coverciano 2 - 1 Pretender (393678426)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and Partizan arena saw a crowd turnout of 1955. Dominik Graba was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Marlon Wuthrich and Dmitry Amelin. coverciano decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players took the field: Brockamp - Grdyka, Lomba, Gaggini - Ventosa, Gosselin, Di Marino, Frykowski, Nazário - Torsvik, Marianne.

Pretender started off with a 5-4-1 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Climent - Grün, Moeslund, Edwards, Nikolashin, Colino - Elstner, Conato, Zadelaar, Iesalnieks - Marinangeli.

A penalty was given after 9 minutes, allowing the visitors to gain the lead: 0 - 1. C. Zadelaar was the scorer. coverciano's defence sent a ball soaring up the middle on a beautiful counterattack with 12 minutes gone, but S. Nazário's finish was met by the reaching hands of the keeper. E. Torsvik was the first to reach the corner kick, but his header was blocked by the keeper. However, coverciano's C. Gosselin managed to get hold of the rebound and tucked the ball into the empty net. 1 - 1 Given a free kick in a difficult position after 32 minutes, coverciano tried a variation that they had practised in training. The kick was sent into the area just in front of the keeper. However, the defence were on their toes and allowed no space for a finish. coverciano could have put themselves ahead after 34 minutes but L. Ventosa missed a volley shot on a ball coming in from the right. It was 1 - 1 at the break. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by coverciano, with 67 percent of the ball.

After 57 minutes, the defensive line of Pretender created a counterattack through the middle that gave V. Marinangeli a good look at the goal, but his shot glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. coverciano's D. Lomba was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 63 minutes. A foul after 64 minutes resulted in a free kick. S. Nazário cannonballed it, giving the home team the lead 2 - 1. Pretender's E. Edwards left the field after 66 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was G. Võsu. coverciano claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 75 percent.

Most important coverciano player was M. Frykowski. P. Gaggini on the other hand, had a terrible day. Pretender's best player was C. Zadelaar. On the other hand, V. Iesalnieks's play was disheartening. The match ends 2 - 1.