montasut 1 - 0 Warriors_Of_Ice (392336749)

Dark skies made the crowd of 20685 at zabbesna park a little nervous, but the rain held off. Sietse Haelvoet was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Louis Benschop and Jerardo Villegas. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for montasut. Starters: Gabzdyl - Abbasi, Tomika, Amieiro - von Allmen, Pánczél, Omogrande, Kallenberger, Clanchy - Sajdowski, Hardenbol.

Warriors_Of_Ice had chosen a strategic 5-4-1 formation. They fielded: Moscardelli - Conca, Barbagli, Marasco, Barabanti, Parisi - Coscelli, Rezzonico, Paglia, Cappiello - Popa.

Warriors_Of_Ice were relying on their ability to counter-attack. The home side put themselves ahead 1 - 0 after 14 minutes courtesy of a breakthrough from M. Clanchy, who scored with a stunning volley following a cross from the right wing. 31 minutes into the match Warriors_Of_Ice's I. Popa viciously shoved another player from behind while going for a loose ball and was sent off the pitch with a red card. Warriors_Of_Ice's R. Conca got himself booked for a foul. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave A. Barabanti from Warriors_Of_Ice a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 38 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! L. Sajdowski almost put montasut ahead another goal when he curled a free kick over the defensive wall and almost into the net, but the visitors' keeper got there just in time to knock it wide. J. Hardenbol should probably have put his team up another goal after 42 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by G. Moscardelli kept the visitors in the game. 1 - 0 was the halftime score. Possession in this half belonged to montasut, who controlled the ball 53 percent of the time.

Warriors_Of_Ice's B. Parisi had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 47 minutes having been played. C. Balducci was the replacement. montasut put in a good effort on the right, but J. Hardenbol saw his volley fly wide of the mark 56 minutes into the game. 74 minutes into the game, N. von Allmen had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came N. Gaspari. After 79 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by J. Hardenbol might have resulted in another goal for montasut. However, G. Moscardelli made a spectacular save. 84 minutes in, Warriors_Of_Ice's A. Barbagli received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. montasut's L. Sajdowski went down after a savage challenge, but could continue playing after some medical attention. montasut claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 53 percent.

montasut's best player was P. Pánczél. G. Amieiro on the other hand, had a terrible day. Warriors_Of_Ice's top performer was clearly G. Rezzonico. On the other hand, A. Barabanti's play was disheartening. The match ends 1 - 0.