idmanyurdu 0 - 2 monza (350800234)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and Türkiye Terrae saw a crowd turnout of 10506. Jonathan Collin was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Aleksander Wawrzeńczyk and Gwendolin Jaindl. idmanyurdu tactics involved an interesting 4-4-1 combination. The following players had been chosen: Somov - Diestel, Gadecki, Erdeşir, Montana - Orrico, Ferretto, Mangini, Frappampina - Carrino.

monza decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. They fielded: Szentpéteri - Villaverde, Asmeniadis, Labarre - Arcuri, Saastad, Albano, Carlsen, Barrionuevo - Bittner, Ballart.

B. Barrionuevo came close to putting the visiting team one up 7 minutes into the match, following a solo raid down the middle, but R. Somov managed to tip the ball to a corner. D. Bittner had a good try after 21 minutes, coming in on a fine move from the left, but the ball went wide. The guests took the lead 24 minutes into the match, after a right-side attack resulted in E. Carlsen scoring to make it 0 - 1. 0 - 1 was the score after the first half. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by monza, with 69 percent of the ball.

Having been awarded a free kick in an awkward position after 57 minutes, monza did not go for a shot but instead fired the ball hard into the 6 yard box. After a brief tussle with his marker, N. Labarre was able to power the ball past the keeper to make the score 0 - 2. Confident in their lead, monza's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. 62 minutes in, idmanyurdu appeared unsure on how to play and their organisation was only inadequate. D. Ballart was, after 77 minutes, almost able to extend the visitors' lead with a well placed diving header after the ball had looped into the centre, but the home side's keeper R. Somov made the save. monza came close to extending their lead as B. Barrionuevo delivered a low effort on goal from the right after 80 minutes, but the angle was too narrow and the shot went harmlessly into the side netting. 81 minutes into the game, idmanyurdu had difficulty finding their positions and their organisation dropped to poor. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, P. Carrino got himself booked. The manager of idmanyurdu was not happy. monza enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 75 percent of possession.

idmanyurdu's top performer was clearly L. Diestel. M. Mangini on the other hand, had a terrible day. E. Carlsen performed admirably for monza. T. Arcuri turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 0 - 2.