submarino 2 - 1 Pony (363806357)

1366 spectators arrived at J&B Arena, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Juan Alberto Raposo was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Giorgio Consolo and Buddy Sloan. submarino tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. They fielded: Klose - Sullivan, Morás, Herzog - Klepacz, Sandoval, Portavales, Teixeira, Schellevis - Pelak, Konetzovski.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Pony. Starters: Pozo - Vergas, Pozo, Pozo - Spagnuolo, Cīsis, Bender, Ervasti, Lebre - Serrano Crespo, Tinaglia.

It was an obvious ambition of submarino to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. submarino's O. Schellevis was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 9 minutes. With 22 minutes played, C. Sandoval of submarino fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. After some beautiful movement down the left wing, C. Sandoval scored for submarino putting them ahead 1 - 0, after 29 minutes. V. Ervasti could have made it all square after 37 minutes, if only his free kick had been a few inches to the other side of the post. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 0. Pony enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 59 percent of possession.

M. Herzog showed why he is feared on the counterattack, breaking through in the middle and scoring for submarino after 71 minutes to make the score 2 - 0. At this point, it was obvious that the players of submarino lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. The home crowd was silenced as V. Ervasti took a successful penalty shot 74 minutes into the game, reducing the home lead to 2 - 1. Pony had most of the ball, with 59 percent of possession.

The most dominating submarino player was without a doubt O. Schellevis. M. Klose turned in a dismal performance, however. K. Cīsis performed admirably for Pony. On the other hand, D. Pozo's play was disheartening. The match ends 2 - 1.