Litrabols 2 - 4 Gooners (366388384)

Clear skies welcomed the 74905 spectators who had made their way to Arena Druviena. Williams Tilley was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Roald Sakariassen and Kostas Aggelakas. Litrabols started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Starters: Parnaíba - Bredesen, Souza Ramos, Brambs - Brun, Gjermundsen, Derosset, Kalinin, Huijdts - Rohatschek, Szöllősi.

Gooners decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Lineup: Amat - Wells, Rutigliano, Neubauer - Kreienredder, Fedor, Fryska, Rumpeltin, Sammet - Scarano, Lendwith.

The home crowd breathed a collective sigh of relief when P. Lendwith was unable to put the ball in the net after his show of skill down the left 19 minutes into the match. He was seen beating the pitch in frustration at missing such a good chance to give his team the lead! After 31 minutes, the Gooners coach wanted to see a new face on the pitch, waving P. Lendwith off the field. C. Douchet took his place. After 31 minutes, the Gooners coach had a quick word about the tactical set-up and decided to try another approach. D. Fryska came close to putting the visiting team one up 39 minutes into the match, following a solo raid down the middle, but D. Parnaíba managed to tip the ball to a corner. Litrabols were very close to putting themselves one up after 40 minutes as S. Szöllősi got through on the left, but failing in concentration, he shot the ball wide. 0 - 0 was the halftime score. Gooners claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 53 percent.

Making his way up the middle 56 minutes into the match, A. Rohatschek almost managed to squeeze a goal past the visitors' keeper, but the alert R. Amat blocked it to keep the score level. K. Rumpeltin would have preferred to play on, but his coach decided otherwise. A. Ajvaz entered the game for Gooners as the match clock showed 61 minutes. The terraces were silenced after 74 minutes when Gooners's B. Scarano put the guests ahead 0 - 1, following an attack on the right. 77 minutes into the match, Gooners's S. Sammet demonstrated his famed speed as he raced past his marker and passed the ball to C. Douchet who chipped it in for 0 - 2. A defender managed to keep the ball from crossing the goal-line after a curling shot coming in from the right from B. Scarano after 78 minutes, and prevented Gooners from going up another goal. The home crowd was given a certain amount of consolation when N. Derosset scored after a brilliant midfield combination through the centre, reducing the lead to 1 - 2. Gooners's S. Sammet was dominating his wing and kept sending fine balls into the opposition's box - C. Douchet managed to volley one of them into the net to make it 1 - 3 after 82 minutes. A drive down the left side allowed P. Rutigliano to get in close and score another goal for Gooners after 84 minutes, taking the score to 1 - 4. A penalty kick was awarded to Litrabols 85 minutes into the match, and S. Szöllősi expertly put it away. 2 - 4. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Gooners, with 55 percent of the ball.

Litrabols's top performer was clearly A. Rohatschek. B. Brun on the other hand, had a terrible day. Gooners's best player was C. Douchet. On the other hand, S. Kreienredder's play was disheartening. The match ends 2 - 4.