Fishton 1 - 3 Hattrick-Club (378782806)

1851 spectators had come to Komintern this cloudy day. Jonas zur Bonsen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Ryan Elphinstone and Nikolay Zauzolkov. The match took place on neutral ground. Fishton started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Poupet - Lodwick, Fitzmichael, Auladell - Dyson, Goncalves, Therkildsen, Rivergate, Wexell - Mulrain, Jimeno.

A 5-4-1 alignment was the formation of choice for Hattrick-Club. They fielded: Faridi - Kamacı, Ouvrard, Casanueva, Levier, Jones - Lorgeoux, Nefzi, Li Mandri, Fort - Gabon.

Fishton clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. Hattrick-Club took the lead after 2 minutes making the score 0 - 1. R. Jones placed the ball out of reach for the home side's keeper after a fine move, coming in from the left. With 5 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed M. Levier of Hattrick-Club to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 2. E. Lodwick of Fishton received a yellow card after 23 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. G. Goncalves's inexperience was obvious when his continual hesitation to put in a tackle allowed K. Nefzi plenty of time to pick an unguarded area of the goal for his shot, marking one for Hattrick-Club. 0 - 3. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Hattrick-Club lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. A defender managed to keep the ball from crossing the goal-line after a curling shot coming in from the right from J. Gabon after 36 minutes, and prevented Hattrick-Club from going up another goal. It was 0 - 3 at the break. Hattrick-Club enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 55 percent of possession.

Fishton almost scored after a swift counterattack 56 minutes into the game, but R. Therkildsen put the shot from the left flank just outside the goal. Content with how the game was proceeding, the Hattrick-Club coach let D. Fort replace L. Li Mandri after 64 minutes. As the captain was no longer on the pitch, F. Lorgeoux took over the role of being the Hattrick-Club captain. The Hattrick-Club players could smell victory in the air. J. Gabon wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for V. Vindhevogel after 64 minutes. With a penalty awarded after 71 minutes, Fishton's P. Mulrain placed the ball low and to the keeper's right, impossible to block. 1 - 3. After 80 minutes, Hattrick-Club's P. Casanueva fell awkwardly, but was determined to stay in the match. That's the spirit! Possession in this half belonged to Fishton, who controlled the ball 52 percent of the time.

Fishton's best player was E. Auladell. J. Fitzmichael on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important Hattrick-Club player was R. Jones. S. Faridi was a disappointment, however. The match ends 1 - 3.