Ghosts 2 - 0 ribs (374585246)

65782 punters turned up at Soul Arena, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Silviu Oantã was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Henning Skeldal and Bronisław Piaścik. Fans of both teams had been eagerly awaiting this Amman derby and were doing their best to outshout their opponents. Ghosts started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. They fielded: Peña - Murillo, Devrim, Fennimore, Niklas - Culuene, Iordache, Alexandersson, Junayd - Slobodchikov, Bigas.

A 4-5-1 alignment was the formation of choice for ribs. Lineup: Hmeedat - Petitpierre, Yanakiev, Arroyo, Borchert - Verschaffel, Mpololias, Gunnarsson, Pálinger, Kiković - Bisio.

The strategy for ribs was to use their ability to press. At 15 minutes played, T. Niklas came in from the right with the intention of giving Ghosts the lead, but his rocket of a shot rattled the crossbar. They were singing the praises of L. Bigas 16 minutes into the match after his speculative chip from the middle of the penalty box found its way over the visitors' keeper to make the score 1 - 0 to Ghosts. ribs pressed their opponents, causing the game to be a bit of a stalemate at times. After 27 minutes, the defensive line of ribs created a counterattack through the middle that gave P. Borchert a good look at the goal, but his shot glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. Halftime score was 1 - 0. Possession in this half belonged to Ghosts, who controlled the ball 58 percent of the time.

The ribs players listened closely to their manager, as he gave new tactical instructions for the team. ribs's talent at pressing frustrated the spectators as the game became a dire midfield struggle. With 76 minutes played, Ghosts put themselves up 2 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to E. Alexandersson, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. Ghosts claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 59 percent.

Ghosts's top performer was clearly E. Alexandersson. On the other hand, L. Culuene's play was disheartening. Most important ribs player was V. Mpololias. K. Petitpierre turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 2 - 0.