rovers123 0 - 3 Blackbirdz (374453108)

Clouds darkened the skies at hell as 28777 spectators turned up for the match. Manuel Forjaz was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Matteo Desogus and Mark Vincent Neumeister. rovers123 started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Lineup: Teixeira Jesus - Schalks, Cetina, Azeitão - Piovani, Crossley, Iturbe, Knowles, van Orsouw - Farnese, Nanowski.

Blackbirdz decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. They fielded: Melo - Peca, Järvelä, Wallenstein - Villa, Rošić, Aragó, Hansen, Fruet - Weismuller, Baccarani.

rovers123 mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. It was an obvious ambition of Blackbirdz to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. rovers123 had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle attacks. Some great play up the middle by rovers123 led to a chance for D. Farnese to score after 2 minutes, but the shot hit the crossbar. Blackbirdz had to manage with a reduced squad after 11 minutes, as M. Peca got sent off for a needless foul away from the game's action. 0 - 0 was the score after the first half. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Blackbirdz, with 56 percent of the ball.

After 46 minutes, the Blackbirdz coach wanted to see a new face on the pitch, waving B. Rošić off the field. J. Formby took his place. A. Wallenstein was the new captain of Blackbirdz - handed the armband by the departing player. Attacking on the wings was the choice for Blackbirdz, and they were successfully passing the ball from the middle to the wings to attack. Some good play on the left wing created an opportunity for the visitors 57 minutes into the match, and J. Formby wasn't about to let it go by. He got past the defenders and fired a shot that the keeper just missed. 0 - 1 for the visitors. After 59 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed G. Hansen to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 2. The players of Blackbirdz now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. The home crowd was not impressed when N. Villa came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 65 minutes. Blackbirdz were now up 0 - 3. Possession in this half belonged to Blackbirdz, who controlled the ball 55 percent of the time.

rovers123's top performer was clearly H. Schalks. However, G. Cetina made a disastrous appearance. M. Baccarani performed admirably for Blackbirdz. M. Fruet on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 3.