TOM-BAR 1 - 4 patate (393650525)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 2949 to TOM-BAR F.C. Arena. Per Carlsson was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Manolo Ilarduya and Juhani Seppänen. TOM-BAR tactics involved an interesting 2-5-3 combination. Starters: Udesen - Estorninho, Vaz - Fessel, Godinho, Gomes Amaral, Escudeiro, Jesus - Fernandes Guerreiro, Świąder, Ferreira Jorge.

A 4-5-1 alignment was the formation of choice for patate. The following players had been chosen: González - Mascetti, Milevskiy, Steurer, Paşca - Schmitt, Massonneau, Puig, Roy, Simon - Angeltveit.

Today, TOM-BAR's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. patate decided to play creatively. 6 minutes into the game, patate seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a solid level of organisation. E. Roy had a good try after 15 minutes, coming in on a fine move from the left, but the ball went wide. 26 minutes into the game, D. Milevskiy was a hair's breadth away from giving patate the lead with a shot from over on the left. A prompt block by H. Udesen saved the home team that time. 0 - 1 was the score with 37 minutes played, after F. Schmitt cut through the central defence and chipped home a goal for patate. With the crowd on their feet chanting wildly, some great moves down the right hand side after 38 minutes gave TOM-BAR a wonderful opportunity to level the score, and A. Fernandes Guerreiro stepped up to the challenge. 1 - 1 The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 1. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by patate, with 61 percent of the ball.

The patate players spent the break getting a rerun of the team's tactical organisation and regained a solid organisation when the game started again. The patate coach adjusted their lineup with 46 minutes gone. S. Simon and E. Roy assumed each other's positions. As the clock reached 46 minutes, patate decided to regroup. F. Schmitt gave L. Massonneau a little pat on the back as they changed positions on the pitch. After 54 minutes, patate put themselves up 1 - 2, as S. Simon finished off a strike from the left with a real cannonball of a shot. 61 minutes into the match, B. Angeltveit came through the middle and almost added to his team's lead, but the shot went wide. B. Angeltveit left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 81 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. T. Keenan was the replacement. A penalty was awarded after 85 minutes, and I. Paşca made the most of his chance to put patate up by another goal. 1 - 3 for the visitors. TOM-BAR's A. Fernandes Guerreiro was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 86 minutes. The home side worked hard to get through the middle and as a result, had a good chance of getting one back as A. Fernandes Guerreiro tried lifting the ball over keeper O. González. Unfortunately, the ball went just over the bar. patate showed their counterattack skill 88 minutes into the match by breaking through the middle, with J. Steurer scoring uncontested for 1 - 4. By now, the players in patate felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. patate claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 61 percent.

TOM-BAR's top performer was clearly A. Ferreira Jorge. However, Á. Vaz made a disastrous appearance. Most important patate player was T. Keenan. On the other hand, L. Massonneau's play was disheartening. The match ends 1 - 4.