eromao 3 - 1 FC S.XXI (393286346)

1985 spectators had found their way to Fornos de Algodres Arena, despite the heavy rain. Konradin von Erdtmann was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Fabio Manfredi and Maciej Sabak. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for eromao. They fielded: Szyniec - Saura Macías, Ader, Farina - Lami, Airosa, Ribeiro, O´Keefe, Magalhães - Mendiola, Munné.

FC S.XXI decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Talvas - Forsström, Salinas, Van Huynegem - Abolafio, Candelas, Rantakivi, Alsaker, García - Utrera, Sapienza.

eromao took the lead 12 minutes in, as L. Mendiola broke through on the left and put the 1 - 0 shot just beyond the reach of the outstretched keeper. D. Ribeiro struck a 30 metre free kick home 19 minutes into the match. 2 - 0 for the home team. Things were deteriorating for the away team as eromao scored another to make it 3 - 0 after a left side attack resulted in a goal for A. Magalhães after 21 minutes. The players of eromao now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. D. Saura Macías had a fantastic opportunity to put eromao up another goal 23 minutes into the match, but he fired just over the crossbar. The referee showed eromao's A. Lami the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. It was 3 - 0 at the break. Possession in this half belonged to eromao, who controlled the ball 65 percent of the time.

With 46 minutes played, the FC S.XXI coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. J. Maunula came on, V. Alsaker had to leave the fray. After 46 minutes, FC S.XXI switched T. Salinas with S. Bollaert, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. Although the whole team were struggling to impress, FC S.XXI's N. Sapienza was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 50 minutes. A. Coma was given a chance to change things around. After 57 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by J. Farina might have resulted in another goal for eromao. However, Ó. Talvas made a spectacular save. eromao put in a good effort on the right, but B. Airosa saw his volley fly wide of the mark 69 minutes into the game. It was a bad day for the usually speedy C. O´Keefe. The mud seemed to slow him down. eromao's C. O´Keefe saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates after 78 minutes. D. Saura Macías still has a lot to learn. For instance, he should know not to make half-hearted passes in front of V. Utrera, who easily scored for FC S.XXI, making it 3 - 1. F. Candelas caused mayhem in his own defensive line with some mad dribbles within his own penalty zone, but eromao's F. Munné's shot went just wide. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by eromao, with 62 percent of the ball.

B. Airosa performed admirably for eromao. A. Lami was a disappointment, however. The most dominating FC S.XXI player was without a doubt S. Rantakivi. However, V. Utrera made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 3 - 1.