Wielders 0 - 4 LANCERS (371471600)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 58856 at Wielders Arena today. Przemysław Motyl was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Maurice Mundy and Thilo Konzelmann. All of Kanto was shut down for the day, as fans of both clubs came to the derby. Wielders had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Larraeta - Hattori, Marjanić, Wakai - Hojda, Aucker, Smits, de Buisonnier, Terada - Bredero, Parlevliet.

LANCERS tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players took the field: Pighin - Casella, Bežić, Rafailov - Fraire, 森 (Mori), Matsukata, 斉藤 (Saito), Stanojević - Tambalo, Doppagne.

LANCERS displayed their ability to play creatively. After a savage shot that could only be parried by the keeper, N. Stanojević demonstrated his experience by being in just the right place to slot home the rebound. His goal for LANCERS 5 minutes into the match made the score 0 - 1. N. Fukazawa was called on to replace Wielders's V. Marjanić after 33 minutes following a nasty collision. G. Tambalo of LANCERS took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 37 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 0 - 2. LANCERS increased the lead to 0 - 3 as A. Rafailov scored from the penalty spot, putting the ball in near the top left corner. R. Larraeta got a fingertip on 功. 森 (Mori)'s shot from the left 42 minutes in, and managed to keep the visitors from going up another goal. It was 0 - 3 at the break. Possession in this half belonged to LANCERS, who controlled the ball 57 percent of the time.

LANCERS's A. Rafailov left the field after 68 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was Q. Fihri. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave G. Tambalo from LANCERS a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 79 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! With 79 minutes played, LANCERS put themselves up 0 - 4 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was A. Fraire. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by LANCERS, with 58 percent of the ball.

Most important Wielders player was L. Parlevliet. T. Wakai was a disappointment, however. 功. 森 (Mori) performed admirably for LANCERS. On the other hand, Q. Fihri's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 4.