puzzuzzese 2 - 1 Avatar_17 (366234358)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 18940 at "La Bernarda Pelosa" today. Slobodan Popović was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Yngve Pedersen and Maxim de Greef. Fans of both teams had been eagerly awaiting this Lazio derby and were doing their best to outshout their opponents. puzzuzzese started off with a 3-4-3 lineup. The following players took the field: Guellec - Loading, Kozmács, Goßmann - Bürkle, Linkevičius, Gonzáles, Chapecó - Chiacchioli, Pintér, Weisz.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Avatar_17. Lineup: Wilcke - Bambu, Christiansen, Broendsted - Hlybotski, Avdibegović, Locca, Kijamet, Legal - Saint-Aubin, van der Mark.

Today, puzzuzzese's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. Players in puzzuzzese heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their central attacks to the wings instead. puzzuzzese made a bid to take the lead as a ball coming in on the right hand side left J. Gonzáles completely alone with keeper R. Wilcke, who made a spectacular block. A mistake by the home side's central defence after 13 minutes allowed G. Locca to score for Avatar_17. The scoreboard now read 0 - 1. The home crowd cheered when, after 16 minutes, G. Locca's charge up the middle resulted in the keeper making one of his best saves of the day. Had it not been for one of the home defenders, S. Saint-Aubin would have put Avatar_17 up another goal 17 minutes into the match with his audacious lob from the right wing. E. Chapecó of puzzuzzese received a yellow card after 21 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. 0 - 1 was the score after the first half. Avatar_17 had most of the ball, with 61 percent of possession.

47 minutes into the match, R. van der Mark came through the middle and almost added to his team's lead, but the shot went wide. R. van der Mark came close to extending the visitors' lead when he found himself completely unmarked in front of the goal after a pass through the middle. He tried to lift the ball over W. Guellec but overcooked it and hit the bar instead. puzzuzzese had a good opportunity to attack in the middle, but remembered their instructions to focus on wing attacks instead. The crowd was on its feet 84 minutes into the match, as puzzuzzese's M. Loading found himself unmarked in front of the goal after a dash up the left side. He calmly put away the 1 - 1 equaliser. With 85 minutes played, M. Bambu of Avatar_17 fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. puzzuzzese broke through on the left 86 minutes into the game, with E. Chapecó firing in from an acute angle to give the home side a 2 - 1 lead. Avatar_17 claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 57 percent.

W. Chiacchioli performed admirably for puzzuzzese. On the other hand, R. Bürkle's play was disheartening. Avatar_17's best player was R. van der Mark. S. Saint-Aubin turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 2 - 1.