pirxy 2 - 0 Akihabara (371471440)

Clear skies welcomed the 74300 spectators who had made their way to pirxy Arena. Nicola Viggiani was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Manuel Jauregui Bereciartu and Cedric Träger. pirxy had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players took the field: Bellucci - 俊光 (Junguang), Korpi, Vonheim - Reider, Ardia, Molina, Oron, Moyon - Söderén, Nasser.

A 4-5-1 alignment was the formation of choice for Akihabara. Starters: Batebi - Le Brun, Palmer, Kutsiy, Kupari - Dlouhý, Morisue, Isayama, 稲葉 (Inaba), 藤岡 (Fujioka) - Raciti.

Akihabara immediately set off using their skill at pressing their opponents. The corner kick from A. Ardia was powerfully met by the head of D. Söderén to make the score 1 - 0. A free kick just outside of the visitors' penalty area after 7 minutes could have resulted in another goal, but A. Batebi got a hand out and tipped the ball over the bar. pirxy had to make a substitution after 28 minutes. R. Nasser limped off the field and was replaced by J. Mancha Gil. K. Üdingen was called on to replace pirxy's A. Oron after 34 minutes following a nasty collision. pirxy put in a good effort on the right, but T. Vonheim saw his volley fly wide of the mark 35 minutes into the game. 41 minutes into the game, R. Raciti had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came K. Mizushima. 1 - 0 was the score after the first half. pirxy enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 65 percent of possession.

Akihabara pressed their opponents, causing the game to be a bit of a stalemate at times. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. A. Korpi squirmed through their central defence after 55 minutes, increasing the lead to 2 - 0. 昭. 稲葉 (Inaba) behaved like an inexperienced youth player after 57 minutes as he gave the ball away to R. Molina. Lucky for him though, there was no goal. pirxy's A. Korpi saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates after 65 minutes. The bench was restless, and with 68 minutes passed Akihabara's coach gave K. Kitano the opportunity the player had been hoping for. 整. 藤岡 (Fujioka) reluctantly left the field. The pressing tactics used by Akihabara were successful as the ball remained close to the half way line at all times. Although the whole team were struggling to impress, Akihabara's M. Kutsiy was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 82 minutes. S. Penev was given a chance to change things around. Possession in this half belonged to pirxy, who controlled the ball 65 percent of the time.

pirxy's top performer was clearly A. Ardia. However, J. Mancha Gil made a disastrous appearance. Most important Akihabara player was K. Mizushima. On the other hand, S. Penev's play was disheartening. The match ends 2 - 0.