utahjazz 1 - 1 atleticomineiro (393684471)

A brilliantly sunny day had enticed a crowd of 1031 to DELTA CENTER. Jurren Klein Heerenbrink was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Hugo Koser and Konrad Laschinger. utahjazz tactics involved an interesting 4-5-1 combination. Lineup: Vazzana - Agosta, Pirovolidis, Helm, Sardone - Cavalli, Farràs, Corà, Banchi, Sirena - Recchia.

atleticomineiro decided to use a 2-5-3 set up. The following players took the field: Fomin - Fraidl, D'Antuono - Lautanen, Giagnoni, Skarica, Tutuianu, Le Bret - Natoli, Dokoli, Cessford.

Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of utahjazz. 0 - 0 was the score after the first half. Possession in this half belonged to utahjazz, who controlled the ball 51 percent of the time.

The intense heat forced M. D'Antuono into making some errors because he couldn't seem to keep up with the others. 66 minutes had elapsed when a great chance for utahjazz to take the lead after a good cross from the right found E. Banchi alone with the keeper, but he chipped it to the wrong side of the post. Usually a powerful player on the field, S. Giagnoni looked kind of pale and tired under the hot sun. 72 minutes of the match played, and a comedy of errors by the home side gave the visitors a chance at the lead, but A. Tutuianu, after finding himself dashing down on goal from the left with only the keeper to beat, sliced his shot horribly wide. atleticomineiro's R. Le Bret got himself booked for a foul. utahjazz's A. Pirovolidis was shown a yellow card after 85 minutes for slicing down an opponent. The sun seemed to put J. Lautanen in a great mood, and he showed off his technical skills all match long. After some beautiful movement down the left wing, I. Recchia scored for utahjazz putting them ahead 1 - 0, after 87 minutes. After 88 minutes, the visitors levelled the scores after F. Dokoli made it through the middle and struck home to make it 1 - 1. A late sliding challenge from A. Pirovolidis was deemed to be his second yellow card offence by the referee, resulting in him being sent off, and utahjazz left a man down. The home crowd breathed a collective sigh of relief when S. Skarica was unable to put the ball in the net after his show of skill down the left 89 minutes into the match. He was seen beating the pitch in frustration at missing such a good chance to give his team the lead! This part of the game was a standoff between the teams in terms of possession.

E. Banchi performed admirably for utahjazz. However, M. Sardone made a disastrous appearance. Most important atleticomineiro player was G. Natoli. A. Cessford on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 1 - 1.