LEMON 0 - 4 Suedkiez (378099381)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 3329 at EL ALIÑADERO today. Jolyon Krikke was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Arto Nurmisto and Ervín Sobotka. LEMON had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. Lineup: Vallejos - Almirón, Pareja, Antona Montoro, Matagne - Gardel, Enzensberger, Wagner, Santagostino - Wnuczek, Basile.

Suedkiez decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players took the field: Sandman - Cheremshanov, Wiech, Corthals - Rabajczyk, Friesenecker, Bindian, Bleier-Ruzek, Ranchal - Ariste, Purică.

It was an obvious ambition of LEMON to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. Suedkiez clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. The guests took the lead 4 minutes into the match, after a right-side attack resulted in B. Ariste scoring to make it 0 - 1. The visitors' B. Ariste took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 7 minutes into the match. 0 - 2 for Suedkiez. The players of Suedkiez now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. F. Rabajczyk seems to have an uncanny ability to try the unusual. He nearly produced a great goal - unfortunately for Suedkiez his shot went just wide this time. LEMON had a good opportunity to attack in the middle, but remembered their instructions to focus on wing attacks instead. The crowd groaned when D. Wnuczek, having maneuvered his way down the right, fired the ball just wide and missed a great opportunity to reduce the deficit for LEMON. N. Almirón of LEMON received a yellow card after 28 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. Halftime score was 0 - 2. Suedkiez claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 54 percent.

LEMON's S. Matagne left the field after 73 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was E. Devizzi. After 77 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave G. Purică a chance to increase the lead for Suedkiez, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 3. The home crowd was not impressed when G. Purică came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 88 minutes. Suedkiez were now up 0 - 4. Possession in this half belonged to Suedkiez, who controlled the ball 57 percent of the time.

D. Wnuczek performed admirably for LEMON. N. Santagostino turned in a dismal performance, however. The most dominating Suedkiez player was without a doubt G. Purică. O. Bleier-Ruzek on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 4.