United 2 - 2 mama (349877587)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 5911 had shown up at 7 Arena for the match. Bob Lindberg was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Leif Andersson and Jędrzej Bączyk. United had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. Lineup: Vargas - Talaş, Cearnău, Răducea, David - Bolfă, Moise, de Morais, Tat - Şarpe, Bălănescu.

mama tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. The following players took the field: Ruiz - Chlebowski, Chalot, Omelianovitch, Haro - Abdrakhmanov, Rasovas, Bugailiškis, Avornicesei - Biesma, Ciupek.

United were mostly trying to use their skill at attacking on the flanks. This was a good period for the visitors, with several opportunities to take the lead, particularly when T. Rasovas slipped through the defence on the right to come up alone against A. Vargas, but the home side's keeper showed his lightning reflexes. 7 minutes into the match, mama nearly took the lead, as Y. Abdrakhmanov broke through on the right. A. Vargas made the save, however. I. Talaş caused the crowd to go mental with his goal up the middle after 16 minutes. This gave United the 1 - 0 lead. D. Avornicesei neatly controlled the ball after a short corner, and knocked it on to K. Chlebowski who had the whole net open before him, but only managed to hit the post. Coming through the middle M. Haro almost scored the equaliser for mama after 34 minutes, but A. Vargas made an excellent save, tipping the awkwardly curled shot past the post. After 37 minutes United's D. Tat contracted a slight foot injury, but didn't want to leave the game. mama tied it all up, 38 minutes in, after a spectacular goal by I. Omelianovitch, who miraculously broke through the home side's central defence, making it 1 - 1. 1 - 1 was the halftime score. mama enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 54 percent of possession.

After 46 minutes, the mama coach wanted to see a new face on the pitch, waving G. Biesma off the field. M. Aşir took his place. After 58 minutes, mama's D. Avornicesei made his way through the middle and nonchalantly placed the ball out of the keeper's reach, putting the visitors up 1 - 2. A. Vargas got a fingertip on Y. Abdrakhmanov's shot from the left 64 minutes in, and managed to keep the visitors from going up another goal. 72 minutes in, and United were able to score the equalising goal to make it 2 - 2 when D. Tat picked up a pass coming in from the right and chipped it past the away team's keeper. mama's J. Bugailiškis could have put the guests one up after 73 minutes after chasing a through ball from the right, but A. Vargas was as fast as a snake, grabbing the ball from under his nose. mama's Y. Abdrakhmanov was shown a yellow card after 74 minutes for slicing down an opponent. L. Bălănescu would have preferred to play on, but his coach decided otherwise. D. Holbea entered the game for United as the match clock showed 75 minutes. Possession in this half belonged to mama, who controlled the ball 53 percent of the time.

United's best player was D. Şarpe. A. Vargas turned in a dismal performance, however. The most dominating mama player was without a doubt M. Aşir. Y. Abdrakhmanov was a disappointment, however. The match ends 2 - 2.