LeicesterMillers 3 - 1 Gruntfuttock (390067869)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and The_Niall_Geoghegan_Arena saw a crowd turnout of 38426. Armin Jahnick was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Renaud Biet and Jaroslav Štefka. LeicesterMillers tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players took the field: Macias - Thornton, Thompson, Stefanov - Downing, Stach, Coton, Hall, Adema - Vietio, Ryan.

A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Gruntfuttock. The following players had been chosen: Ortíz - Al-Shurman, Loebbeke, Törnling, MacCorkle - Issten, Floridia, Irwin, Vašátko - Wiklund, Williams.

LeicesterMillers created a good opportunity to score 1 minutes into the match when S. Stach's hooked ball from the left created a scuffle in front of the goal, and the visitors' defenders had a hard time clearing the ball. A mistake by the home side's central defence after 18 minutes allowed S. Wiklund to score for Gruntfuttock. The scoreboard now read 0 - 1. Gruntfuttock had a great opportunity to score following a counterattack after 39 minutes, but A. Vašátko's shot from the left sailed high over the bar. 0 - 1 was the score after the first half. LeicesterMillers claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 71 percent.

After 47 minutes of play, E. Coton equalised for LeicesterMillers after an elegant attack from the right. The visitors' central defence should have had no trouble clearing the pass to S. Adema, but the LeicesterMillers player managed to shrug them off and fired a low shot past the keeper to give his team the lead. 2 - 1! LeicesterMillers put in a good effort on the right, but S. Ryan saw his volley fly wide of the mark 72 minutes into the game. Cheers filled the stadium as E. Coton broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 3 - 1 to LeicesterMillers. S. Ryan made a quick rush after 74 minutes, but R. Loebbeke had no problems keeping up the pace and stopped the attack. C. Doone was called on to replace Gruntfuttock's G. Floridia after 82 minutes following a nasty collision. Coming from the right, S. Ryan almost managed to score another goal for LeicesterMillers, but his header was tipped over the bar by the visitors' keeper. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by LeicesterMillers, with 76 percent of the ball.

LeicesterMillers's best player was S. Ryan. However, T. Stefanov made a disastrous appearance. Gruntfuttock's top performer was clearly J. Ortíz. H. Törnling was a disappointment, however. The match ends 3 - 1.