gikwang 0 - 9 11Tigers (364558829)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 12000 had shown up at gikwang Arena for the match. Romicã Luca was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Srbislav Studen and Remigiusz Dankiewicz. A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for gikwang. They fielded: Mohd Sali - Fikri Ridha, Hidayat, Jaafar, Ladzim - Olfers, Asyaari, Mahmood, Ting Yew - Rais, Fadhlurrahman.

11Tigers tactics involved an interesting 5-4-1 combination. The following players took the field: Plasma - Ataucusi, Ganino, Mikalsen, Meçe, Zhuchkov - Iturrarán, Tarkas, Naeyaert, Acampora - Votípka.

Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of 11Tigers. After the game, the most discussed event will probably be the penalty given after 4 minutes that gave the visitors the 0 - 1 lead. Despite the controversy, V. Votípka struck home the penalty, as cool as anything. V. Votípka received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 4 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 0 - 2. The 11Tigers fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. Confident in their lead, 11Tigers's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. After the ball was lifted in from the left, A. Acampora was on his own in the home side's penalty area and should have scored after 5 minutes, but missed, probably due to lack of concentration. gikwang's M. Rais had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 12 minutes having been played. N. Ho Tse was the replacement. With 15 minutes played, 11Tigers put themselves up 0 - 3 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was V. Votípka. At that, V. Votípka was noted down for a hat trick! After 16 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave L. Tarkas a chance to increase the lead for 11Tigers, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 4. Halftime score was 0 - 4. 11Tigers enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 77 percent of possession.

I. Zhuchkov of 11Tigers took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 50 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 0 - 5. gikwang's N. Ho Tse made use of his speed to get free of the defence, but he still couldn't get a shot off 62 minutes into the match. 11Tigers increased their lead after 63 minutes when L. Tarkas broke through on the right, upping the score to 0 - 6, much to the home crowd's dismay. There was concern in the stands when, at the 68 minute mark, gikwang's N. Ho Tse hit the ground hard, but he refused the attention of the trainer and rejoined his teammates on the pitch. The home crowd was not impressed when B. Ataucusi came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 69 minutes. 11Tigers were now up 0 - 7. 11Tigers's A. Meçe left the field after 76 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was H. Sova. 11Tigers increased the lead to 0 - 8 as V. Votípka scored from the penalty spot, putting the ball in near the top left corner. After 80 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for R. Iturrarán who increased 11Tigers's lead to 0 - 9. Possession in this half belonged to 11Tigers, who controlled the ball 82 percent of the time.

gikwang's best player was M. Ting Yew. S. Mohd Sali on the other hand, had a terrible day. 11Tigers's top performer was clearly H. Sova. On the other hand, B. Ataucusi's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 9.