catwoman10 3 - 2 Schalke07 (392860483)

25200 punters turned up at katt arena, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Andrea Natalicchio was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Pico van Veldhoven and Maurus Pfalzgraf. catwoman10 tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Monge - Josdal, Pluskota, Brendmo - Harestad, Tangen, Scheuchenpflug, Usowicz, Hellstrøm - Bang, Aamodt.

Schalke07 had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Starters: Fleury - Serrano, Istrătescu, bin Hj Hafiz - Mansikkahalme, Ericsson, Damsbo, Camminga, Bono - Hansen, Lofiego.

catwoman10 mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. It was an obvious ambition of Schalke07 to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. After 18 minutes catwoman10's M. Hellstrøm contracted a slight foot injury, but didn't want to leave the game. Schalke07's P. Istrătescu gave the visitors a 0 - 1 lead after 29 minutes with a superb strike from the right. With the clock showing 29 minutes played, O. Harestad equalised for catwoman10 after curling a free kick around the defensive wall to make the score 1 - 1. As I. Damsbo had, completely unprovoked, swept the legs out from under an opponent in front of a linesman, the referee gave the Schalke07 player a red card without batting an eyelid. J. Aamodt was the unlucky victim and couldn't continue the game, so catwoman10's A. Popa had to come off the bench. catwoman10 were determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up centrally. The visitors' central defence should have had no trouble clearing the pass to O. Harestad, but the catwoman10 player managed to shrug them off and fired a low shot past the keeper to give his team the lead. 2 - 1! 2 - 1 was the halftime score. Schalke07 had most of the ball, with 56 percent of possession.

Some brilliant football from the visitors' right wing resulted in a levelling of the score as Schalke07's S. Hansen put the ball in the onion bag after 52 minutes to make it 2 - 2. After some beautiful movement down the left wing, O. Harestad scored for catwoman10 putting them ahead 3 - 2, after 68 minutes. That made three goals for O. Harestad and he was marked down for the hat trick. catwoman10 had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle attacks. After 70 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by A. Popa might have resulted in another goal for catwoman10. However, T. Fleury made a spectacular save. After 71 minutes Schalke07's S. Hansen limped slightly after a late challenge, but he was able to continue. It was obvious that team catwoman10 had instructions to attack in the middle instead of on the wings. Schalke07 claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 56 percent.

Most important catwoman10 player was B. Tangen. On the other hand, P. Monge's play was disheartening. The most dominating Schalke07 player was without a doubt S. Hansen. I. Camminga on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 3 - 2.