richbunited 3 - 3 Teamzone (374453098)

31504 fans braved the pouring rain at Silk House Court. Joachim Håkansson was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Lasse Hagelmo and Paulo Gonçalves. richbunited decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Polzer - Péron, Mari, Eeckhout - Posset, Strobl, Alonso, Schärli, Hänse - Kiiskilä, Pereira.

Teamzone tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players took the field: Berdejo - Ebels, Korkeamäki, Schuttenhelm - Melone, Komínek, Puttnat, Pratscher, Dvorževskis - Phillips, Corvaja.

The strategy for richbunited was to use their ability to press. Teamzone demonstrated their creative tactics on the field. The muddy pitch made the game a gritty affair, which seemed to suit R. Alonso just fine. richbunited's ability to press all over the field frequently paid dividends. richbunited created a good opportunity to score 16 minutes into the match when H. Strobl's hooked ball from the left created a scuffle in front of the goal, and the visitors' defenders had a hard time clearing the ball. A. Posset did not have a good day today, often losing his footing on the muddy pitch. After a fine move down the middle É. Pereira nearly gave the home side a goal after 22 minutes. However the finishing shot went just wide. One of many good crosses from V. Dvorževskis on the wing was received and skillfully taken care of by D. Corvaja, who scored for Teamzone. 0 - 1 0 - 1 was the halftime score. richbunited enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 59 percent of possession.

The rain made it hard for players like A. Phillips to show their technical control of the ball on this soggy day. After a fatal mistake from the away team's right side defence 60 minutes into the match, an alert É. Pereira bagged the ball for richbunited, levelling the score to 1 - 1. Teamzone took the lead after 68 minutes making the score 1 - 2. D. Corvaja placed the ball out of reach for the home side's keeper after a fine move, coming in from the left. With 70 minutes having been played, richbunited scored to make it 2 - 2. A dribble down the left wing, followed by a shot which took a wicked bounce off a defender resulted in the keeper having no chance. Everyone thought it'd been an own goal, but T. Mari was marked down as the scorer. R. Badley was called on to replace richbunited's A. Posset after 75 minutes following a nasty collision. 76 minutes had elapsed when a great chance for richbunited to take the lead after a good cross from the right found F. Schärli alone with the keeper, but he chipped it to the wrong side of the post. D. Corvaja was first to reach a ball launched long through the center from Teamzone's defence 77 minutes into the game. He managed to keep his cool and beat the goalkeeper to make the score 2 - 3. That was his third goal of the match - a hat trick for D. Corvaja. With a shot curled in from just outside the middle of the penalty area after 79 minutes played, J. Kiiskilä of richbunited made the score 3 - 3. richbunited pressed their opponents, causing the game to be a bit of a stalemate at times. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by richbunited, with 54 percent of the ball.

Most important richbunited player was M. Hänse. F. Polzer turned in a dismal performance, however. The most dominating Teamzone player was without a doubt D. Corvaja. V. Puttnat was a disappointment, however. The match ends 3 - 3.