Kalinga 3 - 1 Langer (371639106)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 34436 to Kalinga FC Ground. Konrad Grzywaczyk was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Morgan Provenzano and Fidelius Schrittenlocher. Kalinga had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players took the field: Hable - Kobulidze, Del Nobile, Hoddaers - Trossero, Dubornais, Ghiţescu, Jerzak, Torres - Goodson, Martola.

Langer tactics involved an interesting 3-4-3 combination. Lineup: Vochin - Bajpai, Ibarra, Vlasenko - Satyanaraina, Ariyapadi, Kapoor, Jenayah - Piazzo, Nandini, Gangawane.

Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of Langer. Some good play on the left wing created an opportunity for the visitors 9 minutes into the match, and B. Bajpai 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. 25 minutes into the game, C. Goodson came close to levelling the score with a dangerous shot from the centre of the area that went just over the bar. With a shot curled in from just outside the middle of the penalty area after 32 minutes played, P. Ghiţescu of Kalinga made the score 1 - 1. After a fine move down the middle T. Jerzak nearly gave the home side a goal after 36 minutes. However the finishing shot went just wide. Halftime score was 1 - 1. Possession in this half belonged to Kalinga, who controlled the ball 62 percent of the time.

The referee showed Langer's C. Piazzo the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Kalinga could have put themselves ahead after 70 minutes but J. Martola missed a volley shot on a ball coming in from the right. Some great play up the middle by Kalinga led to a chance for C. Goodson to score after 72 minutes, but the shot hit the crossbar. They were singing the praises of T. Jerzak 76 minutes into the match after his speculative chip from the middle of the penalty box found its way over the visitors' keeper to make the score 2 - 1 to Kalinga. Langer's A. Nandini got himself booked for a foul. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in Kalinga's C. Goodson increasing the lead to 3 - 1. 82 minutes in, Kalinga's C. Torres received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Kalinga claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 59 percent.

The most dominating Kalinga player was without a doubt C. Goodson. O. Hable was a disappointment, however. Langer's top performer was clearly A. Gangawane. A. Vochin on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 3 - 1.