Manchurians 0 - 7 Absolutely (374463919)

12000 spectators arrived at The Queen of Diamonds, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Heiri Gschwend was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Dan Hagstedt and Tankut Sezay. Manchurians tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. Starters: Shalloe - Dixon, Mabey, Streeter, Schneider - Logan, Macken, Baines, Turan - Chaner, Bullard.

Absolutely had chosen a strategic 4-5-1 formation. They fielded: Ja'roon - Hajek, van Agtmaal, Legarreta, van der Berg - Holenstein, Odifreddi, Interiana, von Steiger, Siggins - Feliciano.

It was an obvious ambition of Absolutely to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. With 3 minutes played, the visitors broke through on the right after some poor defending. P. Interiana put the ball away for 0 - 1. S. Macken of Manchurians was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. A drive down the left side allowed J. Feliciano to get in close and score another goal for Absolutely after 24 minutes, taking the score to 0 - 2. Absolutely increased their lead after 25 minutes when J. Feliciano broke through on the right, upping the score to 0 - 3, much to the home crowd's dismay. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Absolutely lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. The home crowd was not impressed when J. Feliciano came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 27 minutes. Absolutely were now up 0 - 4. This third goal completed a hattrick for J. Feliciano. 0 - 4 was the score after the first half. Absolutely had most of the ball, with 80 percent of possession.

60 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 5 as J. Feliciano finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. J. Feliciano received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 61 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 0 - 6. The Absolutely fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. With 68 minutes played, A. von Steiger nearly put the visitors another one up as he broke through in the middle and fired from just outside the box, but his shot passed just over the bar. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, P. Interiana got himself booked. The manager of Absolutely was not happy. With 73 minutes gone, a long pass from the defence of Manchurians resulted in a counterattack that set G. Baines free through the middle, but the keeper made a spectacular diving save. After 80 minutes, Absolutely's J. Feliciano burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 7. Absolutely claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 85 percent.

Manchurians's top performer was clearly S. Dixon. However, M. Shalloe made a disastrous appearance. Most important Absolutely player was J. Feliciano. On the other hand, P. Interiana's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 7.