watp 4 - 2 United (371513819)

45227 punters turned up at watp, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Kenneth Olsen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Armin Rossbacher and Tomek Gryczyński. watp started off with a 2-5-3 lineup. Lineup: Pando - Moraldo, Chatagny - Bruch, Tellhult, Galichet, Bayle, Grande - Cho, Palma, Kerzhakov.

United decided to use a 5-4-1 set up. They fielded: Tegmo - Lee, Kim, Robles, Canel, Denščikovas - Branca, Gelcem, Gals, Furgone - Elormendi.

watp mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. United displayed their ability to play creatively. J. Branca was the first to reach the corner kick, but his header was blocked by the keeper. However, United's K. Lee managed to get hold of the rebound and tucked the ball into the empty net. 0 - 1 With 38 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed R. Robles of United to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 2. Almost all the way down to the corner flag, watp's M. Bruch somehow managed to get a perfect pass into the middle, impossible to miss for A. Kerzhakov, who struck for 1 - 2. After a fatal mistake from the away team's right side defence 40 minutes into the match, an alert M. Bruch bagged the ball for watp, levelling the score to 2 - 2. After 41 minutes of play, M. Bruch gave the home team a 3 - 2 lead after an attack coming in from the right. After 43 minutes, United's M. Gals fell awkwardly, but was determined to stay in the match. That's the spirit! With 44 minutes played, G. Palma could have brought this one home for watp as he charged up on the left, but his hooked ball went just a bit too high. It was 3 - 2 at the break. Possession in this half belonged to watp, who controlled the ball 65 percent of the time.

watp had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle attacks. M. Bruch should probably have put his team up another goal after 68 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by W. Tegmo kept the visitors in the game. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave K. Lee from United a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 71 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! watp were forced into a substitution as A. Kerzhakov couldn't continue due to some rough treatment, forcing F. Greggio to come in off the bench. With 81 minutes gone, United's K. Lee had to leave the pitch after talking back to the referee and receiving his second booking. A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of watp to 4 - 2 as N. Chatagny finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. watp had most of the ball, with 66 percent of possession.

The most dominating watp player was without a doubt G. Palma. However, F. Greggio made a disastrous appearance. United's best player was E. Elormendi. P. Furgone on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 4 - 2.