máquina 1 - 9 Fule (393024672)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 33960 to Alcatraz Stadium. Andris Cerbulis was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Dani Schneider and David Cayron. máquina decided to use a 2-5-3 set up. Lineup: Sawatzky - Arena, Cuadra - Maralla, Pfister, Boderskov, Kronbom, Pettersson - Rachid, Romero, Antúnez.

Fule tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. Starters: Bisazza - Ortellado, Constantinescu, Veldman, Corrales - Bellucci, Kusturica, Garrido, Fernández - Charoensabmahk, Scholtzl.

At 8 minutes played, D. Romero came in from the right with the intention of giving máquina the lead, but his rocket of a shot rattled the crossbar. Fule's C. Scholtzl managed to lose the defenders as he advanced down the right wing and scored, putting the visitors ahead after 13 minutes. 0 - 1. After 24 minutes P. Bellucci made a speedy advance and dropped the ball to C. Scholtzl who shuffled it past the keeper. The score was now 0 - 2. The players of Fule now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. C. Scholtzl of Fule took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 29 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 0 - 3. That was his third goal of the match - a hat trick for C. Scholtzl. J. Charoensabmahk increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 0 - 4. J. Charoensabmahk of Fule displayed some of his fantastic technical abilities when he brought the ball down neatly using his instep before nutmegging the bewildered M. Cuadra and smashing an unstoppable shot past the goalkeeper to make it 0 - 5. máquina's J. Kronbom cut towards the middle after 41 minutes, receiving a brilliant pass and slicing through the visiting team's central defence, reducing the lead to 1 - 5. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, D. Ortellado got himself booked. The manager of Fule was not happy. C. Scholtzl could have put his team up another goal 43 minutes into the game, after a rush down the left, but his closing shot hit the post. A penalty was awarded after 43 minutes, and J. Charoensabmahk made the most of his chance to put Fule up by another goal. 1 - 6 for the visitors. At that, J. Charoensabmahk was noted down for a hat trick! The referee showed Fule's J. Charoensabmahk the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 6. Fule enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 56 percent of possession.

Some fine movement on the left led to a Fule goal after 47 minutes, making it 1 - 7. J. Fernández was noted down as the scorer. The crowd groaned when D. Pfister, having maneuvered his way down the right, fired the ball just wide and missed a great opportunity to reduce the deficit for máquina. Having been awarded a free kick in an awkward position after 68 minutes, Fule did not go for a shot but instead fired the ball hard into the 6 yard box. After a brief tussle with his marker, D. Ortellado was able to power the ball past the keeper to make the score 1 - 8. C. Scholtzl received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 70 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 1 - 9. The Fule fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. 71 minutes into the game, Fule seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to excellent. Possession in this half belonged to Fule, who controlled the ball 56 percent of the time.

máquina's top performer was clearly R. Antúnez. B. Arena was a disappointment, however. Most important Fule player was C. Scholtzl. On the other hand, L. Bisazza's play was disheartening. The match ends 1 - 9.