D3M0N5 1 - 4 zabavaci (187503368)

60000 punters turned up at D3M0N5 Arena, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Harold Reijne was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Kaj Hildebrandt and Conny Svensson. A 4-3-3 alignment was the formation of choice for D3M0N5. The following players took the field: Alvarado - Arendsen, Sádovský, Bouchon, Jensen - Fleury, Suh, Oude-Luttikhuis - van der Maar, den Besten, Palm.

zabavaci decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Lineup: Alecu - Minicucci, Eads, Veracket - Weaver, Pierrieux, Kvam, Shpringer, Chadha - Delgado, Bøge.

D3M0N5 clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. zabavaci mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. 26 minutes of the match played, and a comedy of errors by the home side gave the visitors a chance at the lead, but J. Delgado, after finding himself dashing down on goal from the left with only the keeper to beat, sliced his shot horribly wide. After 31 minutes zabavaci's D. Eads limped slightly after a late challenge, but he was able to continue. The visitors' central defence should have had no trouble clearing the pass to A. Palm, but the D3M0N5 player managed to shrug them off and fired a low shot past the keeper to give his team the lead. 1 - 0! zabavaci levelled the score after 36 minutes to make it 1 - 1, as Z. Shpringer struck home after a fine midfield combination through the centre, which left him completely unmarked. The terraces were silenced after 39 minutes when zabavaci's B. Chadha put the guests ahead 1 - 2, following an attack on the right. 1 - 2 was the halftime score. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by zabavaci, with 66 percent of the ball.

With the scoreboard showing that 48 minutes had been played, zabavaci nearly put themselves up another goal after R. Bøge came through on the left. Fortunately for the home crowd, the keeper made the save. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, J. Sádovský got himself booked. The manager of D3M0N5 was not happy. There was concern in the stands when, at the 63 minute mark, D3M0N5's S. Suh hit the ground hard, but he refused the attention of the trainer and rejoined his teammates on the pitch. After 66 minutes of game time, R. Bøge had an excellent opportunity to add to the visitors' lead, clipping a volley hooked in from the right, but E. Alvarado was in the right place and tipped the ball over for a corner. E. Alvarado got a fingertip on K. Pierrieux's shot from the left 72 minutes in, and managed to keep the visitors from going up another goal. After 78 minutes, zabavaci's R. Bøge burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 1 - 3. The referee showed D3M0N5's S. Suh the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. zabavaci's Z. Shpringer went down after a savage challenge, but could continue playing after some medical attention. The visitors' R. Bøge took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 86 minutes into the match. 1 - 4 for zabavaci. At this point, it was obvious that the players of zabavaci lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. zabavaci enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 67 percent of possession.

The most dominating D3M0N5 player was without a doubt S. Fleury. J. Sádovský was a disappointment, however. zabavaci's best player was R. Bøge. On the other hand, S. Minicucci's play was disheartening. The match ends 1 - 4.