Thorarica 1 - 3 warriors (375602010)

Clouds darkened the skies at Blue Temple as 41391 spectators turned up for the match. Juho-Matti Eklund was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Linus Gustavsson and Chrigit Marks. Fans of both teams had been eagerly awaiting this Paramaribo derby and were doing their best to outshout their opponents. Thorarica started off with a 2-5-3 lineup. They fielded: Marçal - Ðurković, Uter - Paulsson, Kaataja, Starzewski, Ben-Yehuda, Van Craen - Oprea, Hurrem, Capmany.

warriors decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Charalambidis - Houtepen, Crnčević, Tafani - Höstskär, Negro, Saks, Kekana, Albani - Forcada, Baniher.

Thorarica clearly preferred using their ability to attack in the middle. Thorarica had a chance to take the lead after E. Ben-Yehuda's dazzling drive up the left, but the opportunity fizzled out as his shot went just over the bar after 11 minutes. M. Tafani of warriors seemed to be floating in the air as he elegantly headed in to make the score 0 - 1 after a corner kick that was nicely executed by D. Albani. Thorarica's V. Oprea made a successful breakthrough on the left after 21 minutes and should have levelled the score, but instead he clipped it over the bar. Halftime score was 0 - 1. Thorarica claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 53 percent.

E. Ben-Yehuda made a superb strike after 47 minutes with a shot straight in front of the goal after a long ball through the middle, but one of the visitors' defenders got a foot in at the last second and warded it off for a corner. warriors's M. Saks made it through the home team's defence on the right hand side 68 minutes into the match. After rounding the keeper, he only had to place the ball in the unguarded goal when a defender slid in and cleared the ball off the line. L. Baniher increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 0 - 2. After 72 minutes, E. Ben-Yehuda had a good opportunity to reduce the scoreline for Thorarica with a chance created through the middle, but wasn't cool enough. The ball went miles over the bar. The home crowd was not impressed when P. Forcada came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 73 minutes. warriors were now up 0 - 3. Thorarica reduced the lead to 1 - 3 with 76 minutes on the clock when J. Capmany got the best of a ball floated in from the left. Possession was split evenly between the teams.

The most dominating Thorarica player was without a doubt J. Capmany. On the other hand, D. Marçal's play was disheartening. P. Forcada performed admirably for warriors. N. Charalambidis turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 1 - 3.