casalbordino 5 - 0 Linas (393214378)

708 fans braved the pouring rain at roberto baggio arena. Victor Anton was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Aljaž Perko and Mikaël Gurdebeke. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for casalbordino. The following players took the field: Firuta - Kapeller, de Carvalho, Jeftić - Knütten, Thümen, Torbeck, Willomitzer, Borstnar - Augenthaler, Schernthaner.

Linas started off with a 3-4-3 lineup. Lineup: Birtles - Pflumern, Bolet, Seehann - Wetoszka, Samko, Horlebein, Borgeln - Sedlmaier, Talarico, Grotjahn.

casalbordino seemed to prefer attacking in the middle. Linas mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. The muddy pitch made the game a gritty affair, which seemed to suit M. Bolet just fine. The boggy pitch disrupted the game, especially for technical players like K. Seehann. casalbordino took the lead after 27 minutes as a result of F. Knütten's peach of a shot from the right hand side of the box - placed beautifully in the top corner. 1 - 0. 35 minutes into the game, casalbordino were awarded a penalty that C. Thümen turned into 2 - 0 without a problem. 37 minutes into the game, Linas had difficulty finding their positions and their organisation dropped to weak. A. Augenthaler of casalbordino was able to make an impressive rush past the sluggish K. Seehann, which resulted in a goal making the score 3 - 0. casalbordino had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle attacks. Cheers filled the stadium as U. Schernthaner broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 4 - 0 to casalbordino. 44 minutes into the game, A. Horlebein had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came V. Dostthaler. With 44 minutes played, casalbordino put themselves up 5 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to T. Willomitzer, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. At this point, it was obvious that the players of casalbordino lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. It was 5 - 0 at the break. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by casalbordino, with 65 percent of the ball.

During the break, Linas's coach went through the team's tactics yet again, getting them up to solid organisation. A. Augenthaler wanted to play on, but the casalbordino coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 46 minutes into the game by R. Sester. Content with how the game was proceeding, the casalbordino coach let C. Hallmer replace J. Kapeller after 46 minutes. The casalbordino players could smell victory in the air. B. Borstnar wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for C. Sienknecht after 46 minutes. casalbordino were determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up centrally. M. de Carvalho should probably have put his team up another goal after 49 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by G. Birtles kept the visitors in the game. 52 minutes into the game, Linas seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a passable level of organisation. Linas had to make a substitution after 62 minutes. G. Pflumern limped off the field and was replaced by B. Akbaran. As the captain was no longer on the pitch, V. Dostthaler took over the role of being the Linas captain. casalbordino's R. Torbeck was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 68 minutes. After 69 minutes, there was a bit of a mixup on the field as Linas found themselves out of position and their organisation level dropped to passable. With 73 minutes played, casalbordino's T. Willomitzer almost extended the lead, but his shot from the left glanced off the top of the bar to fall behind the net. With 80 minutes played, the Linas coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. J. Königbauer came on, G. Birtles had to leave the fray. casalbordino claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 65 percent.

The most dominating casalbordino player was without a doubt T. Willomitzer. L. Jeftić was a disappointment, however. Linas's top performer was clearly M. Bolet. K. Seehann turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 5 - 0.