Southorn 1 - 3 Chemistry (332428410)

5588 spectators arrived at Southorn Stadium, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Paweł Paprocki was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Robert Ivarsson and Gonçalo Constante. Southorn started off with a 3-4-3 lineup. Starters: 凱洲 (Kaizhou) - Siclari, 雲翊 (Yunyi) , 福侖 (Fulun) - Batári, Carra, Sheridan, Smillie - Svensson, Salling, Ogarek.

A 4-5-1 alignment was the formation of choice for Chemistry. They fielded: Lantos - Eng Pin, bin Saiban, 德泉 (Dequan) , Alink - bin Adenan, Kwang Heng, Brinch, Snaith, Katrinčák - Mazilu.

With 12 minutes played, the visitors broke through on the right after some poor defending. J. Snaith put the ball away for 0 - 1. 馬. 凱洲 (Kaizhou) kept the home side in the game with a magnificent save when W. Kwang Heng delivered an almost perfect free kick to the far post. The referee showed Chemistry's 孔. 德泉 (Dequan) the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave T. Sheridan from Southorn a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 35 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! A loud groan was heard from the fans of Chemistry, as B. Katrinčák left the pitch in too much pain to finish the match. M. Gehberger took his place on the field. After 37 minutes of game time, W. Kwang Heng had an excellent opportunity to add to the visitors' lead, clipping a volley hooked in from the right, but 馬. 凱洲 (Kaizhou) was in the right place and tipped the ball over for a corner. In a rapid move 41 minutes into the match, M. Gehberger of Chemistry lost his man and passed the ball to the unmarked V. Mazilu who easily hit it home to make it 0 - 2. Luckily the ref didn't see him taunting the opposing fans in celebration - naughty boy! After this, you could see that the players of Chemistry were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. Southorn refused to be intimidated and, breaking through the middle, L. Carra managed to slip the ball home for 1 - 2. 1 - 2 was the halftime score. Possession in this half belonged to Chemistry, who controlled the ball 64 percent of the time.

A defender managed to keep the ball from crossing the goal-line after a curling shot coming in from the right from C. Eng Pin after 50 minutes, and prevented Chemistry from going up another goal. 54 minutes in, Chemistry's W. Kwang Heng received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Southorn were forced into a substitution as R. Salling couldn't continue due to some rough treatment, forcing 錢. 關戎 (Guanrong) to come in off the bench. After 61 minutes, Chemistry's V. Mazilu burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 1 - 3. With 89 minutes played, the Southorn coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. T. Kendale came on, 馬. 凱洲 (Kaizhou) had to leave the fray. Chemistry claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 68 percent.

Southorn's best player was O. Svensson. On the other hand, 錢. 關戎 (Guanrong) 's play was disheartening. The most dominating Chemistry player was without a doubt L. Brinch. 孔. 德泉 (Dequan) turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 1 - 3.