The D'oh's 1 - 2 Golazzo (378133208)

60000 spectators had come to Moe's this cloudy day. Stefano Lanzone was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Anders Karlsen and Blake Cuevas. A 4-5-1 alignment was the formation of choice for The D'oh's. Lineup: Petrişor - Parască, Iancu, Dragotă, Comăneci - Ofstad, Chiran, Sandu, Tresoglavić, Obreja - Mazăre.

Golazzo decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players took the field: Briciu - Panin, Pellanda, Flapper - Láng, Blegu, Simionescu, Corvaglia, Pasiewicz - Ghiţă, Tarãu.

The D'oh's showed off their creative tactics. The D'oh's had a chance to take the lead after T. Mazăre's dazzling drive up the left, but the opportunity fizzled out as his shot went just over the bar after 18 minutes. L. Láng's fine footwork caused nothing but headaches for L. Parască. The keeper wasn't fooled however, and confidently scooped up the ball. After 23 minutes, there was a bit of a mixup on the field as The D'oh's found themselves out of position and their organisation level dropped to weak. 23 minutes of the match played, and a comedy of errors by the home side gave the visitors a chance at the lead, but M. Corvaglia, after finding himself dashing down on goal from the left with only the keeper to beat, sliced his shot horribly wide. A. Obreja really should have scored when he was chosen by fate to confront a wide open goal following a great play by V. Tresoglavić after a corner. 31 minutes into the game, The D'oh's seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a weak level of organisation. I. Tarãu had a good opportunity to give Golazzo the lead as he charged down the right and struck the ball towards the top corner, but the home team's goalkeeper made the save. 36 minutes in, The D'oh's appeared unsure on how to play and their organisation was only poor. After 39 minutes, Golazzo put themselves up 0 - 1, as M. Corvaglia finished off a strike from the left with a real cannonball of a shot. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 1. Golazzo enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 52 percent of possession.

The The D'oh's players spent the break getting a rerun of the team's tactical organisation and regained a passable organisation when the game started again. The coach of Golazzo was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 63 minutes, J. Lantz came on for M. Corvaglia. 73 minutes in, Golazzo's I. Panin received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. The player down was B. Sandu. The The D'oh's bench looked worried for a while, but in the end he managed to get up. After 75 minutes, the Golazzo players received new instructions from their manager on how to keep in control of the game. A tussle 77 minutes into the match resulted in a penalty being awarded to the home team and Ø. Ofstad put the ball into the back of the net without any difficulty. That tied the score up at 1 - 1. Golazzo's S. Flapper was shown a yellow card after 83 minutes for slicing down an opponent. The D'oh's had most of the ball, with 51 percent of possession.

As neither team was able to break the deadlock before the end of regular play, the teams took to the field again for extra time. The coach gave his players an extra tactical briefing during the break, and after that The D'oh's had solid organisation. Some quick footwork on the left side of the field 96 minutes into the match left Golazzo's L. Láng completely free to score. 1 - 2 for the visitors. With that Golazzo had won the game in extra time. The D'oh's's top performer was clearly S. Chiran. However, A. Obreja made a disastrous appearance. The most dominating Golazzo player was without a doubt I. Tarãu. J. Lantz turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 1 - 2.