Knights 2 - 1 Trotter_XI (363443721)

Clear skies welcomed the 4061 spectators who had made their way to Knights Arena. Martin-Ghislain Croux was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Alfredo Zuñiga Niño and Valentino Lipparini. Knights started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Starters: Ventura Rodrigues - Veselý, Kupec, Stanke - Pohořelý, Reyners, Méndez, Štěpař, Pittner - Dawson, Passarell.

Trotter_XI decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Lineup: Wilde - O'Brien, McLaughlin, Ewing - Byrne, Marney, Gregg, O'Kerry, Conroy - Schulze, Desmond.

12 minutes into the game, P. Conroy had a great chance to put his team ahead, but his kick from the left went wide. As H. Štěpař had, completely unprovoked, swept the legs out from under an opponent in front of a linesman, the referee gave the Knights player a red card without batting an eyelid. There was concern in the stands when, at the 24 minute mark, Knights's O. Pohořelý hit the ground hard, but he refused the attention of the trainer and rejoined his teammates on the pitch. After some beautiful movement down the left wing, F. Veselý scored for Knights putting them ahead 1 - 0, after 32 minutes. Knights had to make a substitution after 40 minutes. A. Ventura Rodrigues limped off the field and was replaced by V. Chaloupecký. Trotter_XI's E. Byrne was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 42 minutes. After 43 minutes, there was a bit of a mixup on the field as Knights found themselves out of position and their organisation level dropped to inadequate. It was 1 - 0 at the break. Possession in this half belonged to Trotter_XI, who controlled the ball 69 percent of the time.

A review of the gameplan helped Knights get back to a solid organisation when the referee blew his whistle again. Coming through the middle E. Byrne almost scored the equaliser for Trotter_XI after 61 minutes, but V. Chaloupecký made an excellent save, tipping the awkwardly curled shot past the post. R. Desmond made a good effort at breaking through on the right, but the home team's left defence cleared the ball to a corner. The visitors refused to give in and, after 76 minutes, J. Schulze evened things up as he finished off a perfect pass from the right. 1 - 1 A corner kick created great disorder in the penalty area with a goal nearly scored by O. Kupec. At last, Knights's O. Pohořelý was able to backheel the ball in. 2 - 1. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Trotter_XI, with 69 percent of the ball.

Most important Knights player was J. Passarell. However, F. Stanke made a disastrous appearance. M. O'Kerry performed admirably for Trotter_XI. On the other hand, Q. Wilde's play was disheartening. The match ends 2 - 1.