rivendell 3 - 2 wizzer's (367344368)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 46234 had shown up at Mount Doom Stadium for the match. Andrés Villalba was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Nic Timmermans and Adrien Manchon. rivendell started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Starters: Espadañero - Silvino, Cabarrús, Maniez - Capritti, Wilstra, Ferrer, Fuster, Cuartas - Luca, Matinlassi.

wizzer's had chosen a strategic 4-3-3 formation. They fielded: Caetano - Höhn, Sałyga, Arenas, Kowalczewski - Lusini, Creus, Bacetić - Erlandsen, Bragado, Calvera.

wizzer's clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. 3 minutes into the game, J. Arenas finished off a wizzer's left wing counterattack, making the score 0 - 1. F. Luca made a superb strike after 20 minutes with a shot straight in front of the goal after a long ball through the middle, but one of the visitors' defenders got a foot in at the last second and warded it off for a corner. wizzer's's B. Lusini left the field after 35 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was J. Walschap. rivendell's C. Ferrer got himself booked for a foul. 0 - 1 was the halftime score. Possession in this half belonged to rivendell, who controlled the ball 71 percent of the time.

After 47 minutes, Q. Fuster made a dash down the middle past the away team's defenders to score the goal that made it 1 - 1. After 54 minutes, K. Matinlassi came in from the right, feinted, then sped past the off-balance defender to make the score 2 - 1, giving rivendell the lead. After 55 minutes K. Matinlassi made a speedy advance and dropped the ball to F. Luca who shuffled it past the keeper. The score was now 3 - 1. 56 minutes into the match, K. Maniez could have extended the lead, but his powerful free kick went just over the bar. J. Bragado stunned the crowd with a brilliant counterattack from the left, giving wizzer's the goal to make it 3 - 2. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by rivendell, with 72 percent of the ball.

The most dominating rivendell player was without a doubt A. Silvino. M. Cabarrús was a disappointment, however. J. Bragado performed admirably for wizzer's. D. Bacetić on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 3 - 2.