ritaline 0 - 5 gridish (393151852)

The 3163 spectators at capital das vitorias were in for an afternoon of sunshine. Konstantin Lokot was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Dietrich Nef and Matteo Ginnari. A 5-4-1 alignment was the formation of choice for ritaline. The following players took the field: Cardoso - Geraltes, Oliveira, Train, Passing, Lourenço - Lourenço, Sousa, Biltes, Domingues - Martins.

gridish decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Tasev - Løset, Stiehl, Katzburg - Jakovuori, Scheel, Luz, Givati, Bussolari - Sziklai, Lustig.

2 minutes into the game, O. Lustig almost gave the visitors the lead, as he clipped a delicate lob over the keeper, but the ball glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. 8 minutes into the game, ritaline seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to poor. The sun seemed to put L. Sziklai in a great mood, and he showed off his technical skills all match long. gridish's goal to make the score 0 - 1 came via a questionable penalty, but K. Løset struck it home without a second thought. L. Sziklai was, after 25 minutes, almost able to extend the visitors' lead with a well placed diving header after the ball had looped into the centre, but the home side's keeper B. Cardoso made the save. gridish's O. Lustig got himself booked for a foul. ritaline were worse off though, as A. Geraltes was unable to finish the game and no more substitutes were available! After 36 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave T. Scheel a chance to increase the lead for gridish, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 2. It was 0 - 2 at the break. gridish claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 75 percent.

The coach gave his players an extra tactical briefing during the break, and after that ritaline had passable organisation. 53 minutes into the match, H. Stiehl came through the middle and almost added to his team's lead, but the shot went wide. gridish increased their lead after 65 minutes when O. Lustig broke through on the right, upping the score to 0 - 3, much to the home crowd's dismay. After this, you could see that the players of gridish were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. As usual, R. Givati tried to use his strength and hard work for the benefit of the team, but the heat hit him hard and he couldn't keep pace at all. R. Givati received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 76 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 0 - 4. The gridish fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. T. Scheel's lack of experience almost gave ritaline a goal after 81 minutes, but the shot went right into the keeper's arms. gridish's K. Løset made it through the home team's defence on the right hand side 84 minutes into the match. After rounding the keeper, he only had to place the ball in the unguarded goal when a defender slid in and cleared the ball off the line. The visitors added to their lead 86 minutes into the game, after a sensational penalty kick by gridish's K. Løset slid just past the home keeper. 0 - 5. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by gridish, with 72 percent of the ball.

The most dominating ritaline player was without a doubt S. Oliveira. On the other hand, B. Cardoso's play was disheartening. gridish's top performer was clearly L. Sziklai. However, Y. Katzburg made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 5.