Manolo 3 - 0 dAiguilhe (392569509)

1445 spectators arrived at Manolo Citienz, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Lancelot D'Hellem was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Mikael Carlsson and Jaco van Abeelen. Manolo tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. The following players took the field: Bertsch - Tasselli, Berni, Balmer, Tonto - Schaublin, Schmierer, Asselin, Bohle - Arendorff, Sterringer.

dAiguilhe had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Starters: Kovtun - Compare, De Vree, Fürstemberg - Tabacchini, Roncolini, Libessart, Vaitužis, Schlechte - Lechner, Devaux.

The wings were the focus of most of dAiguilhe's attacks today. After 3 minutes Manolo tried to exploit their counterattacking skills, unfortunately, S. Berni's shot sailed wide after his break down the right. Manolo were very close to putting themselves one up after 13 minutes as M. Balmer got through on the left, but failing in concentration, he shot the ball wide. With 35 minutes played C. Sterringer almost put the home team one ahead on a cross coming in from the right, but the shot went just wide. After 40 minutes of play, F. Schaublin gave the home team a 1 - 0 lead after an attack coming in from the right. Halftime score was 1 - 0. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Manolo, with 59 percent of the ball.

With 50 minutes played, the dAiguilhe coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. D. Baltico came on, J. Vaitužis had to leave the fray. Manolo made it 2 - 0 as M. Balmer got a touch to the floated corner kick and flicked the ball to A. Tasselli who whipped a low drive in off the far post. dAiguilhe needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 60 minutes H. Schlechte made way for T. Issartel. After 60 minutes, dAiguilhe switched M. Compare with A. Da Cunha, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. The referee showed Manolo's D. Schmierer the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. After 87 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and L. Tonto gave the Manolo supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 3 - 0. Manolo had most of the ball, with 54 percent of possession.

Manolo's top performer was clearly C. Sterringer. R. Bertsch on the other hand, had a terrible day. dAiguilhe's best player was P. Devaux. However, A. Da Cunha made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 3 - 0.