Jamiro 3 - 0 Tissue (371397611)

40461 spectators arrived at Thunderball Stadium, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Rupert Schnittspahn was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Aljoša Rudić and Ghindã-Nicolae Bondoc. Jamiro started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players took the field: Puccini - Pozzobon, Chiru, Graf zu Rantzau - Old, Carvalhos, Gdaniec, Rietkerk, Bradl - do Tombo, Guðmannsson.

Tissue tactics involved an interesting 5-4-1 combination. Starters: Paltrow - Ben Abdallah, Jukambal, Capogna, van Diemen, Madutingimia - Raunio, Grimont, Prokopeas, Coloma - Munter.

Right from the start it was obvious that Jamiro were expecting an easy victory. Using their counter-attacking abilities was the strategy of choice for Tissue. One of many good crosses from L. Old on the wing was received and skillfully taken care of by M. do Tombo, who scored for Jamiro. 1 - 0 Jamiro put in a good effort on the right, but Þ. Guðmannsson saw his volley fly wide of the mark 17 minutes into the game. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, S. Capogna got himself booked. The manager of Tissue was not happy. P. Pozzobon of Jamiro seemed to be floating in the air as he elegantly headed in to make the score 2 - 0 after a corner kick that was nicely executed by Þ. Guðmannsson. Þ. Guðmannsson had a fantastic opportunity to put Jamiro up another goal 30 minutes into the match, but he fired just over the crossbar. 35 minutes in, Tissue's J. Grimont received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Jamiro solidified their lead at the 39 minute mark, as C. Chiru dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 3 - 0. Confident in their lead, Jamiro's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. The teams went for the halftime break at 3 - 0. Jamiro claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 67 percent.

G. Gdaniec should probably have put his team up another goal after 69 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by G. Paltrow kept the visitors in the game. The coach of Jamiro was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 70 minutes, M. Boghe came on for J. Carvalhos. Some things can only be learned through experience, and S. Capogna should take his lesson to heart after nearly gifting Jamiro a goal with 72 minutes of the match played. With 77 minutes played, A. Rietkerk could have brought this one home for Jamiro as he charged up on the left, but his hooked ball went just a bit too high. Jamiro enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 70 percent of possession.

The most dominating Jamiro player was without a doubt Þ. Guðmannsson. On the other hand, W. Bradl's play was disheartening. Tissue's top performer was clearly G. Paltrow. S. Capogna turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 3 - 0.