bourton 1 - 4 hippys (379336304)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 561 to bourton rovers fc Arena. Karl Kloeden was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Traian Mihãilescu and Finn ''Tigging'' Eckfeldt. bourton started off with a 3-4-3 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Geilenkirchen - Mangin, Westh, Borgvardt - Manieu, Pikl, Lapeña, Svirčević - Caballero, Penín, Friedberger.

hippys had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. They fielded: André - Mastroberardino, 勇政 (Yongzheng), Fassari, Berlanda - Church, Kaserer, Jarolim, Oldani - Velaz de Cabrera, Pizzichemi.

bourton mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. hippys tried to focus their attacks down the middle. Some good play on the left wing created an opportunity for the visitors 16 minutes into the match, and G. Church wasn't about to let it go by. He got past the defenders and fired a shot that the keeper just missed. 0 - 1 for the visitors. hippys were determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up centrally. After 26 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for G. Church who increased hippys's lead to 0 - 2. 35 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 3 as T. Kaserer finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. By now, the players in hippys felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. F. Geilenkirchen got a fingertip on P. Velaz de Cabrera's shot from the left 39 minutes in, and managed to keep the visitors from going up another goal. Halftime score was 0 - 3. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by hippys, with 62 percent of the ball.

The referee signalled a penalty 50 minutes into the game following an offence which looked like it was outside the box. F. Jarolim knocked it home to make the score 0 - 4. bourton's S. Pikl had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 62 minutes having been played. H. Lagache was the replacement. bourton had to make a substitution after 63 minutes. M. Svirčević limped off the field and was replaced by R. Bosoms. At 77 minutes into the game, bourton's W. Friedberger deftly knocked the ball home after an impressive run down the left, reducing the visitors' lead to 1 - 4. bourton's R. Bosoms refused to leave the field after injuring his achilles tendon after 82 minutes. hippys claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 55 percent.

Most important bourton player was A. Penín. N. Borgvardt was a disappointment, however. O. Pizzichemi performed admirably for hippys. On the other hand, G. Fassari's play was disheartening. The match ends 1 - 4.