United 1 - 4 Primetimers (348359611)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 3165 to FCGoblins Arena. José Parrilla was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Per ''Pöding'' Thörnblom and 杨 (Yang) 淳龙 (Chunlong) . The match took place on neutral ground. A 5-2-3 alignment was the formation of choice for United. The following players took the field: Smith - Isom, Dumitrascu, Mora, Ponga, Prezerakos - Thomsen, Cook - Wallis, Toifl, Abente.

Primetimers started off with a 5-4-1 lineup. Lineup: Flores - Egas, Váradi, Bourdier, Piazza, Hoerner - Kömmel, Simmons, Nieves, Akşan - Felix.

The strategy for Primetimers was to use their ability to press. Primetimers's ability to press all over the field frequently paid dividends. Primetimers's E. Nieves gave the visitors a 0 - 1 lead after 9 minutes with a superb strike from the right. After the ball was lifted in from the left, E. Nieves was on his own in the home side's penalty area and should have scored after 23 minutes, but missed, probably due to lack of concentration. N. Isom showed the skills that make him a real crowd pleaser as he, after 24 minutes, wove through the guests' entire central defence and put the 1 - 1 equaliser away. 28 minutes into the game, Primetimers had difficulty finding their positions and their organisation dropped to inadequate. The coach of United wanted to try to change things around after 30 minutes, and gave new tactical instructions. Priding himself in being an active coach, the United manager gave new instructions to his players after 30 minutes. After 32 minutes, B. Kömmel sprinted between the opposing defenders and squared the ball, but the keeper deflected T. Felix's shot. After the game, the most discussed event will probably be the penalty given after 34 minutes that gave the visitors the 1 - 2 lead. Despite the controversy, T. Felix struck home the penalty, as cool as anything. 1 - 2 was the halftime score. Primetimers had most of the ball, with 66 percent of possession.

During the break, Primetimers's coach went through the team's tactics yet again, getting them up to solid organisation. United needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 46 minutes F. Toifl made way for A. Kosev. After 46 minutes, United switched N. Wallis with S. Madrid, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. A defender managed to keep the ball from crossing the goal-line after a curling shot coming in from the right from Z. Váradi after 48 minutes, and prevented Primetimers from going up another goal. 56 minutes into the match, the speedy B. Kömmel easily outpaced S. Mora, chipped the keeper and made the score 1 - 3. Although the whole team were struggling to impress, United's F. Ponga was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 60 minutes. W. Lindsey was given a chance to change things around. Primetimers's G. Akşan refused to leave the field after injuring his achilles tendon after 71 minutes. Primetimers increased their lead after 72 minutes when T. Felix broke through on the right, upping the score to 1 - 4, much to the home crowd's dismay. 75 minutes into the game, Primetimers seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to passable. At this time in the match, Primetimers were using their skill at pressing to successfully stifle the game. With the scoreboard showing that 84 minutes had been played, Primetimers nearly put themselves up another goal after J. Bourdier came through on the left. Fortunately for the home crowd, the keeper made the save. Possession in this half belonged to Primetimers, who controlled the ball 66 percent of the time.

United's top performer was clearly S. Madrid. On the other hand, G. Smith's play was disheartening. Most important Primetimers player was R. Simmons. C. Flores turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 1 - 4.