hollow 5 - 2 Sprint (393761306)

3273 punters turned up at Zangetsu, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Mihai Ştefan was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Raúl Navarro and Marno Overman. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for hollow. Starters: Polónia - Honig, Mane, Urban - Carol, Căciulan, bin Taha, Lohmüller, Gráf - Trumms, 德毅 (Deyi).

Sprint decided to use a 3-4-3 set up. Lineup: Stępkowski - Tolerano, Escande, von Moy - Van Vugt, Tloome, Alexiev, Vidts - Jaritz, Hardenbol, Coessens.

T. Vidts came close to putting the visiting team one up 24 minutes into the match, following a solo raid down the middle, but T. Polónia managed to tip the ball to a corner. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, L. Escande got himself booked. The manager of Sprint was not happy. The corner kick from L. Alexiev was powerfully met by the head of G. von Moy to make the score 0 - 1. After a fatal mistake from the away team's right side defence 41 minutes into the match, an alert E. Trumms bagged the ball for hollow, levelling the score to 1 - 1. Given a free kick close to the byline, Sprint tried a move that loyal fans may recognise from training. A pass to the side pulled the defence out of position which let G. von Moy slip through on goal. He didn't have to break his stride, and slipped the ball past the keeper to make it 1 - 2, 42 minutes into the game. 1 - 2 was the score after the first half. hollow claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 57 percent.

J. Van Vugt left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 46 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. M. Micarelli was the replacement. After 57 minutes of play, E. Trumms equalised for hollow after an elegant attack from the right. 60 minutes into the game, Sprint wanted to bring some new energy to their game. G. von Moy gave M. Elliot a quick hug as he left the field. The coach of Sprint wanted to try to change things around after 61 minutes, and gave new tactical instructions. A. Carol gave hollow the lead as he successfully challenged the guests' central defenders, then slotted the ball into the bottom corner, giving the keeper no chance. 3 - 2 With 65 minutes played, hollow put themselves up 4 - 2 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to K. Mane, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. Although the whole team were struggling to impress, Sprint's L. Alexiev was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 75 minutes. S. Haraldsson was given a chance to change things around. The Sprint players listened closely to their manager, as he gave new tactical instructions for the team. A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of hollow to 5 - 2 as 方. 德毅 (Deyi) finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. At this point, it was obvious that the players of hollow lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. Possession in this half belonged to hollow, who controlled the ball 57 percent of the time.

Most important hollow player was E. Trumms. K. Mane was a disappointment, however. Sprint's top performer was clearly S. Haraldsson. F. Hardenbol turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 5 - 2.