dynamo 0 - 1 Spounz (347369764)

The crowd of 2087 turning up at CR Park today were greeted with some nasty showers of rain. Guy Mizrachi was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Tapani Kärnä and Sidney Poutini. A 5-2-3 alignment was the formation of choice for dynamo. They fielded: Sullivan - Oviedo, Alfaro, Əliyev, Sunsing, Chatzistavrou - Pehuenche, Petta - Zvyagin, García, Nuñez.

Spounz decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. Starters: Delmas - Vallenius, Bouton, Hestnes, Bonneau - Guillet, Dureux, Payet, Timon - van der Branden, Roche.

dynamo demonstrated their creative tactics on the field. W. van der Branden, who often relies on his speed, had a rotten day on the drenched grass. dynamo created a good opportunity to score 6 minutes into the match when T. Chatzistavrou'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. Thighs bulging, M. Pehuenche charged past the weaker players, seemingly oblivious to the rain. dynamo's M. Sunsing had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 24 minutes having been played. G. Brown was the replacement. Spounz's opponents know to be wary of W. van der Branden's speed, but it made little difference as he flew past the defence 28 minutes into the game. Only the keeper could stop him - and he did with a perfectly timed dive! 34 minutes into the game, W. van der Branden was a hair's breadth away from giving Spounz the lead with a shot from over on the left. A prompt block by M. Sullivan saved the home team that time. An opportunity to take the lead after 36 minutes was wasted as Spounz's B. Hestnes missed a penalty, firing wide of the mark. dynamo almost scored after a swift counterattack 37 minutes into the game, but J. Nuñez put the shot from the left flank just outside the goal. 38 minutes into the game, B. Bouton almost gave the visitors the lead, as he clipped a delicate lob over the keeper, but the ball glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. 0 - 0 was the halftime score. Spounz had most of the ball, with 58 percent of possession.

46 minutes into the match, the referee signalled for a Spounz substitution. C. Agra came on for R. Roche. The coach of Spounz wanted to try to change things around after 46 minutes, and gave new tactical instructions. After 55 minutes, the Spounz coach wanted to see a new face on the pitch, waving W. van der Branden off the field. F. Poitevin took his place. G. Oviedo behaved like an inexperienced youth player after 61 minutes as he gave the ball away to A. Timon. Lucky for him though, there was no goal. The visiting F. Poitevin was booed thoroughly by the home crowd 77 minutes into the game, after he broke through the middle and scored, resulting in the visitors taking the lead. 0 - 1 was the score. W. García was struggling to make the ball dance with his usual trickery and panache, and the opposing players had little trouble shutting him down in these muddy conditions. B. Hestnes could have added one to the visitors' lead if his free kick had gone just a little lower. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Spounz, with 73 percent of the ball.

The most dominating dynamo player was without a doubt G. Brown. On the other hand, G. Oviedo's play was disheartening. Spounz's best player was C. Agra. However, C. Dureux made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 1.