matatanes 7 - 1 LEB (391255352)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and Matatanfa saw a crowd turnout of 17386. René Kolha was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Javier Velastegui and Gert Fallentin Dahl. matatanes tactics involved an interesting 3-4-3 combination. The following players took the field: Kaelin - Chaine, Goncerzewicz, Combs - Cugnu, Rokkala, Polsi, Figolieto - Fountoulakis, Caller, Pancrazi.

LEB started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. They fielded: Grudniewski - Kurzyna, Cruz, Castro - Beltrami, Byshovets, Hogerwerf, Castorene, Ré - Painevilu, Maza.

matatanes were mostly trying to use their skill at attacking on the flanks. matatanes's J. Figolieto was shown a yellow card after 15 minutes for slicing down an opponent. J. Figolieto made one of his many fine passes from the wing into the middle 22 minutes into the match. B. Caller bravely attempted to execute a diving header and the ball was met firmly with his forehead for matatanes. 1 - 0. It was obvious that matatanes had instructions to attack on the wings instead of in the middle. J. Figolieto unleashed a swerving effort from the right that the visitors' keeper did well to tip wide. A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of matatanes to 2 - 0 as M. Pancrazi finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. The corner kick from B. Caller was powerfully met by the head of M. Pancrazi to make the score 3 - 0. The visitors' right side was dangerous today; A. Beltrami made the home team's keeper look foolish as he easily reduced the lead to make it 3 - 1 38 minutes into the match. 3 - 1 was the score after the first half. Possession in this half belonged to matatanes, who controlled the ball 64 percent of the time.

matatanes increased the lead as B. Caller struck to make the score 4 - 1 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. matatanes's A. Fountoulakis increased the lead to 5 - 1, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 48 minutes. matatanes solidified their lead at the 53 minute mark, as M. Pancrazi dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 6 - 1. At that, M. Pancrazi was noted down for a hat trick! Things were deteriorating for the away team as matatanes scored another to make it 7 - 1 after a left side attack resulted in a goal for A. Fountoulakis after 79 minutes. After this, you could see that the players of matatanes were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. matatanes had most of the ball, with 68 percent of possession.

matatanes's top performer was clearly A. Fountoulakis. L. Kaelin on the other hand, had a terrible day. LEB's best player was L. Maza. However, F. Castro made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 7 - 1.