Revolution 1 - 3 bombo3 (392337032)

The 18050 fans in attendance at Medellin Revolution Arena were roasting in the hot sun. José Antonio Cabellos was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Wilfred Hardwick and Johannes Calmar. A 3-4-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Revolution. Lineup: Benelli - Stoto, Fasiol, Idas - van der Pligt, La Massa, Galanti, Feriser - Urrengoetxea, Laurītis, Faelli.

bombo3 tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Balestrieri - Pariona, Grossmann, Santella - Bernardini, Sánchez, Skupek, Gesualdi, Marangon - Arriola, Carretti.

Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of bombo3. A. Skupek of bombo3 received a yellow card after 9 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. Revolution's P. La Massa had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 29 minutes having been played. F. Charbonnier was the replacement. The Revolution captaincy was handed to F. Charbonnier. bombo3's R. Bernardini gave the visitors a 0 - 1 lead after 31 minutes with a superb strike from the right. E. D'Abrosca was called on to replace Revolution's F. Benelli after 34 minutes following a nasty collision. Against a lesser team, bombo3 could very well have succeeded with their smart indirect free kick routine after 35 minutes. A trio of passes took the ball all the way past the defenders, but by then the intended recipient was already blocked off and the keeper could make a leisurely save. Revolution's C. Fasiol left the field after 42 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was A. Rossoni. With 43 minutes having been played, Revolution scored to make it 1 - 1. A dribble down the left wing, followed by a shot which took a wicked bounce off a defender resulted in the keeper having no chance. Everyone thought it'd been an own goal, but G. Urrengoetxea was marked down as the scorer. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, A. Faelli got himself booked. The manager of Revolution was not happy. 1 - 1 was the halftime score. bombo3 had most of the ball, with 57 percent of possession.

46 minutes into the game, bombo3 wanted to bring some new energy to their game. E. Arriola gave G. Figurski a quick hug as he left the field. The visiting F. Carretti was booed thoroughly by the home crowd 46 minutes into the game, after he broke through the middle and scored, resulting in the visitors taking the lead. 1 - 2 was the score. F. Carretti increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 1 - 3. The home crowd cheered when, after 62 minutes, D. Marangon's charge up the middle resulted in the keeper making one of his best saves of the day. With 63 minutes played, R. Bernardini of bombo3 fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. While defending the bombo3 lead, D. Marangon got a new role. 77 minutes in the game, his coach ordered him to change positions with R. Sánchez. R. Sánchez wanted to play on, but the bombo3 coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 80 minutes into the game by J. Kukkaro. bombo3 claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 58 percent.

A. Faelli performed admirably for Revolution. On the other hand, A. Rossoni's play was disheartening. bombo3's best player was F. Carretti. However, J. Kukkaro made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 1 - 3.