süperxx 0 - 8 BiGBanG (364573774)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 9350 at süperxx Arena today. Mario Bocchio was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Orell Ungricht and Julian Krauel. Fans of both teams had been eagerly awaiting this İstanbul derby and were doing their best to outshout their opponents. süperxx decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. The following players took the field: Yanar - Namık, Kavaz, Eliüstün, Maşuke - Yüce, Tohumoğlu, Mahzar, Hoşgör - Belek, Özad.

BiGBanG tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Lineup: Polverini - Palombarini, Campiglia, Verzis - Benders, Joglar, Lebret, Navarro, Törmikoski - Manfio, Whitt.

The visiting A. Benders was booed thoroughly by the home crowd 12 minutes into the game, after he broke through the middle and scored, resulting in the visitors taking the lead. 0 - 1 was the score. BiGBanG's S. Whitt had seen it all before, so he waited patiently for the right opportunity. He would get no better chance than the one he took, but his shot was deftly blocked by the keeper. E. Manfio increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 0 - 2. The visitors' T. Lebret took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 24 minutes into the match. 0 - 3 for BiGBanG. The players of BiGBanG now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave U. Verzis from BiGBanG a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 27 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! After 28 minutes, BiGBanG's M. Campiglia burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 4. Some fine movement on the left led to a BiGBanG goal after 30 minutes, making it 0 - 5. A. Navarro was noted down as the scorer. 39 minutes into the game, Y. Belek had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came T. Baykın. Halftime score was 0 - 5. BiGBanG enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 83 percent of possession.

After 64 minutes a well-practised indirect free kick routine by BiGBanG was easily anticipated by the defenders. The players forward were so well marked, they were left with few viable options. The home crowd was not impressed when T. Törmikoski came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 69 minutes. BiGBanG were now up 0 - 6. With 78 minutes played, BiGBanG put themselves up 0 - 7 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was A. Benders. After 80 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave E. Manfio a chance to increase the lead for BiGBanG, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 8. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by BiGBanG, with 84 percent of the ball.

süperxx's top performer was clearly M. Hoşgör. O. Namık on the other hand, had a terrible day. M. Campiglia performed admirably for BiGBanG. S. Whitt was a disappointment, however. The match ends 0 - 8.