MURAKAMI 1 - 5 Bluefeathers (371521558)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 9230 at MURAKAMI AKAZAMA Arena today. Anders Lindlind was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Michael Weilharter and Stefan Martinsson. A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for MURAKAMI. The following players took the field: Park - Yun, Jang, 勇民 (Yongmin), Lim - Moon, Kim, Park, Lee - Lee, Lee.

Bluefeathers had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. They fielded: Gousse - Younsi, Sarcinella, Park - Wendler, Park, Sáiz Lucas, Kim, Voicea - Nadiack, Kim.

The referee showed MURAKAMI's K. Yun the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Some good play on the left wing created an opportunity for the visitors 14 minutes into the match, and N. Nadiack wasn't about to let it go by. He got past the defenders and fired a shot that the keeper just missed. 0 - 1 for the visitors. Some things can only be learned through experience, and H. Kim should take his lesson to heart after nearly gifting Bluefeathers a goal with 16 minutes of the match played. After 25 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed A. Younsi to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 2. After this, you could see that the players of Bluefeathers were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. Bluefeathers's Y. Park left the field after 28 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was P. Konon. 34 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 3 as N. Nadiack finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. After 41 minutes, Bluefeathers's C. Sáiz Lucas burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 4. It was 0 - 4 at the break. Bluefeathers claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 64 percent.

The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave 哈. 勇民 (Yongmin) from MURAKAMI a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 52 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! C. Kim of Bluefeathers was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. With 60 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed C. Kim of Bluefeathers to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 5. The cannonball from 35 metres by A. Younsi of Bluefeathers was an impressive sight, but didn't make it into the net. With 68 minutes played, MURAKAMI's well-worked indirect free kick caused havoc in the penalty area, and when the ball eventually fell to Y. Lee he gleefully slotted the ball home to make it 1 - 5. 79 minutes into the game, A. Younsi had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came R. Geiger. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Bluefeathers, with 68 percent of the ball.

Most important MURAKAMI player was H. Kim. J. Lim turned in a dismal performance, however. Bluefeathers's top performer was clearly N. Nadiack. R. Geiger was a disappointment, however. The match ends 1 - 5.