mehrzad 0 - 3 Monumental (394073441)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 1771 at mehrzad sport complex today. Östen Mörnlund was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Sjoerd Timman and Tomek Bochnacki. mehrzad started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Admella - Semsey, Reidlinger, Asaf - Borromeo, Sandes, Davato, Garcia, Langballe - Viesca, Amura.

Monumental had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Starters: Sătmărean - Aunli, Bacigalupi, Kalonis - Gaiser, Rosa, Caussin, Saggese, Blackwell - van Luxemburg, Petrzak.

After 6 minutes, Monumental put themselves up 0 - 1, as M. Bacigalupi finished off a strike from the left with a real cannonball of a shot. mehrzad put pressure on the visitors' central defence 18 minutes into the game, but P. Amura couldn't find an opening. mehrzad will have to do without F. Reidlinger for a time, due to a bad foot injury at the 22 minute mark. He was substituted by L. Olmeda. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 1. Possession in this half belonged to Monumental, who controlled the ball 55 percent of the time.

After 50 minutes, mehrzad switched P. Amura with B. Laureys, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. Although the whole team were struggling to impress, mehrzad's C. Langballe was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 60 minutes. K. Haji Ghassemi was given a chance to change things around. 72 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 2 as R. Rosa finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave Z. Semsey from mehrzad a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 78 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! Due to a severely mistimed tackle, M. Bacigalupi of Monumental spent some time on the grass writhing in agony before he could get up and continue the game. Some fine movement on the left led to a Monumental goal after 83 minutes, making it 0 - 3. R. Rosa was noted down as the scorer. After this, you could see that the players of Monumental were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. Monumental enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 52 percent of possession.

Most important mehrzad player was B. Laureys. M. Asaf on the other hand, had a terrible day. N. Blackwell performed admirably for Monumental. C. Sătmărean turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 0 - 3.