoreboard now read 1 - 2. Halftime score was 1 - 2. Burgjes claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 54 percent.

After 47 minutes, G. Cicala made a dash down the middle past the away team's defenders to score the goal that made it 2 - 2. Mouse took the lead after 79 minutes making the score 2 - 3. J. Alperi placed the ball out of reach for the home side's keeper after a fine move, coming in from the left. With 84 minutes played, Burgjes's H. Feri found an opening in the visitors' left side defence, but his shot was handled easily by the keeper. After 85 minutes, H. Conrads got through on the right and was very close to equalising for the home side, but didn't get the shot away. Possession in this half belonged to Burgjes, who controlled the ball 54 percent of the time.

S. Santerini performed admirably for Burgjes. On the other hand, M. Markovich's play was disheartening. Most important Mouse player was T. van Ommen. However, P. Stabile made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 2 - 3.