Wham 0 - 1 slice (106758080)

26790 fans braved the pouring rain at The Yacht. Davor Škoda was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Dacian Negulescu and Diego Lasanta. Wham tactics involved an interesting 5-3-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Quisnaca - McKenzie, Maderbacher, van der Geer, Fernandes, Teran - Falborg, Blatter, van Popta - MacWalrick, Schonder.

slice decided to use a 5-3-2 set up. Lineup: Stigin - Ferrier, Gullind, Reichelmeier, Rotariu, Dorner - Fernandez, Butler, Ferrara - Grønkjær, Baardman.

Wham clearly preferred using their ability to attack in the middle. slice clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. J. Dorner didn't let the weather get him down and made some great moves on the pitch in spite of the rain. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, B. Fernandes got himself booked. The manager of Wham was not happy. Good work by the slice defensive line after 27 minutes produced a good counterattack chance, which cut elegantly down the middle of the pitch and found E. Grønkjær alone in front of the goal, but his shot whistled just wide. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 0. Wham claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 68 percent.

Making his way up the middle 54 minutes into the match, J. MacWalrick almost managed to squeeze a goal past the visitors' keeper, but the alert R. Stigin blocked it to keep the score level. slice's Q. Reichelmeier got himself booked for a foul. slice's I. Rotariu gave the visitors a 0 - 1 lead after 60 minutes with a superb strike from the right. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave E. Teran from Wham a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 63 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! M. van der Geer, who often relies on his speed, had a rotten day on the drenched grass. slice will have to do without J. Dorner for a time, due to a bad foot injury at the 74 minute mark. He was substituted by D. Wade. Possession in this half belonged to Wham, who controlled the ball 65 percent of the time.

Wham's top performer was clearly E. Maderbacher. M. van der Geer on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating slice player was without a doubt I. Rotariu. On the other hand, E. Grønkjær's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 1.