FRESKEZZA 2 - 1 palloseura (394307953)

It had rained all day, but 317 hardy fans still made it out to Casper Stadium. Djalminha Áreas was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Raffaele Natalicchio and Jonathan Expert. FRESKEZZA had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. Starters: Solcia - Migliozzi, Pasquale, Grabbi, Di Gioia - Corsini, Teolis, Vădan, Cinti - Žīgurs, Spangler.

palloseura decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players took the field: Tripon - Kerko, Kononoff, Hietikko - Petäjäinen, Mailander, Fevgas, Halminen, Muhli - Bastiaens, Carreras.

palloseura clearly preferred using their ability to attack in the middle. In a rapid move 22 minutes into the match, M. Carreras of palloseura lost his man and passed the ball to the unmarked D. Bastiaens who easily hit it home to make it 0 - 1. Luckily the ref didn't see him taunting the opposing fans in celebration - naughty boy! With 31 minutes played, FRESKEZZA's A. Vădan found an opening in the visitors' left side defence, but his shot was handled easily by the keeper. FRESKEZZA's M. Di Gioia put his head to a well placed ball, lifted in from the left, and scored to make the score 1 - 1 with 33 minutes showing on the scoreboard clock. 1 - 1 was the halftime score. FRESKEZZA had most of the ball, with 56 percent of possession.

At 78 minutes played, M. Di Gioia came in from the right with the intention of giving FRESKEZZA the lead, but his rocket of a shot rattled the crossbar. A. Žīgurs of FRESKEZZA was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. FRESKEZZA were very close to putting themselves one up after 84 minutes as A. Žīgurs got through on the left, but failing in concentration, he shot the ball wide. Thighs bulging, M. Pasquale charged past the weaker players, seemingly oblivious to the rain. 86 minutes in, palloseura's T. Muhli received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Many thought M. Di Gioia ought to have been awarded a penalty 88 minutes into the game, as he went down trying to dribble around I. Tripon after a determined run through the middle. FRESKEZZA's A. Grabbi was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 89 minutes. R. Teolis gave FRESKEZZA the lead as he successfully challenged the guests' central defenders, then slotted the ball into the bottom corner, giving the keeper no chance. 2 - 1 Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by FRESKEZZA, with 53 percent of the ball.

FRESKEZZA's best player was M. Spangler. G. Cinti was a disappointment, however. palloseura's top performer was clearly M. Carreras. Y. Fevgas on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 2 - 1.