jugband 2 - 4 ABSINTHE (392610812)

Dark skies made the crowd of 36000 at old trafford arena a little nervous, but the rain held off. Balthazar Herremans was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Edgardo Chávez and Grégoire Godeau. jugband had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Clavijo - Clessidra, Silva, Meir - Pisanec, Sotirov, MacDonaill, Kolosov, Sysoev - Pöppönen, Moltrup-Nielsen.

ABSINTHE started off with a 3-4-3 lineup. The following players took the field: Çevik - van Daatselaar, Fevereiro, Giard - Elkins, Balhki, Ben-Zvi, Winther - Więcławek, Ovdati, Šlapka.

jugband saw most attack opportunities on the wings. ABSINTHE tried to focus their attacks down the middle. 4 minutes in, jugband's G. Clessidra received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. jugband took the lead 21 minutes in, as I. Kolosov broke through on the left and put the 1 - 0 shot just beyond the reach of the outstretched keeper. With 22 minutes played, the visitors could have drawn level after A. Ovdati came through the middle, but his kick went wide. N. Pisanec had a fantastic opportunity to put jugband up another goal 25 minutes into the match, but he fired just over the crossbar. V. Fevereiro of ABSINTHE received a yellow card after 26 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. S. Sotirov could have put jugband up one more, but he fired into the side netting after breaking free on the left after 31 minutes. 1 - 0 was the halftime score. jugband enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 53 percent of possession.

Content with how the game was proceeding, the jugband coach let I. Carreras replace I. Kolosov after 60 minutes. The home crowd was dismayed when the referee called a penalty for ABSINTHE after 67 minutes. K. Więcławek calmly took the shot and scored. The game was level at 1 - 1. As the 67 minute mark approached, the jugband coach decided it was time for a substitution. J. Moltrup-Nielsen reluctantly made way for M. Lazović on the pitch. ABSINTHE's K. Więcławek managed to lose the defenders as he advanced down the right wing and scored, putting the visitors ahead after 73 minutes. 1 - 2. A drive down the left side allowed M. Balhki to get in close and score another goal for ABSINTHE after 75 minutes, taking the score to 1 - 3. After this, you could see that the players of ABSINTHE were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. After 76 minutes, ABSINTHE's K. Więcławek burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 1 - 4. By then K. Więcławek had scored three goals - a hat trick! ABSINTHE's G. Giard got himself booked for a foul. A defender managed to keep the ball from crossing the goal-line after a curling shot coming in from the right from V. Fevereiro after 85 minutes, and prevented ABSINTHE from going up another goal. 88 minutes into the game jugband broke through on the left wing and J. Pöppönen managed to reduce the lead to 2 - 4. ABSINTHE had most of the ball, with 54 percent of possession.

M. Lazović performed admirably for jugband. R. Meir turned in a dismal performance, however. ABSINTHE's best player was B. Elkins. On the other hand, A. Ovdati's play was disheartening. The match ends 2 - 4.