Banco 2 - 1 Hansaplast (394160668)

Clouds darkened the skies at Campo Sportivo L. Durand DeLaPenne as 2245 spectators turned up for the match. Arsenio Gallo was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Fabio Scattolin and Lorenzo Leone. Banco tactics involved an interesting 5-5-0 combination. The following players had been chosen: Gkizelidis - Grosen, Weizenegger, Bünyamin, Lehmonen, Agustín Fonfría - Mavar, Compagnoni, Putzu, Stradiotto, Ilnitskiy -.

Hansaplast had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Starters: Cynker - Tolonen, Hansen, Eekhof - Vanlingen, Rósmundsson, Englhart, Costanza, Schnedler - de Faria, Längle.

Pressing was the tactic of the day for Banco. At this time in the match, Banco were using their skill at pressing to successfully stifle the game. The referee showed Hansaplast's K. Längle the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. After 20 minutes, the Banco coach wanted to see a new face on the pitch, waving U. Weizenegger off the field. M. Charfuelan took his place. S. Bünyamin would have preferred to play on, but his coach decided otherwise. J. Arcuri entered the game for Banco as the match clock showed 25 minutes. 25 minutes into the game, Banco seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to inadequate. Banco were very close to putting themselves one up after 34 minutes as S. Compagnoni got through on the left, but failing in concentration, he shot the ball wide. K. Längle knew he was in trouble after hacking down an opponent. Despite his pleading with the referee, the Hansaplast player was shown a second yellow card and dismissed from the game. A loud groan was heard from the fans of Banco, as J. Lehmonen left the pitch in too much pain to finish the match. U. Naaber took his place on the field. It was 0 - 0 at the break. Banco had most of the ball, with 60 percent of possession.

During the break, Banco's coach went through the team's tactics yet again, getting them up to solid organisation. The home side put themselves ahead 1 - 0 after 63 minutes courtesy of a breakthrough from U. Naaber, who scored with a stunning volley following a cross from the right wing. 68 minutes into the game, Banco seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a weak level of organisation. Banco pressed their opponents, causing the game to be a bit of a stalemate at times. After 71 minutes, there was a bit of a mixup on the field as Banco found themselves out of position and their organisation level dropped to poor. Hansaplast tied it all up, 76 minutes in, after a spectacular goal by J. de Faria, who miraculously broke through the home side's central defence, making it 1 - 1. The Banco free kick 79 minutes into the match seemed wasted, as the shot was both short and off target. But was this actually a plan? The ball landed at the feet of L. Grosen, who was completely unmarked in the box. That's 2 - 1! After 89 minutes, Banco felt secure enough to make a tactical change. F. Ilnitskiy and L. Grosen assumed each others positions on the field. Still ahead in the game after 89 minutes, Banco made some tactical adjustments. M. Mavar and P. Agustín Fonfría swapped positions. Possession in this half belonged to Hansaplast, who controlled the ball 51 percent of the time.

F. Stradiotto performed admirably for Banco. U. Naaber turned in a dismal performance, however. Hansaplast's top performer was clearly J. de Faria. P. Cynker was a disappointment, however. The match ends 2 - 1.