TARUGOS 3 - 0 Aquakeizers (378802867)

It had rained all day, but 1454 hardy fans still made it out to TARUGUITO ARENA. András Hidegkuti was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Glenn Hammer and Stephen Koevoets. TARUGOS had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players took the field: Cuccu - Chernokrylov, Albariño, Alquézar - Köppl, Mitov, Banay, Łęgosz, Schoeffel - Rehse, Barrenechea.

Aquakeizers tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Lineup: van Zomeren - Koster, Galli, Coens - Bunskoek, Çelen, Rajnert, Lederer, Neuberger - Kucypera, van Avendonk.

After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, A. Çelen got himself booked. The manager of Aquakeizers was not happy. TARUGOS had a good opportunity to take the lead as M. Łęgosz came up the left side, but he struck the ball weakly and it went straight into the arms of Z. van Zomeren. E. Banay spent most of the time in a heap on the ground today, his normally rapid movement hindered by the slippery pitch. TARUGOS's A. Mitov had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 36 minutes having been played. S. Shabkhiz was the replacement. After 38 minutes, S. Shabkhiz came in from the right, feinted, then sped past the off-balance defender to make the score 1 - 0, giving TARUGOS the lead. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 0. TARUGOS enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 62 percent of possession.

55 minutes into the game, F. Bunskoek almost tied it all up for the visitors with an expertly placed free kick. Unfortunately for Aquakeizers, the home keeper made an incredible save. Thighs bulging, M. Schoeffel charged past the weaker players, seemingly oblivious to the rain. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave P. Kucypera from Aquakeizers a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 64 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! E. Barrenechea could have put TARUGOS up one more, but he fired into the side netting after breaking free on the left after 69 minutes. 74 minutes in, TARUGOS's S. Shabkhiz received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Due to a severely mistimed tackle, P. Galli of Aquakeizers spent some time on the grass writhing in agony before he could get up and continue the game. With 82 minutes played, TARUGOS put themselves up 2 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to S. Shabkhiz, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. By now, the players in TARUGOS felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. TARUGOS's J. Alquézar increased the lead to 3 - 0, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 83 minutes. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by TARUGOS, with 67 percent of the ball.

The most dominating TARUGOS player was without a doubt S. Shabkhiz. J. Alquézar on the other hand, had a terrible day. Aquakeizers's best player was K. Lederer. L. van Avendonk turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 3 - 0.