Rollers 4 – 2 socceroos

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20-12-2008 14:10

12000 punters turned up at Sin City Arena, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came.
Rollers started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Starters: Pitzek - Armaño, Luft, Bennemühlen - Haapasalo, Habla, Schockaert, Truszkowski, Ahi - Vītolds, Setznagel.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for socceroos. They fielded: Alcazaba - Irlius, Trãistaru, Ezpeleta - Johansson, Olofsson, Caranza, Oud, Jespersson - Sjouwerman, González.

Witold Truszkowski came in from the right with the intention of giving Rollers the lead, but his rocket of a shot rattled the crossbar. They were singing the praises of Jiri Haapasalo at the 22:th minute after his speculative chip from just outside the centre part of the opponent's penalty area found its way over the visitors keeper to make the score 1 - 0 for Rollers. The referee was not popular with the home supporters after he awarded socceroos a penalty in the 26:th minute. Agripino Caranza made no mistake, levelling the score to 1 - 1. Rollers fans held their breath as Gints Vītolds scampered down the left side. He successfully avoided all challenges and cracked home the go-ahead goal for 2-1! It was 2 - 1 at the break.
Rollers held the ball, with a clear 64 percent of possession.

In the 53:th minute, Rollers's Jürgen Bennemühlen fired home the 3 - 1 goal from an incredible distance! In the game's 62:th minute Rollers's Geert Habla limped slightly after a late challenge, but he was able to continue. The visitors' right side was dangerous today; Serafín González made the home team's keeper look foolish as he easily reduced the lead to make it 3 - 2 in the 68:th minute. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in Rollers's Gerrit Schockaert putting the lead up to 4 - 2.

The forty-five minutes were dominated by Rollers, with an impressive 60 percent possession of the ball.

The most dominating Rollers player was without a doubt Witold Truszkowski. On the other hand, René Pitzek's play was disheartening. The most dominating socceroos player was without a doubt Serafín González. On the other hand, Saúl Alcazaba's play was disheartening. The match ends 4 - 2.