KIRIAT 0 - 1 orange (350024518)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 31896 at anfield today. Gregor Zeise was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Rutger Bijtebier and Søren Andie Jensen. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for KIRIAT. The following players had been chosen: Wapf - Ilay, Aires, Elschlaeger - Burian, Berlin, Vestergaard, Valencia Junco, Boantă - Di Dio, Radin.

orange started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. The following players took the field: Buyruk - Haversjö, Gnappo, van Cauteren, MacGorrie - Hyväoja, Nijman, Pauler, Cabras - Rodríguez, Ameen.

orange were relying on their ability to counter-attack. The crowd groaned its disapproval when N. Ilay missed a free kick that would have given KIRIAT the lead after 14 minutes. KIRIAT's M. Elschlaeger left the field after 26 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was R. Fortian. orange had to make a substitution after 30 minutes. M. Nijman limped off the field and was replaced by M. Iordache. With 39 minutes gone, a long pass from the defence of orange resulted in a counterattack that set K. Haversjö free through the middle, but the keeper made a spectacular diving save. 41 minutes in, orange's A. Ameen received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. A loud groan was heard from the fans of KIRIAT, as F. Wapf left the pitch in too much pain to finish the match. D. Skandrani took his place on the field. 0 - 1 was the score with 43 minutes played, after A. MacGorrie cut through the central defence and chipped home a goal for orange. 0 - 1 was the halftime score. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by KIRIAT, with 52 percent of the ball.

The home crowd cheered when, after 49 minutes, A. Ameen's charge up the middle resulted in the keeper making one of his best saves of the day. N. Ilay could have scored for KIRIAT with his free kick after 71 minutes, but the visitors' keeper just managed to get a hand on it. With 74 minutes played, A. Hyväoja nearly put the visitors another one up as he broke through in the middle and fired from just outside the box, but his shot passed just over the bar. KIRIAT claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 51 percent.

S. Di Dio performed admirably for KIRIAT. D. Skandrani turned in a dismal performance, however. orange's best player was P. Gnappo. A. Ameen on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 1.