V.M.L.95 6 - 2 man (394214566)

2393 spectators had found their way to Quel mitico Fantacalcio decimo nono, despite the heavy rain. Otto Viitkar was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Marcin Mozol and Roberto Nalda. A 2-5-3 alignment was the formation of choice for V.M.L.95. The following players had been chosen: Sévénier - Trybuła, Baselice - Xiberta, Patteri, Linders, Spessart, Di Baldo - Sorgiovanni, Pilecki, Martínez Barnes.

man started off with a 5-4-1 lineup. Starters: Fays - Muotka, Arrate, November, Asperti, Heule - Mascitti, Ahmadlu, Abkar, Genchi - Khiabani.

Using their counter-attacking abilities was the strategy of choice for V.M.L.95. man clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. Making his way up the middle 14 minutes into the match, F. Sorgiovanni almost managed to squeeze a goal past the visitors' keeper, but the alert G. Fays blocked it to keep the score level. man showed their counterattack skill 15 minutes into the match by breaking through the middle, with M. Ahmadlu scoring uncontested for 0 - 1. R. Xiberta didn't let the weather get him down and made some great moves on the pitch in spite of the rain. 32 minutes into the match, V.M.L.95's D. Linders maneuvered his way around the opposition on the left flank, delighting the crowd with his twists and turns. The effort paid off as the ball found the back of the net, evening the score at 1 - 1. V.M.L.95's L. Baselice was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 33 minutes. V.M.L.95 took the lead 34 minutes into the game by 2 - 1, as W. Spessart elegantly received a long range pass through the middle, finishing off with a half-volley shot just below the bar. V.M.L.95's R. Xiberta increased the lead to 3 - 1, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 42 minutes. 44 minutes into the game, man had difficulty finding their positions and their organisation dropped to passable. 3 - 1 was the halftime score. Possession in this half belonged to V.M.L.95, who controlled the ball 54 percent of the time.

The coach gave his players an extra tactical briefing during the break, and after that man had solid organisation. With 49 minutes played, V.M.L.95 put themselves up 4 - 1 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to W. Spessart, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. V. Martínez Barnes increased the lead for V.M.L.95 to 5 - 1, getting a head onto a hooked ball from the right. The ball looked to have taken a deflection on the way in, but he's claiming it! Confident in their lead, V.M.L.95's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. 71 minutes in, man appeared unsure on how to play and their organisation was only solid. V.M.L.95 made it 6 - 1 as V. Martínez Barnes got a touch to the floated corner kick and flicked the ball to W. Spessart who whipped a low drive in off the far post. That was his third goal of the match - a hat trick for W. Spessart. V.M.L.95's R. Xiberta had an excellent opportunity after 83 minutes, shooting after receiving a pass from the right hand side, but he missed the goal by miles! V.M.L.95 will have to do without R. Xiberta for a time, due to a bad foot injury at the 85 minute mark. He was substituted by R. Larsson. The V.M.L.95 captaincy was handed to D. Patteri. M. Ahmadlu was in the clear after breaking the offside trap following a man counterattack from the left after 89 minutes. His neat finish made the score 6 - 2. man breathed new life into the game with an opportunity to reduce the score after 89 minutes, but the home side's defenders cleared the ball on the line, after a long shot coming in from the left rebounded off the crossbar. V.M.L.95 enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 52 percent of possession.

V.M.L.95's top performer was clearly W. Spessart. E. Trybuła on the other hand, had a terrible day. P. Khiabani performed admirably for man. G. Fays was a disappointment, however. The match ends 6 - 2.