Elite 4 - 1 1600 (373795188)

Dark skies made the crowd of 12000 at goal arena a little nervous, but the rain held off. Marek Kledzik was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Alexis Cubillos and Bernabé De Las Casas. Elite started off with a 3-4-3 lineup. Starters: Stippert - Van Hove, Shafiei, Khosroshahi - Wade, Amirabadi, Luitz, Saev - Nuttall, Bazoubandi, Haji Mohammadlu.

1600 had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players took the field: Sargsyan - Arastou, Eradati, Vaz - Kahvazi, Baba Goli, Cheshmak, Zaroni, Damizadeh - Hemmat, Kasiri.

Elite saw most attack opportunities on the wings. It was an obvious ambition of 1600 to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. Players in 1600 heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their central attacks to the wings instead. F. Van Hove really should have scored when he was chosen by fate to confront a wide open goal following a great play by K. Amirabadi after a corner. The terraces were silenced after 17 minutes when 1600's A. Eradati put the guests ahead 0 - 1, following an attack on the right. Elite's D. Wade put his head to a well placed ball, lifted in from the left, and scored to make the score 1 - 1 with 18 minutes showing on the scoreboard clock. Elite fans held their breath as K. Bazoubandi scampered down the left side. He successfully avoided all challenges and cracked home the shot for 2 - 1! Halftime score was 2 - 1. Elite had most of the ball, with 53 percent of possession.

F. Kasiri made a run for the goal 65 minutes into the game but the home team's left back managed to sort the situation out in the end. Elite's K. Bazoubandi increased the lead to 3 - 1, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 75 minutes. Elite managed to extend their lead to 4 - 1 when F. Van Hove cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. F. Kasiri of 1600 received a yellow card after 85 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. Possession in this half belonged to Elite, who controlled the ball 54 percent of the time.

Most important Elite player was Z. Nuttall. However, I. Saev made a disastrous appearance. 1600's top performer was clearly M. Hemmat. On the other hand, L. Vaz's play was disheartening. The match ends 4 - 1.