devil89 0 - 8 Dimashq (374307471)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 12000 to devil89 Arena. devil89 decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. The following players took the field: Mashfinj - Al Said, Hayan, Safatli, Draybi - Al-kaled, Al-ali, Fadlieh, Hajjar - Igo, Dyab.

Dimashq tactics involved an interesting 3-4-3 combination. Starters: Kulan - Ståhlholt, Ajanji, Thurzó - Baeyens, Margueritte, Lukášek, Pyzel - Khaleil, Abdulhai, Habbouche.

D. Pyzel came close to putting the visiting team one up 9 minutes into the match, following a solo raid down the middle, but Y. Mashfinj managed to tip the ball to a corner. The visiting Y. Khaleil was booed thoroughly by the home crowd 26 minutes into the game, after he broke through the middle and scored, resulting in the visitors taking the lead. 0 - 1 was the score. After 32 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for Y. Khaleil who increased Dimashq's lead to 0 - 2. B. Baeyens received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 34 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 0 - 3. The Dimashq fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. It was 0 - 3 at the break. Dimashq had most of the ball, with 67 percent of possession.

An amazing free kick flew past the home keeper 54 minutes into the match, putting Dimashq ahead 0 - 4. B. Baeyens was the scorer. Confident in their lead, Dimashq's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. Dimashq increased their lead after 67 minutes when N. Habbouche broke through on the right, upping the score to 0 - 5, much to the home crowd's dismay. G. Thurzó increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 0 - 6. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave N. Safatli from devil89 a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 78 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! E. Ståhlholt of Dimashq had to be helped off the pitch as an injury meant he was unable to finish the game. M. Issa came in to finish the match. The visitors added to their lead 81 minutes into the game, after a sensational penalty kick by Dimashq's B. Baeyens slid just past the home keeper. 0 - 7. By then B. Baeyens had scored three goals - a hat trick! The visitors' F. Ajanji took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 82 minutes into the match. 0 - 8 for Dimashq. Dimashq claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 68 percent.

devil89's best player was T. Al-ali. However, Y. Mashfinj made a disastrous appearance. The most dominating Dimashq player was without a doubt P. Lukášek. On the other hand, S. Kulan's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 8.