supertroppers 5 - 3 Inzs (373010233)

24499 spectators had come to supertroppers Arena this cloudy day. Otto Motele was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Marciano Recep and Lucian Zidaru. supertroppers started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. They fielded: Kalkan - Potin, Góis, Yelcan - van Furth, Thorstensson, Brandy, Mackay, Durand - Clarke, Di Ciommo.

Inzs had chosen a strategic 3-4-3 formation. Lineup: Meninga - Sroczewski, Nihoul, Loyens - Pierleoni, Moro, Counotte, Islas - Philipperon, Mirchandani, Drews.

Inzs mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. The visitors' central defence should have had no trouble clearing the pass to V. Mackay, but the supertroppers player managed to shrug them off and fired a low shot past the keeper to give his team the lead. 1 - 0! supertroppers's M. van Furth increased the lead to 2 - 0, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 7 minutes. A well placed corner kick from S. Góis was followed by S. Yelcan's hard but accurate header. The well executed routine resulted in a goal for supertroppers, the score now 3 - 0. Morale on the visitors' bench was greatly improved when their D. Philipperon reduced the lead to make it 3 - 1 after 18 minutes, following a pass from the right. A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of supertroppers to 4 - 1 as S. Potin finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. At this point, it was obvious that the players of supertroppers lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. It was 4 - 1 at the break. supertroppers had most of the ball, with 57 percent of possession.

V. Mackay could have increased the lead after 52 minutes, but his shot hit the post after a nice combination in the middle of the park. supertroppers's M. van Furth was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 53 minutes. The visitors' right side was dangerous today; M. Moro made the home team's keeper look foolish as he easily reduced the lead to make it 4 - 2 56 minutes into the match. Inzs had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle attacks. Inzs were desperate to get a goal back and pushed forward through the middle 65 minutes into the game. After a scramble in the box, the ball dropped to B. Drews, who smashed it home to make the score 4 - 3. S. Clarke increased the lead for supertroppers to 5 - 3, getting a head onto a hooked ball from the right. The ball looked to have taken a deflection on the way in, but he's claiming it! The bench was restless, and with 75 minutes passed Inzs's coach gave A. Albijanić the opportunity the player had been hoping for. N. Islas reluctantly left the field. Possession in this half belonged to supertroppers, who controlled the ball 55 percent of the time.

The most dominating supertroppers player was without a doubt N. Di Ciommo. O. Kalkan turned in a dismal performance, however. Inzs's best player was D. Philipperon. P. Meninga on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 5 - 3.