Bokmakieries 4 - 3 rotor-kurgan (363632907)

4897 spectators arrived at Stamford Bridge, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Hilbert Asselijn was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Folko Niedrig and Palmiras Čielys. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Bokmakieries. The following players had been chosen: Uecker - Suner, Keskintürk, Bukkems - de Castro, Gerdemann, Andorrà, Nasi, Saeglitz - Tan, Pulgar.

rotor-kurgan tactics involved an interesting 4-5-1 combination. The following players took the field: Berdov - Sliznikov, Gorlo, Parkelj, Pashentsev - Plaksin, Sheetrit, Romeu, Svyatkin, Vedenyapin - Bastinck.

Bokmakieries clearly preferred using their ability to attack in the middle. They were singing the praises of P. Nasi 4 minutes into the match after his speculative chip from the middle of the penalty box found its way over the visitors' keeper to make the score 1 - 0 to Bokmakieries. 6 minutes into the match the visitors levelled the score at 1 - 1 as J. Bastinck struck home from a rebound off the crossbar, following a shot from the right. Given a free kick close to the byline, Bokmakieries tried a move that loyal fans may recognise from training. A pass to the side pulled the defence out of position which let P. Nasi slip through on goal. He didn't have to break his stride, and slipped the ball past the keeper to make it 2 - 1, 33 minutes into the game. The visiting team's J. Bastinck was able to score the 2 - 2 equaliser with a header 34 minutes into the match, after some good work on the right. 2 - 2 was the score after the first half. rotor-kurgan enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 51 percent of possession.

Bokmakieries players heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their wing attacks to the middle instead. Bokmakieries's M. Tan tried to break through in the middle repeatedly, but couldn't get past the visitors' defenders. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, V. Pashentsev got himself booked. The manager of rotor-kurgan was not happy. With 68 minutes played, the home side managed to get a 3 - 2 lead as E. Pulgar flipped the ball in after a cross from the right. The crowd was silenced 72 minutes into the match as the visiting team's R. Svyatkin came in from the left, levelling the score to 3 - 3. K. Sliznikov neatly controlled the ball after a short corner, and knocked it on to A. Gorlo who had the whole net open before him, but only managed to hit the post. Central attacks were the recipe of the day for Bokmakieries, as they moved the ball from the wings to the middle with startling regularity. M. Tan gave Bokmakieries the lead as he successfully challenged the guests' central defenders, then slotted the ball into the bottom corner, giving the keeper no chance. 4 - 3 Neither team was controlling the possession at this point in the match, with the stats showing a 50:50 split.

The most dominating Bokmakieries player was without a doubt M. Tan. On the other hand, C. Saeglitz's play was disheartening. J. Bastinck performed admirably for rotor-kurgan. V. Pashentsev on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 4 - 3.