laveur 2 - 3 Arxidi (391465975)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 46790 at bowser today. A 3-4-3 alignment was the formation of choice for laveur. The following players took the field: Kagona - Reichelt, Adler, Fernández Navarrete - van Katwijk, Kuziemski, Witteveen, Niininen - Ruston, Combi, Fröhall.

Arxidi tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Kopponen - Damianakos, Fluet, Duvalle - Plamondon, Guilfoyle, Saint-Hilaire, Clarkson, Zelený - Vasconcellos, Antonini.

laveur were mostly trying to use their skill at attacking on the flanks. The Arxidi free kick 14 minutes into the match seemed wasted, as the shot was both short and off target. But was this actually a plan? The ball landed at the feet of D. Vasconcellos, who was completely unmarked in the box. That's 0 - 1! After 23 minutes, P. Fröhall made a dash down the middle past the away team's defenders to score the goal that made it 1 - 1. P. Fröhall caused the crowd to go mental with his goal up the middle after 37 minutes. This gave laveur the 2 - 1 lead. With 44 minutes played, Arxidi's well-worked indirect free kick caused havoc in the penalty area, and when the ball eventually fell to R. Fluet he gleefully slotted the ball home to make it 2 - 2. 2 - 2 was the halftime score. Arxidi had most of the ball, with 51 percent of possession.

Arxidi took the lead 53 minutes into the game, making the score 2 - 3 after some elegant movement down the middle. E. Saint-Hilaire was the scorer. laveur's N. Combi put his head to a high ball coming in from the right after 83 minutes, but the ball went wide. laveur's H. van Katwijk got himself booked for a foul. With 86 minutes played, I. Damianakos of Arxidi fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. laveur were close to equalising with a spectacular free kick by R. Adler after 87 minutes, but U. Kopponen made a great save, tipping it to a corner. Arxidi enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 53 percent of possession.

The most dominating laveur player was without a doubt P. Fröhall. R. Ruston on the other hand, had a terrible day. Arxidi's top performer was clearly E. Saint-Hilaire. However, G. Antonini made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 2 - 3.