Defence 0 - 3 please (392822743)

Clear skies welcomed the 45848 spectators who had made their way to Hypericus Maximus Megalomanicus. Detlef Specker was the appointed referee. Defence had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. The following players took the field: Schraaven - Matthiensen, Gonçalves, Gusó, van den Brandt - Zgutka, de Carvalho, Trancoso, de Wolf - Lievonen, Kivijärvi.

please started off with a 4-5-1 lineup. Starters: Adaos - Lusitani, Barregão, Holubasz, Gilger - Lukács, Gherghina, Maffezzoni, Hillebrand, Dawid - Agrelo.

Defence clearly preferred using their ability to attack in the middle. The wings were the focus of most of please's attacks today. 20 minutes into the match, the referee signalled for a Defence substitution. J. Avola came on for A. Kivijärvi. The visitors grabbed the lead after V. Agrelo's free kick succeeded, resulting in a score of 0 - 1. With 22 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed V. Agrelo of please to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 2. By now, the players in please felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. It was 0 - 2 at the break. please enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 60 percent of possession.

Although the whole team were struggling to impress, Defence's M. Zgutka was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 50 minutes. E. Jordan was given a chance to change things around. The crowd groaned when T. Lievonen, having maneuvered his way down the right, fired the ball just wide and missed a great opportunity to reduce the deficit for Defence. The bench was restless, and with 55 minutes passed Defence's coach gave J. Mika the opportunity the player had been hoping for. N. de Carvalho reluctantly left the field. After a short break after 56 minutes, please seemed to change their tactical approach a bit. R. Hillebrand wanted to play on, but the please coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 72 minutes into the game by C. Fischer. B. Maffezzoni left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 72 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. F. Ricciardi was the replacement. After 76 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed F. Ricciardi to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 3. After 77 minutes, Defence used a short break in the game to take new instructions from their coach. Defence's H. de Wolf was shown a yellow card after 85 minutes for slicing down an opponent. please claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 67 percent.

Defence's top performer was clearly J. Avola. F. Gusó was a disappointment, however. The most dominating please player was without a doubt F. Ricciardi. D. Gilger on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 3.