Rizza 1 - 3 Flying (393514184)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and Rizza cLuB saw a crowd turnout of 759. Gaston Sloot was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Hélder Savedra and Adam Schnupfhagn. A 2-5-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Rizza. The following players had been chosen: Staunforth - Mosaddegh, Picone - Boom, Håkansson, Murdzek, Aszlányi, van den Ende - Cappilli, Girón Téllez, Di Donato.

Flying tactics involved an interesting 2-5-3 combination. Lineup: Tobis - Lo Bianco Corrado, Kallenberger - Lummer, Choi, Dyachuk-Stavitskiy, de Fátima, Peternek - Bisaz, Baddou, Jelenka.

Going for long shots seemed to be the strategy in use by Rizza. Flying's G. Bisaz managed to lose the defenders as he advanced down the right wing and scored, putting the visitors ahead after 33 minutes. 0 - 1. Rizza's R. van den Ende made an attempt at equalising 34 minutes into the match, coming in from the right, but the ball hit the post and the defence easily cleared the rebound. With 36 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed A. Baddou of Flying to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 2. The players of Flying now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. 38 minutes in, Flying's A. Baddou received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. B. Peternek increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 0 - 3. F. Ranera was called on to replace Rizza's F. Cappilli after 40 minutes following a nasty collision. Flying's N. de Fátima was shown a yellow card after 42 minutes for slicing down an opponent. A loud groan was heard from the fans of Rizza, as M. Håkansson left the pitch in too much pain to finish the match. K. Ivshin took his place on the field. 0 - 3 was the score after the first half. Rizza had most of the ball, with 57 percent of possession.

With 46 minutes played, the Rizza coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. G. Mangiacasale came on, J. Girón Téllez had to leave the fray. The Rizza captaincy was handed to F. Picone. The Flying players could smell victory in the air. T. Lummer wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for V. Koskelo after 46 minutes. N. de Fátima knew he was in trouble after hacking down an opponent. Despite his pleading with the referee, the Flying player was shown a second yellow card and dismissed from the game. Flying had to make a substitution after 84 minutes. J. Jelenka limped off the field and was replaced by R. Fick. 85 minutes into the match, Rizza's P. Boom collected a ball sent down the right and put it in the back of the net, narrowing the score to 1 - 3. With 88 minutes gone, Flying's A. Baddou had to leave the pitch after talking back to the referee and receiving his second booking. Rizza enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 65 percent of possession.

The most dominating Rizza player was without a doubt R. Di Donato. On the other hand, P. Boom's play was disheartening. Most important Flying player was G. Bisaz. V. Koskelo on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 1 - 3.