PIO 0 - 4 Fenerbahce_Cumhuriy (393219849)

45000 punters turned up at Piobella Arena, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Vladimír Turkovič was the appointed referee with assistance provided by William Brubaker and Senna van den Berge. PIO had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. Lineup: Yafes - Akerman, Decoussemaker, Barriga, Pieroni - Burhan, Odyakmaz, Schönebeck, Latif - Krolo, Czysz.

A 5-4-1 alignment was the formation of choice for Fenerbahce_Cumhuriy. Starters: Nechita - De Masi, Kempten, Lahtinen, Nicolay, Peroni - Gessler, von Ellm, Python, Bricout - Leriche.

The wings were the focus of most of Fenerbahce_Cumhuriy's attacks today. It was obvious that Fenerbahce_Cumhuriy had instructions to attack on the wings instead of in the middle. Fenerbahce_Cumhuriy took the lead after 16 minutes making the score 0 - 1. E. Peroni placed the ball out of reach for the home side's keeper after a fine move, coming in from the left. Attacking on the wings was the choice for Fenerbahce_Cumhuriy, and they were successfully passing the ball from the middle to the wings to attack. With 29 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed I. Leriche of Fenerbahce_Cumhuriy to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 2. It was 0 - 2 at the break. Fenerbahce_Cumhuriy had most of the ball, with 66 percent of possession.

56 minutes into the match, R. Gessler came through the middle and almost added to his team's lead, but the shot went wide. A. Burhan managed to make an excellent pass from the flank, but P. Czysz was not as skillfull in scoring. After 89 minutes, Fenerbahce_Cumhuriy raised their score by one when S. Bricout's dangerous low cross was cleverly tucked in at the near post by I. Leriche. 0 - 3. Fenerbahce_Cumhuriy had a good opportunity to attack in the middle, but remembered their instructions to focus on wing attacks instead. A drive down the left side allowed I. Leriche to get in close and score another goal for Fenerbahce_Cumhuriy after 89 minutes, taking the score to 0 - 4. That was his third goal of the match - a hat trick for I. Leriche. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Fenerbahce_Cumhuriy lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. Fenerbahce_Cumhuriy claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 65 percent.

Most important PIO player was P. Czysz. However, Z. Akerman made a disastrous appearance. A. Nechita performed admirably for Fenerbahce_Cumhuriy. M. Lahtinen turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 0 - 4.