Kimberley 4 - 0 Slykk (374449687)

60000 punters turned up at Dirty Realism Cathedral, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Alex Emslie was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Artúr Hofbauer and Paolo Pinzoni. Kimberley had chosen a strategic 4-5-1 formation. The following players had been chosen: Ibrahim - Faulkner, Hobson, Dromgoole, MacCarrghamhna - Ries, Kamtekar, Finlay, Yarwood, Hopper - Dillon.

Slykk tactics involved an interesting 4-5-1 combination. Lineup: Pacek - Desnyder, Hideg, Veselovs, Cervatos - Rodér, Návay, Fieber, Liedsjö, Fièvre - Andreyuk.

Kimberley were mostly trying to use their skill at attacking on the flanks. Slykk's J. Fièvre showed off his trademark ability to do the unexpected with a tricky pass after 5 minutes. Unfortunately, P. Rodér was startled by the play and wasn't able to control the finish. Kimberley broke through on the left 17 minutes into the game, with R. Dillon firing in from an acute angle to give the home side a 1 - 0 lead. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 0. Kimberley claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 55 percent.

It was obvious that Kimberley had instructions to attack on the wings instead of in the middle. After 55 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and J. Hopper gave the Kimberley supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 2 - 0. After 66 minutes Kimberley's A. Ries contracted a slight foot injury, but didn't want to leave the game. R. Dillon should probably have put his team up another goal after 67 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by I. Pacek kept the visitors in the game. Attacking on the wings was the choice for Kimberley, and they were successfully passing the ball from the middle to the wings to attack. Kimberley's A. Finlay increased the lead to 3 - 0, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 74 minutes. Kimberley increased the lead as C. MacCarrghamhna struck to make the score 4 - 0 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Kimberley lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. With 84 minutes played, Kimberley's O. Hobson almost extended the lead, but his shot from the left glanced off the top of the bar to fall behind the net. Kimberley had most of the ball, with 57 percent of possession.

The most dominating Kimberley player was without a doubt R. Dillon. On the other hand, S. Faulkner's play was disheartening. Slykk's top performer was clearly B. Návay. I. Pacek on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 4 - 0.