*ANZAL* 2 - 0 SHFC (389279387)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 62000 to CHiCHi-LAS. Adikara Balaji was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Rizah Luburić and Joseph Wellinger. *ANZAL* tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Westerstede - Alizadeh, Twumasi, Taherkhan - Han, Ernst, Kaebi, Krzysztofek, Heine-Vāgners - Gerardi, García.

SHFC had chosen a strategic 5-2-3 formation. The following players took the field: Westenborg - Mouroux, Emamian, Zehnal, Manai, Hashemiravan - Cardelle, Buddel - Stikić, Meléndez Vidal, Ardoso.

For their match strategy, SHFC had decided to use their ability to counter-attack whenever possible. 9 minutes had elapsed when a great chance for *ANZAL* to take the lead after a good cross from the right found E. García alone with the keeper, but he chipped it to the wrong side of the post. 18 minutes into the game, SHFC seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to weak. *ANZAL* had a chance to take the lead after K. Taherkhan's dazzling drive up the left, but the opportunity fizzled out as his shot went just over the bar after 27 minutes. At 39 minutes played, E. García came in from the right with the intention of giving *ANZAL* the lead, but his rocket of a shot rattled the crossbar. It was 0 - 0 at the break. *ANZAL* enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 88 percent of possession.

During the break, SHFC's coach went through the team's tactics yet again, getting them up to solid organisation. 49 minutes into the match and the home team took a 1 - 0 lead after breaking through on the left. The scorer for *ANZAL* was A. Alizadeh. 50 minutes in, *ANZAL*'s A. Heine-Vāgners received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. With 60 minutes played, the SHFC coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. R. Frolaz came on, R. Cardelle had to leave the fray. 69 minutes into the game, SHFC had difficulty finding their positions and their organisation dropped to passable. With 72 minutes gone, A. Buddel suddenly found himself completely free on the right wing when a counterattack by SHFC caught their opponents by surprise. Only a great save by the opposing keeper prevented him from scoring. After 75 minutes, T. Han sprinted between the opposing defenders and squared the ball, but the keeper deflected C. Gerardi's shot. Cheers filled the stadium as K. Taherkhan broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 2 - 0 to *ANZAL*. After this, you could see that the players of *ANZAL* were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. After 81 minutes, following yet another great corner, T. Mouroux's flick on at the near post reached P. Zehnal, who was just wide with his snapshot - the ball went out for a goal kick. *ANZAL*'s A. Krzysztofek swung in a good chance from the left, but the visitors' defence were able to clear the ball. SHFC almost scored after a swift counterattack 84 minutes into the game, but R. Meléndez Vidal put the shot from the left flank just outside the goal. 85 minutes in, SHFC appeared unsure on how to play and their organisation was only inadequate. *ANZAL* claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 89 percent.

*ANZAL*'s top performer was clearly A. Alizadeh. However, T. Han made a disastrous appearance. SHFC's best player was F. Stikić. J. Emamian on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 2 - 0.