Rovers 1 - 6 Warriors (379141424)

Clouds darkened the skies at The Rovers Den as 1189 spectators turned up for the match. Thomas Flyvbjerg was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Gianluca Arcangeli and Victor Zãbavã. Rovers had chosen a strategic 4-5-1 formation. The following players took the field: Moore - Briceño, Avila, Stienstra, Quiros - Buscher, Capece, Curran, Velouchiotis, Hart - Gortari.

Warriors decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Dale - Desmond, Sanditon, Kim - Vecherya, Cospindo, Buckley, Yanev, Cremerius - Hickman, Cusiel.

Warriors saw most attack opportunities on the wings. Warriors were determined to attack on the wing and their central attempts were constantly abandoned in favour of the wings. The home crowd was not impressed by the fancy moves of Warriors's R. Cusiel after 17 minutes. He converted a pass from the left for a goal, resulting in the visitors taking the 0 - 1 lead. Players in Warriors heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their central attacks to the wings instead. A drive down the left side allowed A. Yanev to get in close and score another goal for Warriors after 31 minutes, taking the score to 0 - 2. Rovers didn't give in and with 35 minutes played K. Stienstra was able to make the score 1 - 2 after an attack on the right. 1 - 2 was the score after the first half. Possession in this half belonged to Warriors, who controlled the ball 54 percent of the time.

After 52 minutes, Warriors's G. Sanditon burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 1 - 3. S. Kim of Warriors took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 70 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 1 - 4. Confident in their lead, Warriors's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. An amazing free kick flew past the home keeper 76 minutes into the match, putting Warriors ahead 1 - 5. O. Vecherya was the scorer. Rovers had to make a substitution after 80 minutes. L. Hart limped off the field and was replaced by S. Wieczorek. After 81 minutes G. Buscher could have reduced the lead with a blistering strike from the left wing, had it not been for an excellent block by the visitors' keeper. P. Hickman of Warriors was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. Warriors's O. Vecherya made it through the home team's defence on the right hand side 83 minutes into the match. After rounding the keeper, he only had to place the ball in the unguarded goal when a defender slid in and cleared the ball off the line. R. Desmond received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 84 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 1 - 6. The Warriors fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. 87 minutes in, Rovers's G. Buscher received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Warriors, with 56 percent of the ball.

Rovers's top performer was clearly L. Curran. P. Capece turned in a dismal performance, however. D. Cospindo performed admirably for Warriors. On the other hand, R. Dale's play was disheartening. The match ends 1 - 6.