Whiskey 4 - 0 Gostenhof (368953654)

The crowd of 15650 turning up at WC-Kolosseum today were greeted with some nasty showers of rain. Liviu Stan was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Mirek Wiczling and Giuseppe Guidi. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Whiskey. Starters: Phillips - Kankkonen, Karlsson, Abu - Paepcke, Benussi, Seppi, Myllymäki, Egner - Piette, Nedergaard.

Gostenhof started off with a 4-5-1 lineup. The following players took the field: Gooden - Grob, Thom, de Lieme, Peyritsch - Tâm Hiếu, Knabb, Gassmann, Marès, Retegui - Lux.

Pressing was the tactic of the day for Gostenhof. A foul after 16 minutes resulted in a free kick. P. Abu cannonballed it, giving the home team the lead 1 - 0. The pressing tactics used by Gostenhof were successful as the ball remained close to the half way line at all times. After 40 minutes, there was a bit of a mixup on the field as Gostenhof found themselves out of position and their organisation level dropped to inadequate. The game was characterised by rough play and many physical challenges on the wet field, but P. Abu showed great heart and had a good game. Cheers filled the stadium as P. Abu broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 2 - 0 to Whiskey. The boggy pitch disrupted the game, especially for technical players like E. Seppi. 2 - 0 was the score after the first half. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Whiskey, with 53 percent of the ball.

During the break, Gostenhof's coach went through the team's tactics yet again, getting them up to solid organisation. 63 minutes in, Gostenhof appeared unsure on how to play and their organisation was only passable. Things were deteriorating for the away team as Whiskey scored another to make it 3 - 0 after a left side attack resulted in a goal for B. Piette after 73 minutes. 79 minutes into the game, Gostenhof seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to weak. B. Piette of Whiskey was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. B. Piette of Whiskey got sent off for kicking the ball after the whistle, a completely uncalled for move, earning him his second yellow card of the game. A. Paepcke was the new captain of Whiskey - handed the armband by the departing player. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in Whiskey's B. Nedergaard increasing the lead to 4 - 0. Gostenhof's N. Tâm Hiếu was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 89 minutes. Whiskey claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 55 percent.

The most dominating Whiskey player was without a doubt A. Paepcke. E. Seppi was a disappointment, however. Most important Gostenhof player was M. Knabb. F. de Lieme on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 4 - 0.