tricolor 8 - 0 force (377878058)

Due to an all-day shower, 2377 paying spectators got to see a match on a pitch-turned-bog at Leonidas da Silva (Panela de Pressão). Vitus Seewald was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Rasmus Öhrdahl and Rikard Persson. A 3-4-3 alignment was the formation of choice for tricolor. Starters: Harsch - Constant, Simões, Costa Manso - Lenharo, Assumpção, Kamphuis, Aloisi - Matarangolo, Crostalo, Amadei.

force had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Hansen-Haug - Bordi, Mononen, Vartiainen, Sipponen - Pietilä, Nokela, Mahlapuu, Viljamaa - Tuominen, Savikko.

Using their counter-attacking abilities was the strategy of choice for force. The tricolor free kick 3 minutes into the match seemed wasted, as the shot was both short and off target. But was this actually a plan? The ball landed at the feet of S. Lenharo, who was completely unmarked in the box. That's 1 - 0! M. Viljamaa of force received a yellow card after 14 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. Cheers filled the stadium as R. Aloisi broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 2 - 0 to tricolor. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. E. Assumpção squirmed through their central defence after 21 minutes, increasing the lead to 3 - 0. A. Nokela didn't let the weather get him down and made some great moves on the pitch in spite of the rain. tricolor put themselves up 4 - 0 when G. Amadei broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. By now, the players in tricolor felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. With 38 minutes gone, tricolor had a free kick in a decent position. Despite this being a great chance for a shot, they tried a cheeky move intended to bypass the defence. However, R. Matarangolo did not manage to connect with it cleanly and the ball went out. 4 - 0 was the score after the first half. tricolor enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 75 percent of possession.

The bench was restless, and with 46 minutes passed force's coach gave P. Salenius the opportunity the player had been hoping for. J. Pietilä reluctantly left the field. After 46 minutes, force switched M. Viljamaa with J. Tikkunen, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. With 46 minutes played, the force coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. J. Rahja came on, H. Mahlapuu had to leave the fray. After 63 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and U. Costa Manso gave the tricolor supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 5 - 0. After 65 minutes, G. Amadei put tricolor ahead 6 - 0 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. tricolor's E. Assumpção increased the lead to 7 - 0, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 66 minutes. L. Crostalo should probably have put his team up another goal after 69 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by K. Hansen-Haug kept the visitors in the game. tricolor increased the lead as R. Matarangolo struck to make the score 8 - 0 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave E. Assumpção from tricolor a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 82 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! tricolor claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 74 percent.

tricolor's best player was E. Assumpção. R. Constant turned in a dismal performance, however. Most important force player was V. Tuominen. On the other hand, K. Hansen-Haug's play was disheartening. The match ends 8 - 0.