manasal 0 - 1 backstreet (383008823)

The 16670 spectators at centenario were in for an afternoon of sunshine. Francis Hermain was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Erik Eneander and Will Koemans. manasal decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. They fielded: Butuc - Claes, Vergnani, Tamaro - Bensa-Id, Winter, Vinther, Sittstav, Hermo - Zaundegi, Vúlchev.

backstreet tactics involved an interesting 4-5-1 combination. The following players had been chosen: Cirò - Herrich, Gas, Araujo, Duquenne - Di Pietro, Baerntatz, Hermansson, Sirel, Rendo - Wunder.

manasal's K. Vinther tried to break through in the middle repeatedly, but couldn't get past the visitors' defenders. 17 minutes into the game, manasal seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a poor level of organisation. F. Herrich behaved like an inexperienced youth player after 19 minutes as he gave the ball away to P. Hermo. Lucky for him though, there was no goal. backstreet's L. Baerntatz managed to lose the defenders as he advanced down the right wing and scored, putting the visitors ahead after 28 minutes. 0 - 1. 30 minutes in, backstreet's F. Herrich received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. 0 - 1 was the halftime score. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by backstreet, with 57 percent of the ball.

Despite his frustration resulting in the smashing of a few teacups, the coach of manasal was able to get his message across, and raised manasal's organisation to passable. The sun seemed to put M. Araujo in a great mood, and he showed off his technical skills all match long. I. Zaundegi made a superb strike after 65 minutes with a shot straight in front of the goal after a long ball through the middle, but one of the visitors' defenders got a foot in at the last second and warded it off for a corner. The intense heat forced B. Claes into making some errors because he couldn't seem to keep up with the others. backstreet enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 51 percent of possession.

K. Vinther performed admirably for manasal. However, H. Bensa-Id made a disastrous appearance. backstreet's best player was N. Wunder. P. Cirò on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 1.