Amstertamm 2 - 0 AnimalX (379580057)

It had rained all day, but 2305 hardy fans still made it out to Amstertamm Arena. Göran Dehlén was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Kirill Juhász and Abderrachid Omari. A 4-3-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Amstertamm. They fielded: Díaz de Abadillo - Libellen, Nentwich, Leinert, Ferner - Kulle, Filev, Galán - Schäferkamp, Lacrosse, Rogmann.

AnimalX tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. Lineup: Huesca - Tor, Grott, Zalavári, Aub - Venegas, Costello, Alemán, Luokka - Monroy, Saraniemi.

S. Galán of Amstertamm received a yellow card after 20 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. It was a bad day for the usually speedy E. Costello. The mud seemed to slow him down. Slack defending gave Amstertamm a chance to take the lead with 28 minutes played, but V. Rogmann's cross from the left flank was fumbled in front of the goal and easily dealt with by the opposition. The home side put themselves ahead 1 - 0 after 37 minutes courtesy of a breakthrough from H. Schäferkamp, who scored with a stunning volley following a cross from the right wing. When J. Luokka was badly injured by a couple of strong tackles after 39 minutes, AnimalX fans were unhappy to discover that it was not possible to make a substitution. A. Saraniemi became the new AnimalX captain. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 0. Possession in this half belonged to Amstertamm, who controlled the ball 58 percent of the time.

Amstertamm's V. Rogmann increased the lead to 2 - 0, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 80 minutes. C. Zalavári of AnimalX was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. H. Leinert's curling free kick almost found the goal for Amstertamm, but the visitors' keeper somehow managed to get ahold of it. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Amstertamm, with 57 percent of the ball.

K. Filev performed admirably for Amstertamm. É. Lacrosse on the other hand, had a terrible day. AnimalX's top performer was clearly J. Monroy. On the other hand, R. Huesca's play was disheartening. The match ends 2 - 0.