ludhockey76 0 - 5 DreamTeam2002 (392902725)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and ludhockey76 Arena saw a crowd turnout of 1757. Valerio Ciceri was the appointed referee with assistance provided by David Charteris and Manuel Bauzá. A 5-5-0 alignment was the formation of choice for ludhockey76. The following players had been chosen: Dol - Brugière, Brossier, Krzysztoporski, Leroy, Sándor - Grondin, Caillard, Blot, Audemard, Perrigault -.

DreamTeam2002 decided to use a 3-4-3 set up. They fielded: Campsor - Biddau, Parluhutan, Puigcerver - Féret, Valles, Baagø, van Spijk - Moise, Cuccurullo, Simontacchi.

ludhockey76 used their skill at pressing to cut off the attack angles of their opponents all over the field. DreamTeam2002 tried to focus their attacks down the middle. The ludhockey76 coach adjusted their lineup with 1 minutes gone. A. Perrigault and A. Sándor assumed each other's positions. DreamTeam2002's A. Parluhutan had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 21 minutes having been played. C. Dantec was the replacement. 35 minutes into the game, ludhockey76 seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to inadequate. After 39 minutes, DreamTeam2002 put themselves up 0 - 1, as E. Cuccurullo finished off a strike from the left with a real cannonball of a shot. C. Simontacchi received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 40 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 0 - 2. The DreamTeam2002 fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. At this point, it was obvious that the players of DreamTeam2002 lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. A. Moise came close to extending the visitors' lead when he found himself completely unmarked in front of the goal after a pass through the middle. He tried to lift the ball over P. Dol but overcooked it and hit the bar instead. After 42 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed A. Moise to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 3. After 44 minutes, there was a bit of a mixup on the field as ludhockey76 found themselves out of position and their organisation level dropped to poor. Halftime score was 0 - 3. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by DreamTeam2002, with 74 percent of the ball.

The ludhockey76 players spent the break getting a rerun of the team's tactical organisation and regained a passable organisation when the game started again. ludhockey76's talent at pressing frustrated the spectators as the game became a dire midfield struggle. ludhockey76's ability to press all over the field frequently paid dividends. After 82 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for E. Cuccurullo who increased DreamTeam2002's lead to 0 - 4. The home crowd was not impressed when C. Simontacchi came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 82 minutes. DreamTeam2002 were now up 0 - 5. Possession in this half belonged to DreamTeam2002, who controlled the ball 79 percent of the time.

The most dominating ludhockey76 player was without a doubt O. Leroy. However, P. Dol made a disastrous appearance. Most important DreamTeam2002 player was C. Dantec. On the other hand, E. Cuccurullo's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 5.