alcard 0 - 5 toloko (393081938)

It had rained all day, but 1295 hardy fans still made it out to caboto stadium. Yiorgos 'P' Doukas was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Giuseppe Messuti and Fadri Oberhänsli. alcard decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. Starters: Damiano - Taddeo, Ramúa, Hernández, Lúpiz - Funder, Rinaldo, Bengtsen, Airez - Lysenko, Negri.

toloko tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. Lineup: Haulotte - Romero, Canga, Madsen, Benítez - Jaśkowiak, Steckenbach, Gómez, Rolfsnes - Natale, Christien.

The wings were the focus of most of toloko's attacks today. It was a bad day for the usually speedy J. Benítez. The mud seemed to slow him down. N. Bengtsen was uncomfortable with the soggy pitch as he couldn't move the ball around with his usual grace. Down the middle came J. Christien, making a fantastic play that nearly had toloko take the lead after 27 minutes, but V. Damiano preserved the tie. After 28 minutes alcard tried to exploit their counterattacking skills, unfortunately, N. Bengtsen's shot sailed wide after his break down the right. A. Gómez of toloko received a yellow card after 33 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. 35 minutes into the game, alcard seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to solid. 36 minutes into the match, the visiting toloko made the score 0 - 1 after J. Christien executed a perfect free kick. A drive down the left side allowed K. Jaśkowiak to get in close and score another goal for toloko after 37 minutes, taking the score to 0 - 2. The game was characterised by rough play and many physical challenges on the wet field, but M. Taddeo showed great heart and had a good game. 44 minutes into the game, toloko worked the left side industriously creating several opportunities to add to their lead, but just couldn't apply the finishing touch. Halftime score was 0 - 2. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by toloko, with 52 percent of the ball.

The alcard players spent the break getting a rerun of the team's tactical organisation and regained a solid organisation when the game started again. The toloko players could smell victory in the air. A. Romero wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for M. Filippin after 46 minutes. With 60 minutes played, M. Taddeo of alcard fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. K. Madsen wanted to play on, but the toloko coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 64 minutes into the game by P. Esquiel. It was obvious that toloko had instructions to attack on the wings instead of in the middle. Some fine movement on the left led to a toloko goal after 65 minutes, making it 0 - 3. J. Benítez was noted down as the scorer. 67 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 4 as J. Christien finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. After this, you could see that the players of toloko were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. With 77 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed P. Esquiel of toloko to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 5. toloko had most of the ball, with 57 percent of possession.

Most important alcard player was V. Damiano. On the other hand, M. Taddeo's play was disheartening. The most dominating toloko player was without a doubt J. Christien. O. Haulotte was a disappointment, however. The match ends 0 - 5.