Alligators 1 - 2 Rosemeadow (371398311)

39518 spectators had come to Action Arena this cloudy day. Damião Dornelles was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Wataru Tochikura and Alexis Bondon. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Alligators. Lineup: Kagiadakis - Dispa, Jun Jian, Telnov - Chikvaidze, Deleanu, Brummer, Vallmajó, Brunner - Macan, Uddstad.

Rosemeadow decided to use a 4-3-3 set up. The following players took the field: Shebunin - Hemminki, Duglio, Panteleev, Gaul - Tomčić, Sommarlund, Krilich - Helling, Dandy, Berghammer.

Alligators tried to focus their attacks down the middle. Rosemeadow clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. Slack defending gave Alligators a chance to take the lead with 10 minutes played, but M. Uddstad's cross from the left flank was fumbled in front of the goal and easily dealt with by the opposition. E. Berghammer showed why he is feared on the counterattack, breaking through in the middle and scoring for Rosemeadow after 35 minutes to make the score 0 - 1. Alligators were determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up centrally. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, R. Brummer got himself booked. The manager of Alligators was not happy. 0 - 1 was the halftime score. Possession in this half belonged to Alligators, who controlled the ball 64 percent of the time.

Alligators's R. Dispa put his head to a high ball coming in from the right after 48 minutes, but the ball went wide. Rosemeadow played a good counterattacking move down the left 65 minutes into the match, with V. Tomčić finishing well for 0 - 2. Alligators's R. Dispa cut towards the middle after 71 minutes, receiving a brilliant pass and slicing through the visiting team's central defence, reducing the lead to 1 - 2. Alligators enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 64 percent of possession.

Alligators's top performer was clearly R. Brummer. R. Dispa turned in a dismal performance, however. B. Sommarlund performed admirably for Rosemeadow. E. Berghammer was a disappointment, however. The match ends 1 - 2.